Seagate ST9500530NS Constellation™ Product Overview

Key Features and Benefits

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Lowest operating power and enhanced power options with

PowerChoice™ technology for even greater power savings during

slow or idle periods

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First 2.5-inch, 15-mm business-critical drive on the market

designed for enterprise reliability, vibration performance and high

data integrity

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Fastest Tier 2/nearline hard drive on the market (SAS 6 Gb/s).

At a system level (with more drives) the performance is >2x over

3.5-inch drives.

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The highest-capacity 2.5-inch enterprise drive (500 GB) with both

SAS and SATA interfaces (160-GB SATA also available for boot/

entry server applications)

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6-Gb/s SAS 2.0 allows for easier integration, enhanced features

and outstanding performance.

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Government-grade Self-Encrypting Drive security available on

SAS models

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Best-performing nearline drive with best-in-class rotational

vibration tolerance

Key Applications

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High-density nearline storage—Internet infrastructure, backup

and restore, medical imaging, nearline storage, disaster recovery,

check imaging, video editing

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Blade servers—computation, scientific applications, server

appliance, Web content

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Rack servers—graphics, security, firewalls, email

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Network routers

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Video surveillance

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24x7 availability—kiosks, ATMs, video lottery terminals, video

servers, high-reliability government/military

Constellation

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First 2.5-inch nearline drive boasts the industry’s

lowest power usage for the enterprise.

Product Overview