Before the launch of Seagate Cheetah 15K.7, very few hard drives were considered reliable for enterprise storage. This has changed altogether with the launch of 600GB Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS Hard Drive ST3600057SS which delivers safe and sound high capacity storage hard drive for enterprise environments.

The specifications of the cheetah 15K.7 are-
The total storage capacity is about 600 GB which reduces the storage cost per GB and increases the capacity per watt, cache – 16 MB; interface is 6-Gb/s SAS. The spindle speed is 15000 RPM, with average latency of 2.0 msec. the random read seek time is 3.4 msec, random write seek time is 3.9 sec. the height of the hard drive is around 26.10 mm, length is 146.99 mm, and is 800 grams heavy.

The key features of the model are as follows-
The cheetah 15K.7 delivers a highest performance 3.5 inch Tier 1 drive. The hard drive has the highest reliability rating in the industry. The Seagate power trim technology significantly reduces power usage. The hard drive Supports 6-Gb/s SAS 2.0 and 4-Gb/ FC.
The best fit applications of the Cheetah 15K.7 are all mainstream enterprise applications such as E-mail, business processing, internet and commerce, transaction processing, decision support, storage area networks, network attached storage etc. hence it is termed as a reliable enterprise storage package.

The key advantages of Cheetah 15K.7 are –
This is a third generation hard drive, which enables perpendicular recording for maximum capacity. This delivers an unprecedented performance with a 16 percent increase in sustained data rate as compared to the last generation. This is up to 171 MB/ sec. the Cheetah 15K.7 boosts of the industry’s highest 3.5- inch drive reliability at 1.6 –million- hours MTBF. The hard drive is available in 4 GB/s FC or 6 GB/s SAS interfaces. The hard drive makes use of power trim technology which provides up to 21% improvement as compared to the last generation in Watts/ GB when idle. There is an advanced read/ write technology which delivers an unrecoverable error rate of 1x10E16 and AFR of 0.55 percent.

Hence the Cheetah 15K.7 is the highest performing, high capacity hard drive with best in class reliability and is one of the best for enterprise environment.