Seagate Doubles Capacity of Enterprise-class Drives

Seagate Technology has released its enterprise-class Savvio10.4K 2.5-in serial-attached SCSI (SAS) drive. According to the company, it doubles the previous storage limit if its high-end systems. As mentioned on Computer World, the new drive is available with self-encryption option, and optional PowerChoice modes, so administrators can customize how much power the drive uses by setting it in any one of four different idle modes.

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"The company boosted the drive's interface to 4Gbit/sec compared to 2Gbit/sec for the previous high-end offering. The company said the new model increases the capacity per platter from 150GB to 200GB, improving the areal density on the three-platter drive.

"Seagate said it boosted the MTBF from 1.6 million hours on its previous SAS and Fibre Channel drives to 2 million hours on the 10.4K. The company contended that while the drive's warranty remains at the five-year level of the previous movel, the drive will last longer than the older models."

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