The enterprise is slow to change, so at least in the short term, Seagate has a design advantage with the V.4 Enterprise Capacity hard drives. HGST on the other hand, the only other vendor currently shipping 6TB, leverages helium inside the drive to allow for tighter spacing of the platters and less drag. It's important to note that as the battle for HDD capacity rages on, Seagate has taken traditional steps to ensure higher drive capacities. All that's left to discover is what effect the interface has on the drive, all other mechanics are the same eighth generation technology. The SAS configuration is also available in 4TB and 2TB capacities, and Seagate boasts this drive as the fastest available nearline HDD, which they proved to be true with the SATA version.

The Seagate Enterprise Capacity SAS 6TB hard drive comes with a 7,200 RPM spindle speed and can be paired with either a 6Gb/s or 12Gb/s SAS interface. We recently reviewed the sibling 6TB SATA drive this review will survey the drive with a 12Gb/s SAS interface. The Seagate Enterprise Capacity SAS 6TB hard drive comes with a 7,200 RPM spindle speed and can be paired with either a 6Gb/s or 12Gb/s SAS interface. We recently reviewed the sibling 6TB SATA drive this review will survey the drive with a 12Gb/s SAS interface.

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