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TP-534 • From: Seagate Global Product Marketing • February 2005 Technology Paper 2.5-Inch Enterprise Disc Drives: Key to Cutting Data Center levels while reducing storage's data center footprint, the cost benefits of 2.5-inch drives are remarkable, with up to 66 percent less rack space used and 45 - Seagate ST973401SS | 2.5-Inch Disc Drives: Key to Cutting Data Center Costs (159 - Page 2
can also significantly expand the role 1U servers and blade servers currently play in the enterprise. 1U servers equipped with six 2.5-inch drives can deliver full RAID 5 functionality, outperforming 2U servers by 150 percent while using half the space. Blade servers are typically equipped with - Seagate ST973401SS | 2.5-Inch Disc Drives: Key to Cutting Data Center Costs (159 - Page 3
more heat. Finally, SFF 2.5-inch drives reduce TCO with superior reliability and longer service life; their 1.4 million hour MTBF is hardly surprising, given that IDC projects worldwide data growth at approximately 50 percent per year over the next several years. Here again SFF 2.5-inch drives - Seagate ST973401SS | 2.5-Inch Disc Drives: Key to Cutting Data Center Costs (159 - Page 4
must move to locate a given piece of data. SHORTER, STIFFER ACTUATOR Because it traverses the smaller radius of a 2.5-inch disc, the drive's actuator arm can be shorter, stiffer and lighter. Additional stiffness ensures higher strength and greater immunity to vibration, while a lighter arm requires - Seagate ST973401SS | 2.5-Inch Disc Drives: Key to Cutting Data Center Costs (159 - Page 5
(73.4 Gbytes) Idle Power (watts)
2.5-Inch Enterprise Disc Drives:
Key to Cutting Data Center Costs
Introduction
Cost reduction continues to be a top priority throughout the enterprise, with IT departments under particular pressure to trim
expenses wherever possible. Many IT professionals have identified storage consolidation as a core strategy in their battle to cut
data center costs and optimize efficiency. Such consolidation can reduce the number of data centers and their floor space
requirements, as well as lower both ancillary infrastructure expenditures and storage management costs, all while significantly
boosting storage system utilization.
Small form factor (SFF) 2.5-inch enterprise disc drives are spearheading a new class of high-I/O-density storage solutions that
facilitate rapid and cost-effective storage consolidation. Remarkably compact and efficient, SFF 2.5-inch drives are key to
implementing data centers that provide higher IOPS/U and lower TCO:
•
SFF 2.5-inch drives are 70 percent smaller than 3.5-inch drives, enabling them to deliver 130 to 150 percent greater system
performance in the same footprint.
•
SFF 2.5-inch drives use 40 percent less power and run cooler with reduced airflow requirements, allowing greater storage
density and data center space efficiency.
For enterprises seeking to maintain current capacity and I/O performance levels while reducing storage’s data center footprint,
the cost benefits of 2.5-inch drives are remarkable, with up to
66 percent less rack space
used and 45 percent
lower power
consumption
(see Figure 1).
TP-534 • From: Seagate Global Product Marketing • February 2005
Technology Paper
Figure 1