Seagate ST3146855LC Cheetah 15K.5 Data Sheet - Page 1

Data Sheet Cheetah® 15K.5 Mainstream enterprise hard drive storage 300, 146 and 73 GB • 15K RPM • Ultra320 SCSI, 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and 4-Gb/s FC Key Advantages • Perpendicular recording is fundamentally superior, enabling 300-GB capacity with 30 percent higher sustained data rate. • The Seagate® Cheetah® 15K.5 drive is the first drive to break the 100-MB sustained transfer rate barrier, delivering up to 125 MB/s. • Fastest and most reliable Cheetah 15K drive ever • 30 percent more IOPS and more than 20 percent faster response times than 3.5-inch 10K drives • Enables higher performance with fewer drives, reducing supporting infrastructure, maintenance and space needs, while increasing system reliability • Highest reliability of any 3.5-inch drive in the industry, designed for demanding 24x7 enterprise applications • Reduces RAID rebuild times while minimizing reliability risks • Nonrecoverable error rate has been improved by a factor of 10. Best-Fit Applications All mainstream enterprise applications, such as: • Email • Business processing • Transaction processing • Decision support • Storage area networks (SAN) • Networked attached storage (NAS) • Internet and e-commerce