Seagate Exos 7E8 8TB 7.2K SAS 12G LFF 512e SED-FIPS Hard Drive

The Seagate ST8000NM010A combines 8TB of capacity with Seagate Secure SED-FIPS encryption. It is an Exos 7E8 3.5-inch LFF drive for SAS storage where drives must encrypt data at rest on their own.

The interface is dual-port SAS 12Gb/s. It uses 512e sectors and supports T10 DIF. The 7,200 rpm drive has 256MB of cache and a maximum sustained transfer rate of 249 MB/s.

Seagate rates MTBF at 2,000,000 hours and the annualized failure rate at 0.44%. Power is 7.97 W idle and 13.18 W operating. The drive weighs 716 g.

To manage encryption keys, the array or RAID controller needs SED support. The ST8000NM010A is offered New, Refurbished or Used. New and Refurbished carry 1 year or 3 years of warranty, and Used carries 90 days.