Seagate announces SSDs, HDDs in India, aims at enterprises

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Hard disk and storage solutions maker Seagate Technology unveiled two solid-state drives (SSDs), Pulsar. 2 SSD and Pulsar XT 2 SSD, along with hard drives, Savvio 15K.3/10K.5 HDDs, with a focus on enterprise vertical.

The company is optimistic about its new SSDs and said that they will facilitate enterprise with data storage, reliability, endurance and performance. It also added that the SSDs will be available during the next two months.

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With the growth in data and new applications, the company is optimistic about the growth prospects. "The world is moving faster, in terms of data warehousing, virtualization and applications. We are introducing SSDs as there is a critical demand in the market. They can improve speed and facilitate the demand for storage. SSDs and HDDs can co-exist in data centers," said Rajesh Khurana, country manager, India & SAARC.

Talking to the CIOL, Khurana said that there is a promising market opportunity in India and country is no longer behind the world.

"India has emerged as one of the prominent markets for the world. India boosts to have most technologically-advanced data centers. Pulsar. 2 and Pulsar XT.2 SSDs facilitates online transactions across verticals," he said.

The company said that SSDs are smaller and are significant to the enterprise market, and enterprise-class MLC SSDs are needed to drive the market adoption.

Company's new hard disk drives range include: Savvio 15K.3/10K.5 HDDs. Pulsar.2 is available in four capacities ranging from 100GB to 800GB, and have features such as consistent performance and enterprise-class support and expertise with advanced media management techniques.

Pulsar XT.2 comes with capacity of 100GB, 200GB and 400GB with a five-year warranty. With this comprehensive launch of SSD and HDD solutions, the Seagate raises the bar for enterprise, and said that it will help increase its market share in the country.