Seagate ST936701SS High-Capacity RAID Revolution (94K, PDF) - Page 3

Seagate Barracuda ES SATA1 (Serial ATA) Overview FEATURE BENEFIT TO ENTERPRISE 250GB, 400GB, 500GB and 750GB Capacities High Reliability in 24x7 Workloads Workload Management 8- and 16-Mbyte Cache The industry's highest capacity increases storage density by up to 50 percent and lowers cost-per-gigabyte for capacity-intensive storage applications. Operates in RAID and other multi-drive environments without compromising application performance or availability; tougher than standard desktop SATA drives Seagate proprietary technology that protects drives from extreme workloads to optimize drive reliability More efficient processing of peak workloads Native Command Queuing Error Recovery Control More efficient processing of peak workloads Eliminates false drive failures caused by desktop drive error recovery processes High Rotational Vibration Tolerance Ready to operate in multiple-drive arrays. 500GB model uses RV Feed Forward for the highest RV tolerance. 1 Fibre Channel versions available through leading storage system manufacturers Conclusion Intended to increase efficiency and reduce storage costs, high-capacity RAID solutions can instead add expense and complexity by relying on desktop-class SATA drives not designed for enterprise duty. Optimized for capacity-intensive 24x7 applications, Seagate Barracuda ES drives have the high capacity, high reliability and multi-drive features needed to make cost-effective RAID storage a reality. 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 © 2006 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC. Barracuda is either a trademark or registered trademark of Seagate Technology LLC. Other product names are either trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners. One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Publication Number: TP531.2, June 2006