Qnap Supporting HGST 6TB Helium SAS HDD

QNAP Systems, Inc. announced that its enterprise and SMB class Turbo NAS products support the 6TB HGST Ultrastar He6 helium-filled SAS HDD.

By incorporating this technology, business users receive enhanced NAS performance with maximized storage capacity and low power for reduced TCO.

The benefit of helium, which is one-seventh the density of air, helps reduce the turbulence caused by spinning disks in a HDD, thereby cutting power consumption and lowering drive temperature, making the HGST HDD a large-capacity 3.5-inch HDD solution for enterprises and SMBs.

The HDD is compatible with the Turbo NAS TS-x79U-SAS series, and QNAP expansion enclosures REXP series.

“QNAP constantly strives to provide business users with reliable and scalable NAS solutions for storage, backup, iSCSI and virtualization applications, and many other practical business applications,” said David Tsao, product manager, QNAP. “We are very excited to see that HGST’s revolutionary 6TB He6 HDD can benefit our users by offering high-capacity storage and energy-efficient performance with lower TCO.“

“The deluge of data is causing enterprise and SMB customers to look for ways to reduce TCO in their storage infrastructures,” said Brendan Collins, VP of product marketing, HGST. “As the industry’s first HelioSeal helium-filled HDD, our new Ultrastar HDD is helping QNAP Turbo NAS users solve their increasing storage needs and protect mission-critical business data. By utilizing HGST’s low power, highly reliable 6TB storage solution, QNAP customers can improve storage density in the same footprint, while reducing power and cooling.“

The 6TB HGST Ultrastar He6 SAS HDDs are available.