Seagate ships biggest little enterprise drive

Stephen Withers
Tuesday, 16 February 2010 10:24

Business IT - Technology

Seagate has begun shipping what it claims to be the world's highest-capacity and most reliable 2.5in enterprise-class drive.

Seagate's Savvio 10K.4 hard disk drive provides a 600GB capacity (double that of its nearest competitor) and an "unprecedented" 2 million hours Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF).

Features include Protection Information for data integrity, improved power management, and optional in-drive encryption.

"Our customers face challenging storage needs requiring the most efficient use of space and power while maintaining the highest performance possible," said Howard Shoobe, senior manager, Dell storage product management.

"The new 2.5-inch 10K-rpm 600GB capacity point allows a doubling of capacity within the same rack space of current 3.5-inch 15K 600GB drives while increasing overall system-level performance and decreasing power usage," he added.

And IDC research director John Rydning noted that the transition to 2.5in enterprise class drives by server and storage system OEMs is building momentum.