Seagate Exos 7E8 8TB Base FastFormat SAS SED

The Seagate Exos 7E8 8TB Base FastFormat SAS SED hard drive is one of the high load internal HDDs for NAS and ordinary data centres. The 3.5" format is designed mainly for desktop PCs and data centres. One of the most important parameters is obviously the rotational speed of the HDD. The 7200 RPM RPM provides better speeds when working with multimedia and data. The hard disk provides a storage capacity of 8000 GB. The device uses a 256 MB memory cache. The data transfer between the Seagate hard drive and a computer or other device takes place via the SAS interface.

Seagate Exos 7E8 8TB Base FastFormat SAS SED Hard Disk Key Features

• Read speed up to 249 MB/s and write speed up to 249 MB/s
• 256 MB memory cache
• Seagate 3.5" disk for ordinary drive bays
• Typically, the power consumption of the hard drive is 13,18 W, while in stand-by mode it holds at 7.97 W
• The data transfer is facilitated through the SAS interface
• Standard hard drives are admittedly more susceptible to physical damage, but it's also the most cost-effective storage solution available

Other Hard Drive Features

The HDD boasts a unique design. Inside the hard drive there is a mechanism with moving platters accompanied by disk read and write heads. These moving parts are not particularly resistant against shock or impact, but this design delivers a great combo of a low price and great storage capacity. The crucial criterion that affects the speed of a hard drive is the number of rotations per minute (RPM). With the Seagate Exos 7E8 8TB Base FastFormat SAS SED, you can look forward to 7200 RPM revolutions per minute. It's a great model for more demanding users, for example video editors, graphic artists, people who play PC games, and everybody else who deal with large amounts of data. File access speed and stability is also determined the embedded buffer memory known as cache. The Seagate hard drive includes a 256 MB cache that stores the last used data for their speedy reading.

Connecting the Seagate HDD

If you want to install the Seagate Exos 7E8 8TB Base FastFormat SAS SED in your computer or other device, it requires a 3.5" slot. Data sharing happens using the SAS interface with a speed of 12.0 Gbit/s. This technology is fairly rare nowadays.