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Seagate's Next 15K RPM Drive
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2007-01-16
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Today Seagate announces the Savvio 15K, a drive that combines the benefits introduced with the 10K RPM Savvio with a 15,000 RPM spindle speed.
Though shipments of 2.5” form-factor enterprise drives constituted a small minority in the past two years, the firm indicates it expects 2007 to be a banner year for the smaller drives, that 2.5” 10K drives will comprise nearly half of the year’s shipments.
Seagate has already demonstrated a firm belief in the 2.5” form-factor’s smaller size, lower power consumption, higher IOps, and greater reliability by phasing out the “legacy” 3.5” 10K drive (Cheetah 10K) in favor of the smaller Savvio 10K.
The Savvio 15K represents a move by the company to be first out the door with an ultra-high speed 2.5” drive and promises to deliver a previously unachievable balance between seek times and spindle counts.
Seagate’s newest, equipped with the SAS interface, will ship in 36 and 73 GB capacities and features a 2.9 ms seek time with a 16 MB buffer.
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Recent Reviews & Articles
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Seagate Savvio 15K.1
2007-05-01
Seagate's latest 15K RPM screamer isn't a Cheetah, but rather a diminutive 2.5 inch Savvio cranked up to rotate at the highest of speeds. Join StorageReview as we take a look at the latest arrival in the transition to a 2.5" enterprise market: The Savvio 15K.1.
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Seagate Barracuda ES
2006-12-01
The server version of Seagate's consumer-oriented Barracuda 7200.10 brings the highest-ever capacity to the enterprise market. StorageReview takes a look to see how the 750 GB monster compares to the largest offerings from Hitachi, Maxtor, and WD.
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Seagate Cheetah 15K.5
2006-09-21
Seagate's latest is the first SCSI drive to incorporate perpendicular recording technology and pushes the bar for 15K RPM spindle speeds to an impressive 300 GB. How does the industry giant's newest fare? Join SR as we put the 15K.5 to the test!
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SATA in the Enterprise - A 500 GB Drive Roundup
2006-07-13
With cost, capacity, and interoperability driving change, SATA drives have made considerable headway into the enterprise sector. Seagate, Maxtor and Western Digital have all introduced capacious alternatives squarely aimed at a market served by SCSI and Fibre offerings. StorageReview takes a look at how the NL35.2, MaXLine Pro, and Caviar RE2 stack up!
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SR's 250 GB Drive Roundup
2006-02-02
As a rule, StorageReview evaluates the largest, "flagship" drive within a given family. While this tenet permits impartial selection of review drives, it has at times created inequitable comparisons as some manufacturers tend to lag behind others when it comes to sheer capacity. Now, however, we'll take a break from the practice as we take a look at how affordable, 250 GB drives stack up from all five SATA manufacturers. Join us as we put drives from Hitachi, Maxtor, Samsung, Seagate, and WD to the test!
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Western Digital Raptor WD1500
2006-01-03
WD’s long-awaited update to the 10,000 RPM SATA Raptor has arrived! The family’s new bellwether ups capacity up to 150 gigabytes and claims to significantly increase performance while maintaining the line’s admirable power and noise levels. Join StorageReview as we pit the Raptor WD1500 up against every currently available SCSI and SATA flagship in our comprehensive test suite!
Updated Jan 5th with information on the "Raptor X" (gaming) version.
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