Specification Sheet

Data Sheet
Highest-Performing,
Small Form Factor 15K Hard Drive
Savvio
®
15K.3
Key Advantages
• StorestwicetheamountofTier1datawithoutincreasingdrivecount
• EnablesTier1applicationstoprocesstransactionsmorequicklytohelp
increaserevenuegenerationandimprovecustomersatisfaction
• Supports6Gb/sSASformorerobusttopologiesandhigherreliability
• 20%improvedannualizedfailureratewitheld-provenreliability
• Providesupto21%improvementinsequentialdataread-write
performanceoverpriorgeneration
• Deliversupto3%fasterrandomreadandupto4%fasterrandomwrite
performancevs.priorgeneration
1
• Reducessystemcomplexity,andOEMdesignanddatacenteroperating
costs
• Self-EncryptingDrive(SED)option(AES-256)cutsITdriveretirement
costswhilesecurelyprotectingdatawhereitlives—onthedrive.
2
• FIPS140-2Validated
drivesprotectSensitive but Unclassifiedand
Protectedclassdata.
2,3
Best-Fit Applications
• High-performanceTier1enterpriseservers
• Blade,rackandtowerservershostingtransaction-basedapplications
• Power-andspace-constraineddatacenters
• Complianceanddatasecurityinitiatives
1Actualimprovementvariesdependingonqueuedepthandtransfersize.
2Self-EncryptingDrives(SED)andFIPS140-2Validateddrivesarenotavailable
inallmodelsorcountries.MayrequireTCG-complianthostorcontrollersupport.
3SeeFIPS140-2Level2Certicateat
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401val2011.htm#1635

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