he Seagate Savvio 15K.3 drive enables OEMs to build solutions that help data centers process more transactions within a given time frame & meet IT service level agreements. This helps companies increase revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction & complete critical business processes faster while keeping data safe. It also provides the performance benefits needed to entice customers to migrate from legacy, 3.5-inch drives to higher-performing 2.5-inch drives. Key Features & Benefits
- Doubles Tier 1 data storage capacity (up to 300 GB);
- Provides up to 21% improvement in sequential data read/write performance over prior generation
- Delivers up to 3% faster random read & up to 4% faster random write performance vs. prior generation, & up to 10% faster random read & up to 8% faster random write performance vs. legacy 3.5-inch 15K drives;
- Improves scalability & reliability with 6 Gb/s SAS interface support;
- Supports Protection Information (PI) to help ensure data is not changed from what the user created?from the moment the data is created throughout the life of the data;
- Improves reliability by up to 20% with an annualized failure rate (AFR) of 0.44%;
- Instant Secure Erase™ feature cryptographically erases the data encryption key, thereby helping to protect data should drives be lost, stolen or retired;
- Eases transition from legacy 3.5-inch, 15K drives to next-generation 2.5-in, 15K drives;
- Unified Storage architecture minimizes system complexity & reduces operating costs;
- Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) option helps data centers be compliant with corporate & federal data security mandates.