New Seagate Cheetah Drives
By Craig Lloyd on Jan 13th, 2009 at 4:39PM
Seagate announced today that two new hard drives will be added to the Cheetah family: the Cheetah 15K.7 and the Cheetah NS.2. Both drives are 3.5″ and boast 600GB of performance, capacity, reliability, and lower power consumption. Specifically, the 15K.7 drive delivers the highest performance of any 3.5″ drive, while the NS.2 takes power-savings to the furthest extreme by featuring the lowest power requirement of any 3.5″ Tier 1 drive.
Cheetah ® 15K.7 Drive Specifications
- Capacities: 600, 450, 300GB
- Interfaces: 6Gb/s SAS-2.0, 4Gb/s FC
- Spindle Speed: 15,000 RPM
- Seek Time: 3.4 ms
- Reliability: 0.55% AFR / 1.6M hours MTBF
- Cache: 16MB
- Form factor: 3.5-inch
Cheetah ® NS.2 Drive Specifications
- Capacities: 600, 450, 300GB
- Interfaces: 6Gb/s SAS-2.0 (600 and 450 GB drives), 4Gb/s FC
- Spindle Speed: 10,000 RPM
- Seek Time: 3.8 ms
- Reliability: 0.55% AFR / 1.6M hours MTBF
- Cache: 16MB
- Form factor: 3.5-inch
The NS.2 drive is available and shipping today. The 15K.7 is currently available for OEM qualifications and will start shipping next quarter to the channel.
