Seagate ST500NM0041 Data Sheet
Data Sheet
High-Capacity Storage Designed for
Seamless Enterprise Integration
Seamless Enterprise Integration
Constellation
®
ES
Key Advantages
• Fifth-generation, enterprise, nearline drive designed for 24×7 operation
• Up to 2TB capacity for data-hungry enterprise business applications
• Best-in-class rotational vibration tolerance ensures unrivalled
performance in high-density applications for continuous data access.
• Enhanced efficiencies with PowerChoice
™
host-selectable power options
for unprecedented savings during slow or idle periods
• Seagate RAID Rebuild
™
development platform significantly reduces
hours of lost productivity.
• Multi-drive firmware maximized for enterprise system availability
• 6Gb/s SAS performance with error detection and correction (IOEDC/
IOECC) capabilities and PI (Protection Information)
• Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) option cuts IT drive retirement expenses
while securely protecting data and is one of the easiest, most cost-
effective security measures you can implement.
effective security measures you can implement.
1
• FIPS Self-Encrypting Drive option provides all the benefits of SED
and is NIST certified to meet U.S., Canada and U.K. government data
encryption compliance requirements.
encryption compliance requirements.
1, 2
Best-Fit Applications
• High-capacity data center storage
• Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays
• Enterprise backup and restore
• Cloud storage
1 Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) and FIPS Self-Encrypting Drive options may require
TCG-compliant host or controller support. Not available in all countries.
2 See FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Certificate at
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401val2011.htm#1636
TCG-compliant host or controller support. Not available in all countries.
2 See FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Certificate at
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401val2011.htm#1636