Imitation announced today availability of HGST’s 8TB Ultrastar hard disk drives with its Nexsan E-Series data storage solutions, bringing rack storage capabilities in a standard rack to 4.9PB.
“Users in media and entertainment, high performance computing and many other industries struggle today with how to deliver adequate storage for the exponential data growth in their organizations using limited budgets and resources,” said Mike Stolz, vice president of marketing and global services for Imation’s Nexsan solutions. “They also are challenged by how to properly archive and protect their high-value data through both primary and backup storage. With HGST’s 8TB drives, we can deliver more capacity to users and lower their operating expenses – but even more, we offer them new flexibility and options for architecting their data centers and deliver new levels of value.”
E-Series storage systems are designed to deliver density and efficiency at lower cost and space requirements, according to Imitation.