Unlock the value of data with smarter storage solutions.

Unlock the value of data with smarter storage solutions.

Data is the currency of the new economy.... At HGST, we believe in the value of data, and we re helping the world harness its power.... Data is much more than a digital record. It is your organization, your memories, your connections, your world. Harnessing the power of data is critical to thriving in today s fast-moving world. Data drives how we think, the decisions we make, the way we live. By extracting value and insight from this data, organizations can make smarter decisions faster, and they become more adaptable, competitive and profitable.

Driving data center transformation. 86% 48% Most CIOs and technology decision makers believe that data has value only if it can be stored and easily accessed. However, nearly half are not saving that data, and as a result, are not harnessing its full potential.* Today, data is being stored, managed and transmitted across a broad mix of IT computing infrastructures. Unique requirements, priorities and challenges create continuous pressure for greater performance, reliability, manageability and affordability. Rapid data growth and the desire to preserve and extract more value from more data are driving the need for solutions that meet new requirements in scalability, accessibility, longevity and TCO. With our deep understanding of customer needs and the evolving technology landscape, HGST delivers innovative, proven, enterprise-class storage solutions, with tight software integration that optimizes efficiency and reliability across the data center. The result is unmatched storage performance, capacity and affordability for solving the most prevalent IT infrastructure challenges today. *Visit Storage is the Key to Harnessing the Power of Data on HGST.com for more information.

Enabling the most mission-critical use cases. Cloud computing Big data analytics Database acceleration Collaboration applications Virtualized computing Object storage HGST s comprehensive portfolio of enterpriseclass hard disk and solid-state drives, software and platforms enable organizations to make the most of their data. Industry-leading innovations such as helium-filled drives, high-performance Flash storage and intelligent software contribute to helping companies better manage the flow of data across its lifecycle while extracting greater value from the information it holds. HGST storage products and solutions are well suited for the most mission-critical use cases. Each has unique requirements and priorities, whether it is performance, capacity, reliability, scalability, security, low cost, accessibility or any combination thereof.

Cloud computing Organizations are increasingly adopting cloud computing for its flexibility and ease of provisioning. This shared service model is driving the need for scalability, dense capacity and high performance in IT resources. HGST storage solutions are proven with major cloud service providers and in massive 24/7/365 transaction processing environments. They handle the needs of complex, mission-critical requirements with security options, performance, reliability and industry-leading capacities. Think big. Move fast. HGST solutions for cloud computing. 10K and 15K RPM SAS HDDs for performance storage 7200 RPM SATA and SAS HDDs for capacity storage HelioSeal technology HDDs for maximized capacity with lowest TCO SAS SSDs for high-performance storage PCIe SSDs for lowest latency and ultra high-performance, server-side Flash storage Storage management software for creating server-side Flash caching, replication and shared storage for scale-out database clusters Device management software for creating versatile cross-platform multi-drive support, Flash proficiency, and granular control and management HGST's Active Archive System delivers unprecedented levels of accessilibility, scalability, simplicity and affordability for petabyle-scale private and public clouds

Big data analytics Rock solid security and encryption matters. Whether valuable inancial or intellectual property, or customer or employee information, it is critical to ensure the privacy of stored data and protect the organization from liability and loss. Hardware-based drive encryption offers security closest to the data. HGST self-encrypting drives (SED) provide hardware-based security. By scrambling and descrambling data as it is written and read, hardware-based encryption gives users the highest level of data protection available while maximizing performance. HGST offers a broad range of encryption options including secure erase, instant secure, TCG compliance and up to FIPS 140-2 compliance. Big data analytics must grapple with extremely large and complex datasets, from tens of terabytes to multiple petabytes. The performance and scalability demands of these applications are exceptional. High-capacity drives are required to store such sizable datasets, and high-performance drives are necessary to process and make meaning of that data. HGST s enterprise HDDs and SSDs are ideal for big data because of their respective capacity and performance attributes. Scale-out clusters are commonly used. PCIe Flash drives in particular can help dramatically reduce the number of servers needed in a cluster. In addition, HGST s sophisticated clustering software provides much lower latencies than traditional network storage to accelerate analytics applications. More. More. More. HGST solutions for big data analytics. HelioSeal technology HDDs and 7200 RPM SATA and SAD HDDs for capacity storage SAS SSDs for high-performance storage PCIe SSDs for lowest latency and ultra high-performance, server-side Flash storage Clustering software for creating low-latency, server-side shared storage for analytics HGST s Active Archive System for petabyte-scale big data archives that delivers unprecedented accessibility, scalability, simplicity and affordability

Database acceleration Database acceleration is about doing more work in less time. High performance storage is essential to make applications run faster, achieve quicker response times and analyze more data in order to extract meaningful information faster. HGST offers hardware and software to accelerate specific databases and applications, with minimal changes to your existing infrastructure. Leveraging specialized expertise, HGST delivers advanced software and firmware for tight, end-to-end integration of underlying SSD devices and higher-level functions at the system and application levels. The result is higher-performance applications as well as greater endurance for the Flash media they depend on. Speed without compromise. HGST solutions for database acceleration. PCIe SSDs for ultra high-performance, server-side Flash storage SAS SSDs for high-performance storage HGST Flash software with SSDs for optimized performance Innovative solutions for Oracle RAC, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL clusters, and NoSQL architectures

Collaboration applications Peace of mind with proven quality and reliability. For HGST, quality is a comprehensive endto-end process that engages every aspect of total quality assurance. It includes product design, component selection, manufacturing and testing, as well as integration and ield support. The result is a inal product or solution with proven ield reliability and reduced long-term support costs. You can count on HGST to support your mission-critical data center environments. As organizations depend on collaboration applications for day-to-day communication, innovation and smooth operations, they also depend on reliable IT infrastructure to support them. With tools like messaging, calendars, conferencing, file sharing, and group and project coordination, collaboration applications require high performance to support many users, large files and heavy, random traffic. HGST offers reliable, enterprise-class HDDs and SSDs paired with innovative software that together accelerate performance to improve user experience and operational efficiency for better collaboration. Reliable. Dependable. HGST solutions for collaboration applications. Any HGST SSD and Flash software augmented with HGST HDDs (for capacity and archival) for Microsoft Exchange HGST s Active Archive System easily makes petabytes of data globally accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device

Virtualized computing Server virtualization has become the norm in data centers for its higher utilization of compute resources and greater flexibility in placing and moving applications. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is also growing because it is much easier to administer than physical desktops. However, virtualization puts significantly more demand on system resources, including storage I/O, which it tends to randomize. To add, VDI is subject to periodic activities like boot storms that spike I/O demand. HGST s enterprise-class HDDs, SSDs and software provide excellent storage performance to meet the high demands of virtualization. In addition, HGST is the first storage vendor with a portfolio of enterprise-class SSDs and HDDs that are VMware-certified for use in Virtual SAN deployments where both performance and capacity are required. Optimizing performance. HGST solutions for virtualized computing. PCIe SSDs for ultra high-performance, server-side Flash storage (especially for random I/O) SAS SSDs for high-performance storage (especially for random I/O) 10K and 15K RPM SAS HDDs for performance HelioSeal technology HDDs for highest capacity Innovative solutions for Microsoft Hyper-V, Linux KVM and VMware Virtual SAN

Object storage For enterprises to be able to harness the power of data and realize its potential, it must be online, secure and globally accessible. To accomplish this, IT organizations are consolidating silos of data into petabyte-scale active archives, but they are struggling to cost effectively manage and leverage this massive volume of data using traditional storage technologies. Object storage was designed to address these challenges by efficiently storing, protecting and making massive amounts of data accessible in a single pool. Enterprises are now rapidly adopting object storage in areas like genomic research, media and entertainment, medical imaging, video surveillance, content distribution and general private cloud active archives. HGST s Active Archive System brings together advanced EasiScale object storage software and innovative helium-filled HelioSeal technology hard drives to affordably deliver petabytes of storage in a fully integrated data center rack. The resulting system enables significant increases in data durability, storage density and power efficiency, compared to traditional white box cloud-scale storage systems. Durable. Scalable. Affordable. HGST object storage solutions for petabytescale data. HGST Active Archive System delivers highly durable, limitless scale that is easy to manage HelioSeal technology hard drives, including 10TB SMR drives, provide high density, low power footprint for object storage systems to deliver extremely low TCO

Discover HGST HGST is helping organizations harness the power of data. We re creating more efficient, TCO-driven storage with larger, denser capacities, Flash fabrics for breakthrough performance and solutions that take advantage of smart software integration. HGST is at the heart of the data center helping customers unlock the full value of their data. Trusted by some of the world s largest companies, our proven data center storage solutions are everywhere data is from the cloud, to some of the most sophisticated systems in healthcare, finance, government, oil and gas, as well as in entertainment and media. Connect with us www.hgst.com U.S. Headquarters 3403 Yerba Buena Road San Jose, California 95135 U.S. Toll-Free: 800-801-4618 International: +1 408-717-6000 Sales Inquiries North America salesna@hgst.com Europe Middle East Africa salesemea@hgst.com Partner Programs Worldwide Enterprise Partner Program EPP@hgst.com North America channelpartners@hgst.com Europe Middle East Africa channelpartners_eu@hgst.com Asia Pacific lisa.luong@hgst.com

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