Major OEM system builders, including HP, are working to design in the new Cheetah series hard drive, equipped with its leading Fibre Channel interface for HP�s SAN storage systems. �HP�s Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA), incorporating Seagate�s latest Cheetah 15K.6 drive will fulfill the needs of our most demanding customers running mission-critical business applications,� said Kyle Fitze, director of Storage Works SAN Marketing, at HP. �The improvements in performance, reliability, power savings, and capacity will collectively help enable our own EVA systems to deliver greater overall value to our customers.�
The Cheetah 15K.6 drive also ships in Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), which has become the mainstream enterprise interface of choice for companies including Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI). �Many of our customers require top-of-the-line performance and system efficiency,� said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. �Integrating Seagate�s Cheetah 15K.6 drive into our 85%+ high-efficiency, earth-friendly SuperServers� and Server Building Block Solutions� delivers not only superior performance, but also power savings, scalability and significantly reduced TCO.�
Key Features and Benefits
* Second-generation perpendicular recording delivers up to 450-GB storage
* Unprecedented performance with a sustained data rate up to 164 MB/sec
* The industry�s highest 3.5-inch drive reliability at 1.6 million hours MTBF
* Advanced read/write technology drives an error rate of 1x10E-16
* PowerTrim� technology provides best-in-class IOPS/watt
* Integrated data integrity provisions protect against system miscompare errors
* Supports T10 end-to-end data protection for new system development
* Available with either a FC or a SAS interface
Seagate Started its Cheetah� 15K.6 Hard Drives Shiping
HANOVER, Germany-March 4, 2008-Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) announced it will begin shipping its new Cheetah� 15K.6 hard drive this month. Designed for the world�s most demanding enterprise storage environments, the Cheetah 15K.6 drive is Seagate�s highest-performance hard drive ever in a 3.5-inch form factor, with a 28% increase in sustained data transfer rates compared to previous generations. With this new performance on tap, the Cheetah 15K.6 drive remarkably consumes significantly less power, using up to 61% less watts/GB at idle.
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