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Conclusion Serial Attached SCSI will play a key role as the enterprise continues to move towards more optimized, cost-effective storage platforms. A single SAS-based subsystem equipped with 15K SAS drives and nearline-ready SATA drives is capable of handling the full gamut of enterprise storage duties, from online (transactional, high availability) to nearline (archival, low availability) applications. Purpose-built for nearline duty, this new breed of nearline-ready SATA drives ensures application reliability is not diminished. Moreover, the peerless performance of 15K SAS drives enables systems that deliver greater throughput with fewer drives than 10K SAS systems, significantly increasing configuration flexibility and cost-effectiveness. Unrivalled in both performance and efficiency, 15K SAS-based solutions exemplify storage without compromise. AMERICAS ASIA/PACIFIC EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066, United States, 831-438-6550 Seagate Technology International Ltd. 7000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569877, 65-6485-3888 Seagate Technology SA 130-136, rue de Silly, 92773 Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, 33 1-41 86 10 00 Copyright © 2005 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC. Other product names are either trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners. One gigabyte, or Gbyte, equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Quantitative usage examples for various applications are for illustrative purposes. Actual quantities will vary based on various factors, including file size, file format, features and application software. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Publication Number: TP-543, September 2005