Seagate Technology launched a storage system targeting high-density needs across data center and edge environments.

Unveiled ahead of the upcoming SC25 event, Seagate touts the Exos 4U100 and 4U74 JBOD storage offerings as serving increased storage demands stemming from AI workloads. The vendor asserts that the convergence of generative AI and the proliferation of disaggregated storage architectures requires more streamlined storage solutions.

Further to those issues are increasing data sovereignty considerations, with jurisdictions like India, the EU, and the U.K. entrusting organizations to store and manage data locally. Seagate claims its new storage solutions can directly assist organizations in meeting these stringent regulatory requirements, with the Exos 4U100 and 4U74 JBOD systems offering up to 3.2-petabytes of storage from just one enclosure.

The vendor claims the new storage solutions offer 70% more efficient cooling and 30% lower power use than previous generations, and can be optimized for a variety of rack depths to make it easier to install.

Melyssa Banda, SVP of edge storage and services at Seagate, said the pair of drives are “engineered to meet the evolving demands of data creation, storage, replication, and analysis at the edge.”

Banda added that the 4U100 and 4U74s will help operators and enterprises “retain more data for longer periods of time.”

The product launch comes after Seagate recently teamed up with cybersecurity firm Acronis to shore up its storage solutions. Seagate’s Lyve Cloud Object Storage platform is set to be integrated with Acronis’s archival storage offerings in a move the pair claimed will help managed service providers (MSPs) offer more secure storage.