For data centers battling massive data growth, flat budgets and limited IT resources, HGST today announced its Active Archive System, an object storage system that enables businesses to store, retain and harness the power of data. Delivering 4.7 petabytes (PB) of raw data storage in a single rack, the HGST Active Archive System is a ready out-of-the-box object storage system that helps data centers evolve from siloed data storage to cloud-scale active archiving.

The Active Archive System has been designed to address the need for access to massive data stores. HGST's recent acquisition of Amplidata enables the delivery of advanced object storage software, providing the foundation for a resilient object storage system that delivers data durability, surviving an entire data-center outage when deployed across multiple sites. The system utilizes HGST's 8TB, second-generation HelioSeal hard drives.

The HGST Active Archive System is a plug-and-play, S3 compliant scale-out object storage system; it only requires network and power connections to each rack to be put to work. The system offers limitless scaling without the need for replication, and its open interface supports ease of integration and flexibility as needs evolve.

The system is available now through HGST sales partners.