Specification Sheet

2.5-inch form factor • 15K RPM •
146GB and 73GB • 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI
Key Advantages
• 115%improvementinsystem-levelperformanceover3.5-inch15Kdrives
• Seagate
®
PowerTrim
™
technologydynamicallyreducespowerupto70%
overcomparable3.5-inch15Kdrives.
• IOPS/Ware2.5xbetterthancomparable3.5-inchTier-1drives.
• 70%smallersizethan3.5-inchdrivesreducesoverallsystemcoolingcosts.
• Second-generation2.5-inch15Kenterprisedrivewitheld-provenreliability
• Supports6Gb/stransferratesandSAS2.0featureset
• TCG-compliantSelf-EncryptingDrive(SED)optioncutsITdriveretirement
expenseswhilesecurelyprotectingdataandisoneoftheeasiest,most
cost-effectivesecuritymeasuresyoucanimplement.
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• FIPSSelf-EncryptingDriveoptionprovidesallthebenetsofSEDand
isNISTcertiedtomeetU.S.,CanadaandU.K.federaldataencryption
compliancerequirements.
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• DeliversonSeagateUniedStoragearchitecturestrategytoconvergebest-
of-breedtechnologies(SAS,smallformfactorandSEDsecurity
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)toenable
powerful,yetsimpleexternalstorageandinternalserverstoragesolutions
thatstrengthenbusinessefciencieswhilecuttingTCOandboostingROI.
Best-Fit Applications
• High-performanceenterpriseserversandstoragearrays
• Power-constrainedand/orspace-constraineddatacenters
• Government-grade,data-at-restsecurity(whendrives
leaveyourcontrol)
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• Driveretirementcostreductionanddrivelife
extensionstrategies
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1RequiresTCG-complianthostorcontrollersupport.
Notavailableinallcountries.
2SeeFIPS140-2Level2Certicateathttp://csrc.nist.gov/groups
/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401vend.htm.
Savvio
®
15K.2
Highest-performing, greenest drive
for enterprise storage systems
DataSheet
Unified
™
Storage
™
FIPS 140-2 INSIDE