The higher performance and capacity of Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 drives reduce storage costs per GB and increase capacity per watt. The drive has the industry’s highest reliability rating, reducing drive replacement costs. The Cheetah 15K.7 drive includes Seagate PowerTrim technology, which dynamically optimizes drive power consumption at all levels of activity.
Key Features and Benefits
* Highest-performance 3.5-inch Tier 1 drive
* Highest-capacity Tier 1 drive (600 GB)
* Highest reliability rating in the industry
* Seagate PowerTrim technology dynamically reduces power usage.
* Supports 6-Gb/s SAS 2.0 and 4-Gb/s FC
Additional information about the Cheetah 15K.7 is available on the Product Overview below.
The Seagate® Cheetah® 15K.7 is the highest performing, highest capacity 3.5-inch mission critical hard drive with best-in-class reliability for Tier 1 storage environments. This industry-leading enterprise drive reduces storage costs per GB while increasing capacity per watt. Drive power consumption is dynamically optimized at all levels of activity with Seagate’s exclusive PowerTrim technology. Cut IT drive retirement costs.
Specifications
Model Number ST3450857SS
Interface SAS2.0 6Gb/s
Cache 16 MBytes
Capacity 450 GB
Areal density (avg) 225 Gbits/inch2
PHYSICAL
Height (max) 26.11 mm (1.028 inches)
Width (max) 101.85 mm (4.010 inches)
Length (max) 146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
Weight (typical) 800 grams (1.76 pounds)
PERFORMANCE
Spindle Speed 15,000 rpm
Average latency 2.0 msec
Random read seek time 3.4 msec
Random write seek time 3.9 msec
RELIABILITY
MTBF 1,600,000 hours
Annual Failure Rate 0.55%
POWER
12V start max current 3.91 amps
5V start max current 1.94 amps
