The Barracuda ES.2 drive is the perfect solution for high-capacity enterprise storage applications such as the migration of mission-critical transactional data, from tier 1 to tier 2 (nearline) storage, where dollars/GB and GB/watt are a primary concern. With energy-saving PowerTrim™ features, superior rotational vibration tolerance and a choice of SATA or SAS interfaces, the Barracuda ES.2 drive provides world-leading technology and value.

Key Features and Benefits

• Perpendicular recording technology for maximum capacity


• 24x7 operation and 1.2 M hrs. MTBF


• Dynamic power saving using Seagate PowerTrim technology


• Broad spectrum rotational vibration tolerance at 12.5 rads/s2


• Error recovery control - quick error resolution to prevent system timeouts


• Workload management to ensure operational reliability


• Quick and robust download with firmware security checks


• Write Same command for efficient RAID initialization


• Idle Read After Write data integrity checking


• Low total cost of ownership


• 5-year limited warranty

Best-Fit Applications

• Storage-hungry business applications


• Network attached storage (NAS)


• Maximum-capacity servers


• Rich media content storage--audio, video, image


• Reference and compliance data storage


• Enterprise backup and restore--D2D, virtual tape


• Collaboration--email, messaging


• Infrastructure--Web, print, file