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World’s first helium HDD – Patented HelioSeal™ technology enables this new building block for future growth Industry’s first 6TB HDD – Innovative 7Stac™ disk design enables the world’s highest capacity TCOptimized™ platform – Delivers higher capacity, lower power, cooler and quieter operation in a standard 3.5-inch form factor HGST delivers the world’s first hermetically sealed, helium hard drive, the Ultrastar® He6 for massive scale-out environments.  Why does helium make a difference? Helium has only one-seventh the density of air. Replacing air with helium inside a hard drive dramatically reduces the turbulence caused by the spinning disk, cuts power consumption and results in a lower temperature within the disk drive.  The reduction in turbulence for the spinning disk allows HGST to offer a seven-disk design in a traditional 3.5-inch form factor.  In addition to being the world’s first helium-filled hard drive, HGST Ultrastar He6 is also the first hard drive in the industry to offer a 6-terabyte capacity.  This design delivers a 50% capacity gain and still reduces the energy needed to run the drive by up to 23%. Highlights Highest capacity HDD on the market; 6TB, seven-disk design, providing the best TCO Lowest power consumption with best watts-per-TB  - 23% lower idle power per drive  - 49% better watts-per-TB Best density footprint in a standard 3.5-inch form factor  - 50% higher capacity Lighter weight than a standard five-disk 3.5-inch drive  - 50g lighter even with two more disks, offering 50% more capacity  - 38% lower weight-per-TB Applications/Environments High-density data centers Massive scale-out data centers Containerized data centers Nearline storage applications Bulk storage Enterprise and data center applications where density and capacity are paramount