HGST Ultrastar Data60 SE4U60-60 Drive Enclosure 12Gb/s SAS - 12Gb/s SAS Host Interface - 4U Rack-mountable - TAA Compliant

Upgrade your data center with the HGST Ultrastar Data60 SE4U60-60 Drive Enclosure, a premium storage backbone engineered for the most demanding enterprise workloads. This 60-bay enclosure delivers unmatched flexibility by supporting a mix of hard disk configurations, enabling you to tailor cold storage, active hot data, and capacity-rich archives within a single chassis. Built around a robust 4U rack-mount design, the Data60 seamlessly integrates with modern data-center networks via a 12Gb/s SAS host interface, delivering dependable throughput for large-scale backups, data analytics, and software-defined storage environments. Designed for cloud providers, enterprise IT teams, and storage OEMs, this enclosure is TAA compliant, ensuring procurement compatibility with government and enterprise programs. The Data60’s intelligent architecture focuses on reliability, serviceability, and efficiency, helping you maximize uptime while minimizing operational costs. Whether you’re expanding an existing storage pool or deploying a new multi-tier storage strategy, the Data60 SE4U60-60 is built to scale as your data footprint grows and your performance requirements evolve.

• Flexible drive mix and capacity planning: The Data60 SE4U60-60 is designed to support a broad range of HDD configurations within its 60 bays, enabling you to mix and match drives to fit performance, capacity, and cost objectives. This flexibility is ideal for tiered storage architectures, where hot data can live on higher-speed drives while archival data resides on high-capacity, cost-efficient options. By letting you tailor the drive mix in a single enclosure, you can optimize total cost of ownership and simplify management across your storage footprint.
• Massive scalability for growing workloads: With 60 bays in a compact 4U form factor, you gain substantial headroom to expand as data volumes rise. The enclosure is built to accommodate future capacity additions, new drive types, and evolving service-level requirements without relocating or replacing the chassis. This scalability is especially valuable for data centers handling backups, disaster recovery, and data analytics workloads that spike in demand.
• High-performance SAS connectivity and reliability: The 12Gb/s SAS host interface delivers high-throughput connectivity to your servers and storage controllers, helping improve data access times for backup windows, archival retrieval, and real-time analytics. The Data60 SE4U60-60 is engineered for enterprise-grade reliability, with robust electrical and mechanical design intended to withstand continuous operation in demanding environments.
• Efficient 4U rack-mount design for data-center integration: The standard 19-inch rack compatibility and compact 4U footprint simplify deployment in dense environments. The chassis is designed for easy integration with power, cooling, and management networks, reducing installation time and enabling straightforward serviceability.
• Procurement-ready and enterprise-friendly: The Data60 is TAA compliant, easing procurement for government projects and large enterprises. Its enterprise-grade engineering supports service-level agreements, long-term support, and compatibility with established storage management ecosystems.

Technical Details of HGST Ultrastar Data60 SE4U60-60 Drive Enclosure

• Bays: 60
• Host Interface: 12 Gb/s SAS
• Form Factor: 4U rack-mountable enclosure
• Compliance: TAA compliant
• Designed for enterprise-grade, scalable storage deployments for data centers, cloud services, and OEMs
• Hybrid storage solution capable of mixing HDD configurations

How to install HGST Ultrastar Data60 SE4U60-60 Drive Enclosure

• Prepare your rack space, ensuring adequate clearance for installation, cabling, and proper airflow.
• Mount the Data60 SE4U60-60 into a standard 19-inch rack using appropriate hardware, align, and secure the chassis level.
• Connect a 12Gb/s SAS host cable from your storage controller or HBA to the enclosure following your server vendor’s cabling guidance.
• Provide power to the enclosure and verify it powers on and is detected by your management software or server BIOS.
• Install drives or configure the enclosure within your storage management environment to create storage pools, volumes, or tiered configurations, and apply any available firmware updates as needed.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: How many drives does the enclosure support? A: 60 bays.
• Q: What is the host interface? A: 12 Gb/s SAS.
• Q: Is this enclosure compliant with procurement standards? A: Yes, it is TAA compliant.
• Q: What workloads is it best suited for? A: Enterprise-scale storage for data centers, cloud services, and storage OEM deployments, with flexible drive configurations to support tiered storage strategies.
• Q: Can it mix different drive types? A: The product description notes the ability to mix HDD configurations within the 60 bays; specific compatibility with SSDs is not specified here.