Promise Technology Qualified HGST Ultrastar He8 HDDs

Promise Technology Inc. has qualified the 8TB HGST Ultrastar He8 helium-filled HDD drive in its VSky H3970 Series of 4U 70 bay storage servers to address the growing demand for ultra-dense, high-capacity solutions at lower costs.

With HGST’s HelioSeal platform technology, Promise users benefit from enhanced performance, reliability, maximized storage density, and optimum energy efficiency for reduced TCO.

Leveraging the inherent benefits of helium, which is one-seventh the density of air, Promise has qualified the Ultrastar He8 HDD to advance the TCO value proposition for hyperscale cloud data centers, enterprises, and system integrators. HelioSeal drives also feature a reliability rating of 2.5 million hours MTBF. With VSky H3970 and Ultrastar He8 HDDs, users are provided with 560TB of raw capacity in a single cost-effective 4U unit, making it a solution for customers in the rich media, video surveillance, and cloud/IT markets requiring petabyte scale storage on a budget.

“Promise is excited to have qualified HGST Ultrastar He8 HDDs in the VSky H3970 which provides users with a reliable, ultra-dense solution designed to fit within their crowded data center,” said James Lee, CEO, Promise. “VSky H3970 delivers over 1/2 a petabyte of storage in a single, highly-efficient system which helps customers cut capital expenses and operating expenses and enables them to manage, store and protect massive amounts of data.“

“The storage required to keep up with exponential data growth is not only going to necessitate ever increasing capacities, but also dramatic efficiencies in power, cooling and floor space,” said Brendan Collins, VP of product marketing, HGST. “Improving TCO on virtually every level – from storage density, lower power, to reliability, capacity and more, the HGST Ultrastar He8 HDD together with VSky H3970, allows Promise Technology to offer their customers a scalable solution that can address the challenges of today’s demanding data center environments.“

VSky H3970 is a hyperscale computing 4U 70 bay platform which provides HA, high storage capacity and high networking throughput to help enterprises address the avalanche of data that is rapidly filling their file servers. It features two independent server nodes in one enclosure with a 70 disk pool and provides flexible configuration modes to meet the needs of different deployment scenarios. It is a cost effective, green storage solution that lowers cost per terabyte, requires less rack space and reduces electricity costs. With VSky H3970, customers can experience a faster time to market since there is less cabling required, making the installation simpler.