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title: HGST Ultrastar He8 8TB
vendor: Hitatchi Global Storage Technologies
image: hgstultrastarhe8.png
tags:
  - product
  - storage
  - disk
date: 2017-06=22
draft: false
---

The HGST, by Western Digital, Ultrastar He8 SATA 8TB 3.5-inch Helium Platform Enterprise Hard Disk Drive, HUH728080ALE604, exists
in SATA 6Gb/s and SAS 12Gb/s, the 12Gb/s SAS drives compatible with next gen data centers; backwards compatible with 6Gb/s SAS
having 2.5M hours MTBF 2 rating & 5-year limited warranty with Instant Secure Erase (ISE) & Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) options and
Advanced format 4Kn and 512e models.