Seagate Cheetah NS.2 drives break 600GB boundaries

Seagate break 600GB limitation

The Seagate hardisk manufacturer have break record to reach volume capacity hardisk up to 600 GB and over 20 percent lower power of Seagate Cheetah NS.2 drives reduce storage costs per GB and increases capacity per watt. The drive support 4-Gb/s FC and equipped with SAS 6-GB/s connector. The Cheetah NS.2 drive used Seagate PowerTrim™ technology, which help optimizes drive power consumption at all levels of activity.

Key Features and Benefits
Lowest-power 10K, 3.5-inch Tier 1 drive (20 percent delta over runner-up)
Highest-capacity Tier 1 10K, 3.5-inch drive (600 GB)
Highest reliability rating in the industry
PowerTrim technology dynamically reduces power usage
Supports 4-Gb/s FC

Cheetah NS.2 SAS 6-GB/s 600-GB Hard Drive

Specifications
Interface: SAS 2.0 6.0Gb/s
Cache: 16MB
Capacity: 600 GB
Areal density (avg):225 Gbits/inch2
Guaranteed Sectors: 1,172,123,568

PHYSICAL
Height (max):25.73 mm (1.013 inches)
Width (max):101.57 mm (3.999 inches)
Length (max):146.53 mm (5.769 inches)
Weight (typical): 672 grams (1.482 pounds)

PERFORMANCE
Spindle Speed: 10,000 rpm
Average latency: 2.98 msec
Random read seek time: 3.8 msec
Random write seek time: 4.4 msec

RELIABILITY
MTBF(Mean Time Between Failure): 1,600,000 hours
Annual Failure Rate :0.55

POWER
12V start max current 1.96 amps
5V start max current 0.60 amps

Estimate Price : USD 834