We're sorry, but this item is no longer for sale. However, there may be more Internal Hard Drives and SSDs items available.
Seagate
8.0TB Enterprise Capacity 3.5-inch Hard Drive
3.5-Inch | SATA 6.0Gb/s | 7200RPM | 256MB Cache
Confidently Store Data Without Sacrificing Performance
Impressive Capacity, Designed for Speed
Supporting the industry's best response times for an 8TB a nearline drive, the Seagate® Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD enables the fastest data transfers thanks to Seagate's comprehensive advanced caching technology.
Meet your storage workload requirements in the most efficient and cost-effective data center footprint available on the market. With innovative technology advancements like PowerBalance™, PowerChoice™ and RAID Rebuild™, you can customize your bulk storage requirements for even greater improvements in your TCO.
Meet your storage workload requirements in the most efficient and cost-effective data center footprint available on the market. With innovative technology advancements like PowerBalance™, PowerChoice™ and RAID Rebuild™, you can customize your bulk storage requirements for even greater improvements in your TCO.
World-Class Reliability Meets High-Capacity
When building maximum density server and storage solutions with the 8TB Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD, you can rest easy knowing that your storage infrastructure can scale to meet your growing capacity needs, while offering your users a consistent and predictable response rate. Built to support enterprise-class nearline workloads of 550TB/yr, and backed by 2M hours MTBF, the Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD helps to ensure you can meet all of your bulk storage SLAs.
Reliable, Robust Bulk Data Storage for a 24x7 World
High capacity storage for multi-drive chassis requires predictable and reliable performance. The Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD is built to support enterprise-class nearline workloads of up 550TB per year, which is up to 10x the rated workload of desktop HDDs. Clearly, the Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD can help to ensure that you meet your rigorous bulk storage SLAs.
Note: This HDD utilizes a new standardized mounting screw pattern that is not compatible with older Mac Pro models. In a Mac Pro tower, the drive can be installed in an empty drive bay using an OWC Hard Drive Bracket for Mac Pro (2009-2012), or into an empty optical drive bay using an OWC Multi-Mount Bracket for Mac Pro (2009-2012) or an OWC Multi-Mount Bracket for Mac Pro (2006-2008).
Highlights
- SATA Revision 3.0 Interface (1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 Gb/s)
- 24x7 uninterrupted performance
- At 550TB/yr, it's 10x the workload rating of desktop drives
- Excellent IOPS/TB storage for unstructured data
- PowerBalance feature for customizing lower power consumption and balanced performance
- Free Installation Videos
- Warranty Safe Upgrade.
Applications
- Hyperscale applications/cloud data centers with replicated storage
- Massive scale-out data centers and big data analytics
- High-capacity density RAID storage
- Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays (SAN, NAS, DAS)
- Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and Ceph
- Enterprise backup and restore—D2D, virtual tape
- Centralized surveillance
8.0TB Seagate Enterprise Capacity HDD Specifications:
Specifications
Form Factor
3.5″ HDD
Interface
SATA 6Gb/s
Capacity1
8.0TB
Formatted Capacity2
7586GB
Rotational Speed
7,200RPM
Cache / Data Buffer
256MB
Manufacturer Model Number
ST8000NM0055
Format
Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)
Physical
Height (max)
26.10mm (1.028″)
Width (max)
101.85mm (4.010″)
Length (max)
147.00mm (5.878″)
Weight (typical)
780g (1.72lbs.)
Bytes per Sector
512 and 4096
Reliability3
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
2,000,000 hours
Nonrecoverable Read Errors
1 per 1015 bits read
Performance
Transfer Rate (Max)
6.0 Gb/s
Average Latency
4.16ms
Power
Read Power
10.4 Watts
Idle Mode
7.5 Watts
Power Supply Requirements
+12V and +5V
Environmental (Operating)
Shock
70 G max at 2ms
Ambient Temperature (°F)
41°F to 107°F
Ambient Temperature (°C)
5°C to 60°C
Altitude
-304.8 m to 3,048 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000+ ft)
Environmental (Non-Operating)
Shock (Read / Write)
250G max at 2ms
Ambient Temperature (°F)
41°F to 140°F
Ambient Temperature (°C)
5°C to 60°C
Vibration
12.5rad/s2 @ 1500Hz
Altitude
-304.8 m to 12,192 m (-1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)
- 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
- In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity as shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
- Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.
This product is compatible with...
Learn how to find your Mac's model ID
Mac Pro 12-Core (Mid 2012)
(June, 2012)
Model ID: MacPro5,1
2.4GHz, 2.66GHz, 3.06GHz
Mac Pro 12-Core (Mid 2010)
(July, 2010)
Model ID: MacPro5,1
2.66GHz, 2.93GHz
Mac Pro 4-Core (Mid 2010)
(July, 2010)
Model ID: MacPro5,1
2.8GHz, 3.2GHz
Mac Pro 8-Core (Early 2009)
(March, 2009)
Model ID: MacPro4,1
2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz
Mac Pro 4-Core (Early 2009)
(March, 2009)
Model ID: MacPro4,1
2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, 3.33GHz
Mac Pro 8-Core (Early 2008)
(January, 2008)
Model ID: MacPro3,1
2.8GHz, 3.0GHz, 3.2GHz
Mac Pro 4-Core (Early 2008)
(January, 2008)
Model ID: MacPro3,1
2.8GHz
Mac Pro 4-core (Mid 2006)
(August, 2006)
Model ID: MacPro1,1
2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, 3.0GHz
Power Mac G5 (Late 2005)
(October, 2005)
Model ID: PowerMac11,2
2.0GHz, 2.3GHz, dual 2.5GHz
Power Mac G5 (Early 2005)
(April, 2005)
Model ID: PowerMac7,2
dual 2.0GHz
Power Mac G5 (Early 2005)
(April, 2005)
Model ID: PowerMac7,3
dual 2.3GHz, dual 2.7GHz
Power Mac G5 (June 2004)
(June, 2004)
Model ID: PowerMac7,3
dual 1.8GHz, dual 2.0GHz, dual 2.5GHz
Power Mac G5
(June, 2003)
Model ID: PowerMac7,2
1.6GHz, 1.8GHz, dual 1.8GHz, dual 2.0GHz
iMac (27-inch Late 2013)
(September, 2013)
Model ID: iMac14,2
2.9GHz i5, 3.2GHz i5, 3.4GHz i7
NOT COMPATIBLE
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
(September, 2013)
Model ID: iMac14,1; iMac14,3
2.7GHz i5, 2.9GHz i5, 3.1GHz i7
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
(November, 2012)
Model ID: iMac13,2
2.9GHz i5, 3.2GHz i5, 3.4GHz i7
NOT COMPATIBLE
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2012)
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2012)
(November, 2012)
Model ID: iMac13,1
2.7GHz i5, 2.9GHz i5, 3.1GHz i7
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2011)
(August, 2011)
Model ID: iMac12,1
3.1GHz i3
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
(May, 2011)
Model ID: iMac12,2
2.7GHz i5, 3.1GHz i5, 3.4GHz i7
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011)
(May, 2011)
Model ID: iMac12,1
2.5GHz i5, 2.7GHz i5, 2.8GHz i7
iMac (27-inch Mid 2010)
(July, 2010)
Model ID: iMac11,3
2.8GHz, 2.93GHz, 3.2GHz, 3.6GHz
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010)
(July, 2010)
Model ID: iMac11,2
3.06GHz, 3.2GHz, 3.6GHz
iMac (27-inch Late 2009)
(October, 2009)
Model ID: iMac10,1
3.06GHz, 3.33GHz
iMac (27-inch Late 2009)
(October, 2009)
Model ID: iMac11,1
2.66GHz, 2.8GHz
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009)
(October, 2009)
Model ID: iMac10,1
3.06GHz, 3.33GHz
iMac (24-inch Early 2009)
(March, 2009)
Model ID: iMac9,1
2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, 3.06GHz
iMac (24-inch Early 2008)
(April, 2008)
Model ID: iMac8,1
2.8GHz, 3.06GHz
iMac (20-inch Early 2008)
(April, 2008)
Model ID: iMac8,1
2.4GHz, 2.66GHz
iMac (24-inch Mid 2007)
(August, 2007)
Model ID: iMac7,1
2.4GHz, 2.8GHz
iMac (20-inch Mid 2007)
(August, 2007)
Model ID: iMac7,1
2.0GHz, 2.4GHz
iMac (24-inch Late 2006)
(September, 2006)
Model ID: iMac6,1
2.16GHz, 2.33GHz
iMac (20-inch Late 2006)
(September, 2006)
Model ID: iMac5,1
2.16GHz, 2.33GHz
iMac (17-inch Late 2006)
(September, 2006)
Model ID: iMac5,1
2.0GHz, 2.16GHz
iMac G5 (20-inch Ambient Light Sensor)
(May, 2005)
Model ID: PowerMac8,2
2.0GHz
iMac G5 (17-inch Ambient Light Sensor)
(May, 2005)
Model ID: PowerMac8,2
1.8GHz, 2.0GHz
PC Desktops
Compatible with Intel / AMD Processor based PCs with an available 3.5" HDD bay running 64-bit operating systems, like Windows™ 8, Windows™ 7 and Windows Vista™.
32-bit or earlier operating systems may not recognize over 2.2TB capacity.
32-bit or earlier operating systems may not recognize over 2.2TB capacity.
3.5" SATA Enclosures
If upgrading/replacing an HDD with an existing external enclosure, please confirm the enclosure supports drives greater than 2.2TB. Pre-2009 enclosures are typically limited to 2.2TB and support may vary for models after 2009.
Warranty
The best warranty is one you never have to use - but should the need occur - we're proud to provide a superior level of support and service coverage to our customers.90 Day OWC Replacement Warranty
OWC is proud to offer an extended replacement window of 90 days on new internal hard disk drives. Once a return authorization number has been issued and we receive the problematic drive back, you will get a brand new replacement drive, rather than a factory refurbished drive.
Seagate 5 Year Warranty
After 90 days, the drive is fully backed by the manufacturer to be free from defects in material and workmanship for the remainder of the five year warranty period.
Customer Ratings
Seagate
8.0TB
Enterprise Capacity 3.5-inch Hard Drive
Mfr P/N: ST8000NM0055
OWC SKU: SEAST8000NM0055
SATA 6.0Gb/s (3.0Gb/s and 1.5Gb/s backwards compatible) 7200RPM Enterprise Class Hard Drive with 256MB Cache
Recommended Items:
