Seagate today announced it is now shipping its Cheetah 15K.7 enterprise-class hard drives, the company's highest performing 3.5-inch drives available at capacities of 600GB.

The Cheetah 15K.7 hard drive delivers the industry?s first 15K-rpm drive to reach the 600GB capacity point while providing a reliability of 1.6 million hours MTBF.

The drive is available with the latest 6Gb/s SAS or 4Gb/s FC interfaces, and includes Seagate PowerTrim technology, which dynamically reduces power consumption. These features enable system builders to deliver lower-cost, multi-drive servers and storage systems, making the Cheetah 15K.7 a good choice for use in environments ranging from small and medium-sized businesses to the largest enterprises.



Specifications:

Capacity: 600GB
Interface: 6 Gb/s SAS 2.0, 4 Gb/s FC
Spindle Speed: 15,000 RPM
Reliability: 0.55% AFR/1.6M hours MTBF
Cache: 16 MB
Form factor: 3.5-inch