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Leading Global ICT Solutions Provider Leverages the Ultrastar Hs14 SMR
HDDs to
Optimize Workload, Storage Density and TCO for Video Applications
As
a leader in enterprise-capacity hard disk drives (HDDs) and the inventor of
helium HDD technology, Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) today
announced that Huawei has qualified its host-managed shingled magnetic
recording (SMR) helium-based HDD, the Ultrastar®
Hs14 – the industry’s
first 14TB HDD designed for demanding big data applications. An early adopter of Western
Digital’s SMR HDDs, Huawei is breaking new ground by optimizing its distributed cloud storage OceanStor®
9000 system for the sequential nature of data capture in video surveillance
applications. Seeing the value in enabling significant TCO improvements, Huawei
has made considerable investments in the integration of Western Digital’s SMR
HelioSeal® HDDs, which deliver unsurpassed density, power efficiency
and reliability.
“With the explosive growth of data,
our worldwide customers from different industries require high density, good
performance and low power to meet their growing demands. Huawei provides comprehensive data management
solutions for customers based on high-performance all-flash storage for
critical business scenarios. Huawei has optimized its distributed file system
for massive unstructured data scenarios, which enables OceanStor 9000 to
support capacity up to 14TB SMR drives. This helps customers to manage massive
video data with a lower TCO,” said Meng Guangbin, president of
storage product line at Huawei. “Huawei
will continue to focus on the development of various emerging technologies,
including storage medium, also through continuous technological innovation to
help customers manage their data in a more efficient way.”
Large
data volumes is the typical feature for video archiving, data backing up and
more. Huawei’s OceanStor®
9000makes
full use of the Ultrastar Hs14 SMR drive’s capacity and drive characteristics
through its ROW (Redirect on write) technology. With the OceanStor 9000
solution based on high-density 14TB SMR hard drives, customers can save up to
40 percent of a room’s floor
space, and power consumption can be reduced by more than 40 percent compared to
8TB hard drive solutions commonly used in the industry today.
“Huawei
is an early innovator and valued partner, and their qualification of our 14TB
SMR HDD underscores the strength of our long-standing relationship,” said Mark
Grace, senior vice president of Devices at Western Digital. “Today, more than
70 percent of the exabytes we ship into the capacity enterprise segment are
based on our HelioSeal technology platform, which deliver among the highest
capacities and the lowest TCO for scale-out cloud and enterprise data centers.
We’re proud that Huawei continues to see the technology innovation and value we
bring to their business.”
The
Ultrastar Hs14 is the world’s first enterprise-class 14TB HDD. Based on
host-managed SMR technology, this 3.5-inch HDD is optimized to deliver the
highest capacity at low TCO. It provides unprecedented capacity leadership by
harnessing two core complementary technologies – fourth generation HelioSeal
technology and second-generation host-managed SMR. These field proven
technologies provide the foundation for delivering efficiency, quality and
reliable performance required for cloud and hyperscale data center customers.
The
Ultrastar
Hs14 14TB HDDs are now available.
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to thrive. The company is driving the innovation needed to help customers
capture, preserve, access, and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data.
Everywhere data lives, from advanced data centers to mobile sensors to personal
devices, our industry-leading solutions deliver the possibilities of data.
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About
Huawei
Huawei is a leading global information and
communications technology (ICT) solutions provider.
As a responsible steward, an innovative
information society enabler, and a win-win industrial contributor, Huawei is
committed to build a Better Connected World. Huawei adheres to continuous
innovation around customer needs, opens up cooperation with partners, and
builds end-to-end solution advantages in telecommunication networks, enterprise
networks, terminals, and cloud computing. With 180,000 Huawei employees who are
dedicated and dedicated to the world, they are committed to creating maximum
value for operator customers, corporate customers and consumers, and providing
competitive ICT solutions, products and services. At present, Huawei's services
are used in more than 170 countries and regions in the world, and serve more
than one-third of the world's population. Huawei Corporation is a private
company that holds all shares of its employees founded in 1987.
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more information, please visit Huawei’swebsite: www.huawei.com
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About
Huawei’s business
Huawei's enterprise business mainly provides
products and solutions for enterprise-based networks, enterprise
communications, data centers, and industrial applications. It also makes full
use of the opportunities brought by cloud computing technology innovation and
business model innovation, and provides cloud-based data center solutions and
parts. Cloud computing enterprise application. At present, Huawei Enterprise
has established its enterprise business organizations in more than 100
countries around the world. With Huawei's years of deep technology accumulation
and strong innovation capabilities, in the era of cloud computing and ICT
convergence, Huawei's corporate business will grow together with customers and
partners to create a better future.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain
forward-looking statements, including statements concerning the development,
performance and capacity, capabilities, applications, and availability of the
Ultrastar Hs14 and the HelioSeal platform, and adoption of our products by
customers. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause these
forward-looking statements to be inaccurate including, among others: volatility
in global economic conditions; business conditions and growth in the storage
ecosystem; impact of competitive products and pricing; market acceptance and
cost of commodity materials and specialized product components; actions by
competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our development and
introduction of products based on new technologies and expansion into new data
storage markets; risks associated with acquisitions, mergers and joint
ventures; difficulties or delays in manufacturing; and other risks and
uncertainties listed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including our most recently filed periodic report to which your
attention is directed. The company undertakes no obligation to update the
information in this release in the event facts or circumstances change after the
date of this release.
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As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion
bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.
Product specifications subject to change without notice. Not all products are
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