Economies of Capacity and Speed: Choosing the most cost-effective disc drive (263K) (PDF)
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...their storage systems are 36GB 10K (lowest price box cost), as opposed to 146GB 15K (highest initial acquisition price/GB) or 300GB 10K (lowest price per GB), the majority of drives they would instead be buying 300GB 10K drives (see Figure 1). 350 Capacity 300 300 of 10K 250 Offered 200 Gbytes 150 ...criterion used by looking at the current trend in drive purchase decisions. All of these factors can come into play when determining the optimal capacity and speed of cost/capacity (price per GB). TP-525 • From: Seagate Global Product Marketing • May 2004 Technology ...
...their storage systems are 36GB 10K (lowest price box cost), as opposed to 146GB 15K (highest initial acquisition price/GB) or 300GB 10K (lowest price per GB), the majority of drives they would instead be buying 300GB 10K drives (see Figure 1). 350 Capacity 300 300 of 10K 250 Offered 200 Gbytes 150 ...criterion used by looking at the current trend in drive purchase decisions. All of these factors can come into play when determining the optimal capacity and speed of cost/capacity (price per GB). TP-525 • From: Seagate Global Product Marketing • May 2004 Technology ...
Economies of Capacity and Speed: Choosing the most cost-effective disc drive (263K) (PDF)
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...that allow for example, RAID 5) that , for the average price of time. These deployments utilize advanced interfaces (for a single drive or only a handful of denser 15K 73GB drives. Or, many disc drives, combined with the substantial investment in the system, it 's often...of drives, lower IOPS/GB drive performance cannot be simultaneously distributed across multiple drives. Of course, such an approach significantly reduces effective disc capacity, increasing the cost per GB of denser 15K 146GB drives. Drive Comparison 10K 146 GB 15K 146 GB Number of Drives 16 11 Capacity (GB) ...
...that allow for example, RAID 5) that , for the average price of time. These deployments utilize advanced interfaces (for a single drive or only a handful of denser 15K 73GB drives. Or, many disc drives, combined with the substantial investment in the system, it 's often...of drives, lower IOPS/GB drive performance cannot be simultaneously distributed across multiple drives. Of course, such an approach significantly reduces effective disc capacity, increasing the cost per GB of denser 15K 146GB drives. Drive Comparison 10K 146 GB 15K 146 GB Number of Drives 16 11 Capacity (GB) ...
Economies of Capacity and Speed: Choosing the most cost-effective disc drive (263K) (PDF)
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...drives decrease RAID rebuild times. All top SPC price/performance leaders elected to maintain acceptable response times and keep pace with Turbo Option (non-mirrored) HP StorageWorks (non-mirrored) EVA ZC12D STK-D280 (mirrored) 15K RPM 15K RPM 15K RPM $ per SPC-1 IOPSTM $9.28 $19.99 $16.69 Total ASU Storage Capacity (GB... requirements, acoustics and rotational vibration compared to excel in a broad range of Drive Choice on Overall Reliability The Seagate 10K-RPM and 15K-RPM disc drives carry the highest reliability rating in the system to meet performance and capacity requirements...
...drives decrease RAID rebuild times. All top SPC price/performance leaders elected to maintain acceptable response times and keep pace with Turbo Option (non-mirrored) HP StorageWorks (non-mirrored) EVA ZC12D STK-D280 (mirrored) 15K RPM 15K RPM 15K RPM $ per SPC-1 IOPSTM $9.28 $19.99 $16.69 Total ASU Storage Capacity (GB... requirements, acoustics and rotational vibration compared to excel in a broad range of Drive Choice on Overall Reliability The Seagate 10K-RPM and 15K-RPM disc drives carry the highest reliability rating in the system to meet performance and capacity requirements...
Optimizing Storage with SAS: Beyond the 10K Compromise (72K, PDF)
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... frees up enclosure space for more nearline drives. The net result is a fundamental enabling technology in cost/GB by the growing movement towards specialized storage solutions. SAS compatibility with 3.5-inch disc drives. Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is both raw performance and price/performance by 15K-RPM SAS online drives (and soundly trounced in this cost...
... frees up enclosure space for more nearline drives. The net result is a fundamental enabling technology in cost/GB by the growing movement towards specialized storage solutions. SAS compatibility with 3.5-inch disc drives. Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is both raw performance and price/performance by 15K-RPM SAS online drives (and soundly trounced in this cost...
Optimizing Storage with SAS: Beyond the 10K Compromise (72K, PDF)
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...files) mushroomed, it is leading this total cost of ownership, not individual drive prices, that 15K SAS solutions provide significantly lower total cost of four 15K SAS/8 SATA drives would yield moderately lower IOPS (220.4) than the 10K reference system, ... cost-effectiveness. Conversely, when online speed is that ultimately determines the cost-effectiveness of SAS and SATA drives • Fully exploit SATA's cost/GB economies without compromising enterprise management and reliability requirements • Increase storage capacity while maintaining application requirements 2...
...files) mushroomed, it is leading this total cost of ownership, not individual drive prices, that 15K SAS solutions provide significantly lower total cost of four 15K SAS/8 SATA drives would yield moderately lower IOPS (220.4) than the 10K reference system, ... cost-effectiveness. Conversely, when online speed is that ultimately determines the cost-effectiveness of SAS and SATA drives • Fully exploit SATA's cost/GB economies without compromising enterprise management and reliability requirements • Increase storage capacity while maintaining application requirements 2...
Cheetah 10K.7 Product Overview
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...offerings or specifications. Cheetah, Savvio and the Wave logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC. The Cheetah 10K.7 drive meets this challenge by price per gigabyte, price per IOPS and ...SEAGATE ADVANTAGE • The Cheetah 10K.7 sets the standard for Seagate costper-gigabyte value enterprise drives, benefiting from the Cheetah 15K drive, including fluid dynamic bearings, enhanced data integrity/error recovery procedures and the improved background media scan feature. Cheetah 10K.7 300-Gbyte enterprise disc drive PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The Seagate Cheetah...
...offerings or specifications. Cheetah, Savvio and the Wave logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC. The Cheetah 10K.7 drive meets this challenge by price per gigabyte, price per IOPS and ...SEAGATE ADVANTAGE • The Cheetah 10K.7 sets the standard for Seagate costper-gigabyte value enterprise drives, benefiting from the Cheetah 15K drive, including fluid dynamic bearings, enhanced data integrity/error recovery procedures and the improved background media scan feature. Cheetah 10K.7 300-Gbyte enterprise disc drive PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The Seagate Cheetah...
Cheetah 10K.7 SCSI Product Manual
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...and distributors. Submit pricing requests, orders and returns through one of our call center in your specific application or computer system, as well as drive availability and compatibility. reseller.seagate.com reseller.seagate.com supports Seagate resellers with a technical...SEAGATE) is a telecommunications device for your region. Cheetah 10K.7 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. D 87 Presales Support: www.seagate.com/support/email/email_presales.html or Presales@Seagate.com Technical Support: www.seagate.com/support/email/email_disc_support.html or DiscSupport@Seagate.com mySeagate my.seagate...
...and distributors. Submit pricing requests, orders and returns through one of our call center in your specific application or computer system, as well as drive availability and compatibility. reseller.seagate.com reseller.seagate.com supports Seagate resellers with a technical...SEAGATE) is a telecommunications device for your region. Cheetah 10K.7 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. D 87 Presales Support: www.seagate.com/support/email/email_presales.html or Presales@Seagate.com Technical Support: www.seagate.com/support/email/email_disc_support.html or DiscSupport@Seagate.com mySeagate my.seagate...