Data Sheet
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Barracuda ES.2
High-capacity, business-critical
Tier 2 enterprise drives
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1 TB, 750 GB, 500 GB and 250 GB 7200 RPM
SATA 3Gb/s, SATA 1.5Gb/s and SAS 3Gb/s
Key Advantages
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1-TB drive delivers 33 percent more capacity than the
Barracuda ES drive.
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The industry’s highest-reliability 7200-RPM drive,
designed for 24x7 operation
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Best-in-class rotational vibration tolerance ensures
unrivalled performance in high spindle-density applications,
and multi-drive firmware maximizes system availability.
Seagate® PowerTrim™ technology dynamically optimizes
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power consumption by improving GB/watt by 55 percent and by
reducing overall drive power consumption by 20 percent over
prior-generation Barracuda ES drives.
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Choose SAS for the seamless Tier 2 enterprise experience, with
improved data integrity and a 135 percent average performance
boost over SATA. SAS also reduces integration complexity and
optimizes system performance for rich media, reference data
storage and enterprise backup applications.
Best-Fit Applications
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Storage-hungry business applications
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Network attached storage (NAS)
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Maximum-capacity servers
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Rich media content storage—audio, video, image
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Reference and compliance data storage
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Enterprise backup and restore—D2D, virtual tape
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Collaboration—email, messaging
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Infrastructure—Web, print, file
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