Seagate 15K.5 - Cheetah - Hard Drive Datasheet

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rst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
Cheetah
®
15K.5
Mainstream enterprise hard drive storage
DataSheet

Seagate 15K.5 - Cheetah - Hard Drive Specifications

General

Spindle Speed	15000 RPM
Cache	16MB
Average Latency	2.0 ms
Buffer Size	16 MB
Form Factor	3.5 inch
Warranty	5 years