SAN JOSE, Calif.,
April 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping the world harness the
power of data, Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) today
announced immediate worldwide availability of the new object
storage-based HGST Active Archive System, SA-1000 model. Targeted
for media and entertainment digital data preservation, life
sciences data pools, and cloud backup, the HGST SA-1000 enables
smaller object storage footprints with easy-to-manage building
blocks to scale capacity as needed. Software enhancements have been
added, including scale-up, scale-out, clustering, and end-to-end
security features for all HGST Active Archive Systems.
With the ability to scale from 672 terabytes (TB) to 28
petabytes (PB) of total capacity geo-dispersed across three data
centers in a single namespace, the SA-1000 brings dramatic
deployment flexibility to customers wanting to start small, and
scale as they grow. Cloud-scale data durability, secure data
manageability, multi-geo data dispersion for wide-open access to
data, and easy disaster recovery give enterprises the competitive
advantage needed to tackle the challenges of storing, analyzing,
and monetizing enormous amounts of unstructured data.
"World Wide Technology (WWT) is excited to work closely with
Western Digital Corporation as a key reseller," said Rich Harper, leader of the Object Storage
Practice within WWT. "I've been impressed with HGST's Active
Archive platform and its ease of deployment, its performance
throughput, as well as its very reasonable price per PB. Now,
with the options to support an initially small-to-medium
configuration, which can later easily expand to a jumbo one, it
enables a much larger range of object storage deployment scenarios
for our customers."
"Our long-term product strategy is to deliver a flexible,
scalable capacity model in order to satisfy growing customer demand
for a wide array of offerings to capture cloud storage footprints
that were not previously addressed," said Barbara Murphy, vice president of marketing for
Western Digital Corporation. "We are pleased to answer customer and
end-user requests as object storage continues to proliferate
throughout addressable vertical markets like media and
entertainment, life sciences, and all things cloud storage."
The HGST Active Archive System, model number SA-1000 is
available for immediate orders. The system will be sold through
HGST sales partners, solution providers, system integrators and
select OEMs. Multiple options for service and support are
available. For more information, visit
www.hgst.com/activearchive.
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About Western Digital Corporation
Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) is an industry-leading
developer and manufacturer of storage solutions that enable people
to create, leverage, experience and preserve data. The company
addresses ever-changing market needs by providing a full portfolio
of compelling, high-quality storage solutions with effective
technology deployment, high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our
products are marketed under the HGST and WD brands to OEMs,
distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and
consumers. For more information, please visit www.hgst.com and
www.wd.com.
About HGST
HGST (@HGSTStorage) branded storage solutions power the markets
and companies that shape our lives—enabling possibilities for the
cloud, enterprise and sophisticated infrastructures everywhere. For
more information, please visit www.hgst.com.
One GB is equal to one billion bytes and one TB equals 1,000 GB
(one trillion bytes). One PB is equal to 1,000 TB (one quadrillion
bytes). Actual capacity will vary depending on operating
environment and formatting. Usable capacity will vary
from the raw capacity due to object storage methodologies and other
factors.
Long Live Data is a trademark of Western Digital Corporation or
its affiliates in the United
States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are
properties of their respective owners.
Contact:
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Erin
Hartin
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Katie
Watson
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HGST, a Western
Digital Corporation brand
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Porter
Novelli
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Office:
303-284-7790
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Cell:
408-439-2002
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Erin.Hartin@HGST.com
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HGST_Team@porternovelli.com
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