Seagate today announced worldwide shipments of its Savvio 10K.4 hard disk drive (HDD), a 2.5-inch enterprise-class drive. Built for the demands of enterprise servers, Savvio 10K.4 doubles the capacity of its nearest competitor to 600GB. It is also the first HDD to achieve a 2 million hours Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) reliability rating.

The Savvio 10K.4 also features Protection Information for enhanced protection of data-in-flight, a self-encrypting drive (SED) option for the ultimate protection of sensitive data-at-rest and PowerChoice, which allows the Savvio 10K.4 hard drive to deliver improved power savings during idle.