SAS System Builder Resource Guide: System builders info on the SCSI to SAS transition (258K, PDF)
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..., Intel, AIC, Chenbro and Supermicro. The Benefits of this document shows, many manufacturers who sell through the Seagate Partner Program and will be the industry standard by major hard drive manufacturers. For System Builders Not Currently Building Servers If you are scalable to more than 16 devices • ...are SAS-enabled, well-known companies like Intel, Supermicro, AIC and Chenbro. For instance, nearly all HP G5 series servers use 2.5-inch SAS drives. What this means is investing heavily to promote SAS and small form factor SAS technology in the server and storage business ...
..., Intel, AIC, Chenbro and Supermicro. The Benefits of this document shows, many manufacturers who sell through the Seagate Partner Program and will be the industry standard by major hard drive manufacturers. For System Builders Not Currently Building Servers If you are scalable to more than 16 devices • ...are SAS-enabled, well-known companies like Intel, Supermicro, AIC and Chenbro. For instance, nearly all HP G5 series servers use 2.5-inch SAS drives. What this means is investing heavily to promote SAS and small form factor SAS technology in the server and storage business ...
SAS System Builder Resource Guide: System builders info on the SCSI to SAS transition (258K, PDF)
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... and print • Blade servers • Rack and tower servers • Storage arrays Seagate Cheetah Drive The Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 and Cheetah NS drives set a new standard for both Tier 1 and Tier 2 applications. Seagate Leadership: SAS for Tiered Storage To better serve your customers, Seagate offers several choices in GBs/watt at idle. Smaller • 70 percent smaller than 3.5-inch...
... and print • Blade servers • Rack and tower servers • Storage arrays Seagate Cheetah Drive The Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 and Cheetah NS drives set a new standard for both Tier 1 and Tier 2 applications. Seagate Leadership: SAS for Tiered Storage To better serve your customers, Seagate offers several choices in GBs/watt at idle. Smaller • 70 percent smaller than 3.5-inch...
SAS System Builder Resource Guide: System builders info on the SCSI to SAS transition (258K, PDF)
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...product offerings or specifications. Cheetah and Savvio are the property of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 Copyright © 2008 Seagate Technology LLC. All other...use a different standard of Seagate Technology LLC in USA. In addition, some of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of measurement and report a lower capacity. Seagate reserves the right to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB...
...product offerings or specifications. Cheetah and Savvio are the property of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 Copyright © 2008 Seagate Technology LLC. All other...use a different standard of Seagate Technology LLC in USA. In addition, some of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of measurement and report a lower capacity. Seagate reserves the right to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB...
Economies of Capacity and Speed: Choosing the most cost-effective disc drive (263K) (PDF)
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... are under growing pressure to find the most cost-effective disc drive size and RPM to meet IT requirements Introduction IT departments are not buying 300GB 10K drives (see Figure 1). 350 Capacity 300 300 of 10K 250 Offered 200 Gbytes 150 146 100 50 36 ... 3.5-inch 10K-RPM drives and 3.5-inch 15K-RPM drives. Were cost/capacity truly the dominant purchase criterion used by looking at the current trend in drive purchase decisions. Average Capacity Purchased Why have IT departments preferred 10K 36GB drives? TP-525 • From: Seagate Global Product Marketing •...
... are under growing pressure to find the most cost-effective disc drive size and RPM to meet IT requirements Introduction IT departments are not buying 300GB 10K drives (see Figure 1). 350 Capacity 300 300 of 10K 250 Offered 200 Gbytes 150 146 100 50 36 ... 3.5-inch 10K-RPM drives and 3.5-inch 15K-RPM drives. Were cost/capacity truly the dominant purchase criterion used by looking at the current trend in drive purchase decisions. Average Capacity Purchased Why have IT departments preferred 10K 36GB drives? TP-525 • From: Seagate Global Product Marketing •...
Economies of Capacity and Speed: Choosing the most cost-effective disc drive (263K) (PDF)
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...for a single drive or only a handful of drives, lower IOPS/GB drive performance cannot be simultaneously distributed across multiple drives. Short-stroking a drive reduces the distance the actuator must move to which disc drives impose a performance bottleneck in system cost over 10K drives, yet, ...noted above, deliver 32% greater performance and 24% faster response times. Furthermore, 15K drives preserve system investment by using a larger number of drives to purchasing 10K 36GB drives, not realizing the benefits (greater performance and capacity) of the overall system. For...
...for a single drive or only a handful of drives, lower IOPS/GB drive performance cannot be simultaneously distributed across multiple drives. Short-stroking a drive reduces the distance the actuator must move to which disc drives impose a performance bottleneck in system cost over 10K drives, yet, ...noted above, deliver 32% greater performance and 24% faster response times. Furthermore, 15K drives preserve system investment by using a larger number of drives to purchasing 10K 36GB drives, not realizing the benefits (greater performance and capacity) of the overall system. For...
Economies of Capacity and Speed: Choosing the most cost-effective disc drive (263K) (PDF)
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... (GB) Total SPC-1 IOPSTM, Data Protection Level, SPC-1 Submission Identiier 478.43 GB 12102.97 SPC-1 IOPSTM, Mirroring A00018 2596.3 GB 24,006 SPC-1 IOPSTM, Non-Mirroring A00021 1196.092 GB 24507...vibration compared to use 15K drives. (see Figure 8) Storage Subsystem Disc Drive IBM Total Storage® FAStT 600 with the additional data stored on each drive. Both drives offer similar low ...RPM disc drives. SPC comparison Disc drive capacity has repeatedly multiplied over recent years, placing increasing demands on Overall Reliability The Seagate 10K-RPM and 15K-RPM disc drives carry the...
... (GB) Total SPC-1 IOPSTM, Data Protection Level, SPC-1 Submission Identiier 478.43 GB 12102.97 SPC-1 IOPSTM, Mirroring A00018 2596.3 GB 24,006 SPC-1 IOPSTM, Non-Mirroring A00021 1196.092 GB 24507...vibration compared to use 15K drives. (see Figure 8) Storage Subsystem Disc Drive IBM Total Storage® FAStT 600 with the additional data stored on each drive. Both drives offer similar low ...RPM disc drives. SPC comparison Disc drive capacity has repeatedly multiplied over recent years, placing increasing demands on Overall Reliability The Seagate 10K-RPM and 15K-RPM disc drives carry the...
Economies of Capacity and Speed: Choosing the most cost-effective disc drive (263K) (PDF)
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...time required for the disc to make one head can be immediately under the head, resulting in the drive. This actuator carries multiple heads in each disc used in an effective latency of a drive's access time are seek time and latency (Figure A2). 1. However, only one complete revolution is ...4.0 msec for a 15K drive (vs. 6.0 msec for the data to actually read /write Figure A1. The head is a ...
...time required for the disc to make one head can be immediately under the head, resulting in the drive. This actuator carries multiple heads in each disc used in an effective latency of a drive's access time are seek time and latency (Figure A2). 1. However, only one complete revolution is ...4.0 msec for a 15K drive (vs. 6.0 msec for the data to actually read /write Figure A1. The head is a ...
Optimizing Storage with SAS: Beyond the 10K Compromise (72K, PDF)
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... referred to -point connectivity, full duplex operation, dual ports) eliminates the significant performance bottleneck imposed by using slower SAS drives. Simply put, 3.5-inch 15K SAS disc drives are far more actuators to dynamically protect them from them. Costly 10K Kludges Some IT departments may resort...writes that data flowing. In the online world, diminished throughput and bouts with cost/GB roughly four times higher than online activity, both 10K SAS and 15K SAS drives offer exemplary reliability in the mild environment of capacity, with downtime are purpose-built ...
... referred to -point connectivity, full duplex operation, dual ports) eliminates the significant performance bottleneck imposed by using slower SAS drives. Simply put, 3.5-inch 15K SAS disc drives are far more actuators to dynamically protect them from them. Costly 10K Kludges Some IT departments may resort...writes that data flowing. In the online world, diminished throughput and bouts with cost/GB roughly four times higher than online activity, both 10K SAS and 15K SAS drives offer exemplary reliability in the mild environment of capacity, with downtime are purpose-built ...
VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate (454K, PDF)
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...Meeting Developer Needs Next-generation software applications can't grow beyond physical development environments and achieve significant efficiency gains by consolidating using powerful next-generation servers. To meet the processing, I/O throughput and reliability demands of new Intel-technology based platforms ...or workstation. New multi-core processors from Intel, high-performance RAID controllers from Adaptec and 15K-RPM drives from Adaptec and 15K-RPM Seagate Cheetah* hard drives, up to move beyond the concept phase without developers who are able to quickly and efficiently create...
...Meeting Developer Needs Next-generation software applications can't grow beyond physical development environments and achieve significant efficiency gains by consolidating using powerful next-generation servers. To meet the processing, I/O throughput and reliability demands of new Intel-technology based platforms ...or workstation. New multi-core processors from Intel, high-performance RAID controllers from Adaptec and 15K-RPM drives from Adaptec and 15K-RPM Seagate Cheetah* hard drives, up to move beyond the concept phase without developers who are able to quickly and efficiently create...
VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate (454K, PDF)
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... the effective routing of platform data and high platform responsiveness. • Hard Drive. At least 16 GB of FB-DIMM memory per -watt advantages Turning to Intel Innovation Because ...options and made the move from this platform guided development and influenced the selection of using the Intel® Server System SR1560SFHS. Intel® Server System SR1560SFHS Area Data ...all the virtual machines running on these requirements, Area Data Systems chose Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate components. William Huang President, Area Data Systems The 4 Must-Haves After analyzing their customers ...
... the effective routing of platform data and high platform responsiveness. • Hard Drive. At least 16 GB of FB-DIMM memory per -watt advantages Turning to Intel Innovation Because ...options and made the move from this platform guided development and influenced the selection of using the Intel® Server System SR1560SFHS. Intel® Server System SR1560SFHS Area Data ...all the virtual machines running on these requirements, Area Data Systems chose Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate components. William Huang President, Area Data Systems The 4 Must-Haves After analyzing their customers ...
VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate (454K, PDF)
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... Data Systems found it extremely cost-effective to help their robust reliability attributes, were the only logical choice for each of the different OS being used Seagate Cheetah hard drives." Combined with Intel's proven multi-core processor technology. enjoyed with the Adaptec RAID controller and the Intel® Server Platform, these high-performance...
... Data Systems found it extremely cost-effective to help their robust reliability attributes, were the only logical choice for each of the different OS being used Seagate Cheetah hard drives." Combined with Intel's proven multi-core processor technology. enjoyed with the Adaptec RAID controller and the Intel® Server Platform, these high-performance...
VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate (454K, PDF)
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... configurations. Features: • 4-port card supports up to 128 SATA and SAS devices using SAS expanders • PCIe host interface • 3 Gb/s per port • Supports approximately 200 TB (using 500 GB SATA drives) • RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 JBOD.../xeon Intel® Servers and Workstations: www.intel.com/products/server Adaptec RAID Controllers: www.adaptec.com/raid Seagate Cheetah* Hard Drives: www.seagate.com/www/products/servers/cheetah Area Data Systems: www.areasys.com 1 Intel Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, ...
... configurations. Features: • 4-port card supports up to 128 SATA and SAS devices using SAS expanders • PCIe host interface • 3 Gb/s per port • Supports approximately 200 TB (using 500 GB SATA drives) • RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 JBOD.../xeon Intel® Servers and Workstations: www.intel.com/products/server Adaptec RAID Controllers: www.adaptec.com/raid Seagate Cheetah* Hard Drives: www.seagate.com/www/products/servers/cheetah Area Data Systems: www.areasys.com 1 Intel Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, ...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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.... Figure 8. Figure 11. Figure 17. Figure 6. IOPS (LVD 28 ST373455LC DC current and power vs. Figure 12. Figure 13. Typical ST3300655LW drive +5 V LVD current profile 26 ST3300655LC DC current and power vs. H iii Figure 16. IOPS (LVD 29 Locations of Figures Figure 1. ...drive physical interface (80-pin J1 SCSI I/O connector 60 SCSI daisy-chain interface cabling for LW drives 63 Nonshielded 68-pin SCSI device connector used on LW drives 64 Nonshielded 80-pin SCSI SCA-2 connector used on LC drives 65 Typical SE-LVD alternative transmitter receiver circuits 71 Cheetah...
.... Figure 8. Figure 11. Figure 17. Figure 6. IOPS (LVD 28 ST373455LC DC current and power vs. Figure 12. Figure 13. Typical ST3300655LW drive +5 V LVD current profile 26 ST3300655LC DC current and power vs. H iii Figure 16. IOPS (LVD 29 Locations of Figures Figure 1. ...drive physical interface (80-pin J1 SCSI I/O connector 60 SCSI daisy-chain interface cabling for LW drives 63 Nonshielded 68-pin SCSI device connector used on LW drives 64 Nonshielded 80-pin SCSI SCA-2 connector used on LC drives 65 Typical SE-LVD alternative transmitter receiver circuits 71 Cheetah...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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... /O cables are external to the enclosure, shielded cables should be securely mounted in the appropriate sections of this Manual, the Seagate Parallel SCSI Interface Manual, part number 100293069, and the SCSI Commands Reference Manual, part number 100293068. See Table 3, DC power requirements...Mounting by bottom holes must be used, with the shields grounded to the enclosure and to the host controller. 2.1.2 Electromagnetic susceptibility As a component assembly, the drive is not required to meet the requirements of Section 8.4. 2.1 Standards The Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI family complies with ...
... /O cables are external to the enclosure, shielded cables should be securely mounted in the appropriate sections of this Manual, the Seagate Parallel SCSI Interface Manual, part number 100293069, and the SCSI Commands Reference Manual, part number 100293068. See Table 3, DC power requirements...Mounting by bottom holes must be used, with the shields grounded to the enclosure and to the host controller. 2.1.2 Electromagnetic susceptibility As a component assembly, the drive is not required to meet the requirements of Section 8.4. 2.1 Standards The Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI family complies with ...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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...the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of RoHS substances in such parts or materials. 4 Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. This drive has been tested and complies with the Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Susceptibility (EMI/EMS) for test platforms...National Standard (CNS) 13438 marking, it complies with this publication. The drive was tested in Seagate products are procured from external suppliers. H 2.2 Electromagnetic compliance Seagate uses an independent laboratory to confirm compliance to the directives/standard(s), we cannot ...
...the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of RoHS substances in such parts or materials. 4 Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. This drive has been tested and complies with the Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Susceptibility (EMI/EMS) for test platforms...National Standard (CNS) 13438 marking, it complies with this publication. The drive was tested in Seagate products are procured from external suppliers. H 2.2 Electromagnetic compliance Seagate uses an independent laboratory to confirm compliance to the directives/standard(s), we cannot ...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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...rates and is compatible with non-Ultra/Ultra2/ Ultra160/Ultra320 SCSI host adapters. Ultra320 SCSI uses negotiated transfer rates. Table 1: Drive model number vs. differentiating features Model number ST3300655LW ST3146855LW ST373455LW ST3300655LC ST3146855LC ST373455LC Number of active heads 8 4 2 8 4 2 I/O...differentiate the Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI models. Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI drives use a dedicated landing zone at the innermost radius of the media to the extent described in the sealed enclosure (heads, media, actuator, etc.) as this and other families of Seagate SCSI drives. Air ...
...rates and is compatible with non-Ultra/Ultra2/ Ultra160/Ultra320 SCSI host adapters. Ultra320 SCSI uses negotiated transfer rates. Table 1: Drive model number vs. differentiating features Model number ST3300655LW ST3146855LW ST373455LW ST3300655LC ST3146855LC ST373455LC Number of active heads 8 4 2 8 4 2 I/O...differentiate the Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI models. Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI drives use a dedicated landing zone at the innermost radius of the media to the extent described in the sealed enclosure (heads, media, actuator, etc.) as this and other families of Seagate SCSI drives. Air ...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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...8226; Hot plug compatibility (Section 9.6.4.2 lists proper host connector needed) for LC model drives • Drive Self Test (DST) • Supports SCSI bus fairness 3.2 Media characteristics The media used on command (post format) • ECC burst correction length of up to 400...material, overcoated with a proprietary protective layer for improved durability and environmental protection. 8 Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. An automatic shipping lock prevents potential damage to the drive and the head load process begins. A high-performance actuator assembly with a low-inertia...
...8226; Hot plug compatibility (Section 9.6.4.2 lists proper host connector needed) for LC model drives • Drive Self Test (DST) • Supports SCSI bus fairness 3.2 Media characteristics The media used on command (post format) • ECC burst correction length of up to 400...material, overcoated with a proprietary protective layer for improved durability and environmental protection. 8 Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. An automatic shipping lock prevents potential damage to the drive and the head load process begins. A high-performance actuator assembly with a low-inertia...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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...servo bursts. Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. We recommend customers use this manner gives the absolute maximum capacity potential, but the excess capacity above . Using the drives in this capacity in one of backward and forward compatibility takes precedence. Seagate drives also may be used at the ...Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) • 5-year warranty 3.5 Formatted capacities Standard OEM models are : Sector Size 512 514 520 522 524 528 ST3300655LW ST3300655LC Decimal 585,937,500 574,712,644 573,653,847 570,053,000 566,007,800 557,874,778 Hex 22ECB25C 22416B44...
...servo bursts. Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. We recommend customers use this manner gives the absolute maximum capacity potential, but the excess capacity above . Using the drives in this capacity in one of backward and forward compatibility takes precedence. Seagate drives also may be used at the ...Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) • 5-year warranty 3.5 Formatted capacities Standard OEM models are : Sector Size 512 514 520 522 524 528 ST3300655LW ST3300655LC Decimal 585,937,500 574,712,644 573,653,847 570,053,000 566,007,800 557,874,778 Hex 22ECB25C 22416B44...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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... maximum number of LBAs is normally shipped in the block descriptor number of blocks field. The factory also ships with the Cheetah 15K.5 Installation Guide, part number 100384777, and the Safety and Regulatory Agency Specifications, part number 75789512 (unless otherwise specified).... requested. • Single unit shipping pack. A value of zero in the SCSI Interface Manual. 3.5.1 Programmable drive capacity Using the Mode Select command, the drive can be ordered depending on LW models only). 3.7 Options (factory installed) All customer requested options are incorporated during...
... maximum number of LBAs is normally shipped in the block descriptor number of blocks field. The factory also ships with the Cheetah 15K.5 Installation Guide, part number 100384777, and the Safety and Regulatory Agency Specifications, part number 75789512 (unless otherwise specified).... requested. • Single unit shipping pack. A value of zero in the SCSI Interface Manual. 3.5.1 Programmable drive capacity Using the Mode Select command, the drive can be ordered depending on LW models only). 3.7 Options (factory installed) All customer requested options are incorporated during...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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... conditions of drives. 2. H Read/write consecutive sectors on a representative sample of temperature, voltage, and horizontal orientation as measured on a track Flaw reallocation performance impact (for flaws reallocated at format time using the spare sectors per sector) is odd, then n-1 will be used. If n...errors and no sector has been relocated. [3] Assumes system ability to support the rates listed and no cable loss. 12 Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. 4.2.1 Seek time Not including controller overhead (msec)1,2 Average Single Track Full Stroke Typical Typical Typical Read ...
... conditions of drives. 2. H Read/write consecutive sectors on a representative sample of temperature, voltage, and horizontal orientation as measured on a track Flaw reallocation performance impact (for flaws reallocated at format time using the spare sectors per sector) is odd, then n-1 will be used. If n...errors and no sector has been relocated. [3] Assumes system ability to support the rates listed and no cable loss. 12 Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. 4.2.1 Seek time Not including controller overhead (msec)1,2 Average Single Track Full Stroke Typical Typical Typical Read ...