SAS System Builder Resource Guide: System builders info on the SCSI to SAS transition (258K, PDF)
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...and storage systems to SAS configurations- This transition by major hard drive manufacturers. Small Form Factor SAS- particularly small form factor SAS. Seagate is universal controller Small Form Factor Business Opportunity for System ...Seagate Value Proposition You can expect our support in the channel. The purpose of SAS-enabled servers are scalable to more than 16 devices • Dual-port provides high availability • SAS utilizes SCSI middleware • SAS system is investing heavily to furnish a matrix that will be produced by the industry's leading hard drive...
...and storage systems to SAS configurations- This transition by major hard drive manufacturers. Small Form Factor SAS- particularly small form factor SAS. Seagate is universal controller Small Form Factor Business Opportunity for System ...Seagate Value Proposition You can expect our support in the channel. The purpose of SAS-enabled servers are scalable to more than 16 devices • Dual-port provides high availability • SAS utilizes SCSI middleware • SAS system is investing heavily to furnish a matrix that will be produced by the industry's leading hard drive...
SAS System Builder Resource Guide: System builders info on the SCSI to SAS transition (258K, PDF)
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... • Designed for fail-over and data recovery in the tier 2 (nearline) storage area, where dollars/GB and GB/watt are the leading 2.5-inch enterprise drives. SATA with IOECC/ IOEDC on Writes and only IOEDC (Error Detection) on Reads • Dual-port...storage • Supports up to cool processors • Result: lower overall costs 2.5-inch Tier 1 Best-Fit Applications • Mainstream enterprise applications • File and print • Blade servers • Rack and tower servers • Storage arrays Seagate Cheetah Drive The Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 and Cheetah NS drives set a ...
... • Designed for fail-over and data recovery in the tier 2 (nearline) storage area, where dollars/GB and GB/watt are the leading 2.5-inch enterprise drives. SATA with IOECC/ IOEDC on Writes and only IOEDC (Error Detection) on Reads • Dual-port...storage • Supports up to cool processors • Result: lower overall costs 2.5-inch Tier 1 Best-Fit Applications • Mainstream enterprise applications • File and print • Blade servers • Rack and tower servers • Storage arrays Seagate Cheetah Drive The Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 and Cheetah NS drives set a ...
Cheetah 15K.5 Product Overview
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... higher performance with 30 percent faster sequential performance and the highest reliability rating of 10. Product Overview Cheetah 15K.5 Best price/performance, lowest cost of ownership disc drive 300, 146 and 73GB • 15K RPM • Ultra320 SCSI 3 Gbit/sec SAS •...; 4 Gbit/sec FC Key Features and Benefits • Perpendicular recording is fundamentally superior, delivering 300GB capacity with fewer drives, reducing supporting infrastructure, maintenance and space needs while boosting system reliability • 30 percent more IOPS and over 20 percent faster response times...
... higher performance with 30 percent faster sequential performance and the highest reliability rating of 10. Product Overview Cheetah 15K.5 Best price/performance, lowest cost of ownership disc drive 300, 146 and 73GB • 15K RPM • Ultra320 SCSI 3 Gbit/sec SAS •...; 4 Gbit/sec FC Key Features and Benefits • Perpendicular recording is fundamentally superior, delivering 300GB capacity with fewer drives, reducing supporting infrastructure, maintenance and space needs while boosting system reliability • 30 percent more IOPS and over 20 percent faster response times...
Cheetah 15K.5 Data Sheet
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... Data Sheet Cheetah® 15K.5 Mainstream enterprise hard drive storage 300, 146 and 73 GB • 15K RPM • Ultra320 SCSI, 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and 4-Gb/s FC Key Advantages • Perpendicular recording is fundamentally superior, enabling 300-GB capacity with 30 percent higher sustained data rate. • The Seagate® Cheetah® 15K.5 drive is the first drive to break...
... Data Sheet Cheetah® 15K.5 Mainstream enterprise hard drive storage 300, 146 and 73 GB • 15K RPM • Ultra320 SCSI, 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and 4-Gb/s FC Key Advantages • Perpendicular recording is fundamentally superior, enabling 300-GB capacity with 30 percent higher sustained data rate. • The Seagate® Cheetah® 15K.5 drive is the first drive to break...
Cheetah 15K.5 Data Sheet
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...300 GB1 146.8 GB1 73.4 GB1 Model Number Capacity Formatted 512 Kbytes/Sector (GB) External Transfer Rate (MB/s) Ultra320 SCSI 4-Gb/s Fibre Channel 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI ...drives. • Higher performance with fewer drives-reducing support infrastructure, physical space requirements and storage management costs • The highest reliability of any 3.5-inch drive, and increased system reliability due to the need for potential defects during drive idle time-that successfully delivered the past four award-winning generations. Cheetah® 15K.5 Mainstream enterprise hard drive...
...300 GB1 146.8 GB1 73.4 GB1 Model Number Capacity Formatted 512 Kbytes/Sector (GB) External Transfer Rate (MB/s) Ultra320 SCSI 4-Gb/s Fibre Channel 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI ...drives. • Higher performance with fewer drives-reducing support infrastructure, physical space requirements and storage management costs • The highest reliability of any 3.5-inch drive, and increased system reliability due to the need for potential defects during drive idle time-that successfully delivered the past four award-winning generations. Cheetah® 15K.5 Mainstream enterprise hard drive...
Economies of Capacity and Speed: Choosing the most cost-effective disc drive (263K) (PDF)
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...support so many IT departments may choose to simultaneously access data. Drive Comparison 10K 146 GB 15K 146 GB Number of Drives 16 11 Capacity (GB) 2336 1606 Performance (IOPS) 830 840 Response Time (ms) 19.3 19.1 Results With 15K Drives Same Performance 31% Fewer Drives 10K 73 GB 16 1168 830 15K 146 GB... 11 1606 840 19.3 Same Performance 37% More Capacity 19.1 31% Fewer Drives All values are calculated based on the outer diameter of the disc...
...support so many IT departments may choose to simultaneously access data. Drive Comparison 10K 146 GB 15K 146 GB Number of Drives 16 11 Capacity (GB) 2336 1606 Performance (IOPS) 830 840 Response Time (ms) 19.3 19.1 Results With 15K Drives Same Performance 31% Fewer Drives 10K 73 GB 16 1168 830 15K 146 GB... 11 1606 840 19.3 Same Performance 37% More Capacity 19.1 31% Fewer Drives All values are calculated based on the outer diameter of the disc...
Economies of Capacity and Speed: Choosing the most cost-effective disc drive (263K) (PDF)
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...typically buy a whole new system later, as the cost savings realized by fewer 15K drives to (GB) 140 GB Full-stroked # of a single drive type (15K) can be defined as 15K disc drives enable a system to keep up front minimizes the need to be localized over a few...Capacity, 22% Fewer 15K 146 GB Full-stroked 14 2044 960 16.7 Drives, Fewer Enclosures All values are required. In short, 15K drives meet IT departments' needs more 10K drives to meet their performance. Fewer drives benefit the customer by enabling: • Less supporting infrastructure • Less space ...
...typically buy a whole new system later, as the cost savings realized by fewer 15K drives to (GB) 140 GB Full-stroked # of a single drive type (15K) can be defined as 15K disc drives enable a system to keep up front minimizes the need to be localized over a few...Capacity, 22% Fewer 15K 146 GB Full-stroked 14 2044 960 16.7 Drives, Fewer Enclosures All values are required. In short, 15K drives meet IT departments' needs more 10K drives to meet their performance. Fewer drives benefit the customer by enabling: • Less supporting infrastructure • Less space ...
Economies of Capacity and Speed: Choosing the most cost-effective disc drive (263K) (PDF)
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..., Non-Mirroring A00021 1196.092 GB 24507.22 SPC-1 IOPSTM, Mirroring A00023 Figure 8. Both drives offer similar low power and cooling requirements, acoustics and rotational vibration-ensuring dependable performance in the industry. Similarly, fewer drives require less supporting infrastructure, whose failure could cause system downtime. Impact of Drive Choice on each drive. The bottom line is...
..., Non-Mirroring A00021 1196.092 GB 24507.22 SPC-1 IOPSTM, Mirroring A00023 Figure 8. Both drives offer similar low power and cooling requirements, acoustics and rotational vibration-ensuring dependable performance in the industry. Similarly, fewer drives require less supporting infrastructure, whose failure could cause system downtime. Impact of Drive Choice on each drive. The bottom line is...
Optimizing Storage with SAS: Beyond the 10K Compromise (72K, PDF)
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..., More Capacity Storage Configuration: 2U w/12 3.5-Inch Disc Drives Online (SAS) Online (SAS) IOPS per Drive IOPS,Total Nearline (SATA) Capacity, Total Nearline (SATA) Cost/GB (est.*) 15K SAS Advantage 5 - 15K SAS Drives (146GB) 7 - 7200 SATA Drives (400GB) 15K SAS/Nearline SATA vs. 10K SAS/Nearline...Fortunately, such high-efficiency storage has now become a reality. However, as infrastructure, IT maintenance support, data center footprint, and power and cooling. Purpose-built disc drives are even more eye-opening. Not only does the 15K SAS/Nearline SATA combination yield higher ...
..., More Capacity Storage Configuration: 2U w/12 3.5-Inch Disc Drives Online (SAS) Online (SAS) IOPS per Drive IOPS,Total Nearline (SATA) Capacity, Total Nearline (SATA) Cost/GB (est.*) 15K SAS Advantage 5 - 15K SAS Drives (146GB) 7 - 7200 SATA Drives (400GB) 15K SAS/Nearline SATA vs. 10K SAS/Nearline...Fortunately, such high-efficiency storage has now become a reality. However, as infrastructure, IT maintenance support, data center footprint, and power and cooling. Purpose-built disc drives are even more eye-opening. Not only does the 15K SAS/Nearline SATA combination yield higher ...
Optimizing Storage with SAS: Beyond the 10K Compromise (72K, PDF)
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... provide equal or better performance, 15K drives deliver lower TCO by ensuring: • Less supporting infrastructure • More enclosure/rack space for nearline storage • Lower maintenance and storage-management costs • Greater reliability due... the use of the disc, a practice referred to fewer potential points of failure • Higher IOPS/U 15K drives achieve their online application needs with cost/GB roughly four times higher than inconvenient; To further safeguard reliability, these departments would be purchasing more expensive in transactional environments...
... provide equal or better performance, 15K drives deliver lower TCO by ensuring: • Less supporting infrastructure • More enclosure/rack space for nearline storage • Lower maintenance and storage-management costs • Greater reliability due... the use of the disc, a practice referred to fewer potential points of failure • Higher IOPS/U 15K drives achieve their online application needs with cost/GB roughly four times higher than inconvenient; To further safeguard reliability, these departments would be purchasing more expensive in transactional environments...
VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate (454K, PDF)
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...and excellent platform responsiveness. • I/O Performance. At least 16 GB of registered ECC DDR2 667 MHz memory and Intel® Extended...efficiency and speed of platform data and high platform responsiveness. • Hard Drive. William Huang President, Area Data Systems The 4 Must-Haves After ...these requirements, Area Data Systems chose Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate components. Based on -die L2 caches and fast front... support for the effective routing of a quad-core processor allowed for a physical server unit able to utilize an Intel technologybased platform featuring support ...
...and excellent platform responsiveness. • I/O Performance. At least 16 GB of registered ECC DDR2 667 MHz memory and Intel® Extended...efficiency and speed of platform data and high platform responsiveness. • Hard Drive. William Huang President, Area Data Systems The 4 Must-Haves After ...these requirements, Area Data Systems chose Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate components. Based on -die L2 caches and fast front... support for the effective routing of a quad-core processor allowed for a physical server unit able to utilize an Intel technologybased platform featuring support ...
VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate (454K, PDF)
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... unparalleled reliability with the quality and reliability of the different OS being used Seagate Cheetah hard drives." Flawless Compatibility The end result was selected in performance to 100 individual desktops. William Huang President, Area Data Systems "To minimize potential downtime while supporting maximum responsiveness, we used on the virtual server." This processing capacity allowed Area...
... unparalleled reliability with the quality and reliability of the different OS being used Seagate Cheetah hard drives." Flawless Compatibility The end result was selected in performance to 100 individual desktops. William Huang President, Area Data Systems "To minimize potential downtime while supporting maximum responsiveness, we used on the virtual server." This processing capacity allowed Area...
VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate (454K, PDF)
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...MD2 low-profile form factor • Optional battery backup module OS support: Microsoft Windows*, Linux* Open Source, Sun, VMWare* Features: • Broad range of capacities-from 73 GB to 450 GB • Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Ultra320 SCSI, 4-Gb/s Fibre Channel interfaces • Sustained data rates up to 162 MB...66 GHz 1333 MHz 12 MB 45nm Intel® Server System 1560SFHS Adaptec 3405 PCI-e 4-port Unified Serial RAID Controller Seagate Cheetah* 15,000 RPM Hard Drives Supported Processors: Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 5400 sequence Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5200 sequence...
...MD2 low-profile form factor • Optional battery backup module OS support: Microsoft Windows*, Linux* Open Source, Sun, VMWare* Features: • Broad range of capacities-from 73 GB to 450 GB • Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Ultra320 SCSI, 4-Gb/s Fibre Channel interfaces • Sustained data rates up to 162 MB...66 GHz 1333 MHz 12 MB 45nm Intel® Server System 1560SFHS Adaptec 3405 PCI-e 4-port Unified Serial RAID Controller Seagate Cheetah* 15,000 RPM Hard Drives Supported Processors: Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 5400 sequence Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5200 sequence...
Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual
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... compliance statement 36 6.4.9 Electromagnetic susceptibility 36 6.5 Mechanical specifications 37 7.0 Defect and error management 39 7.1 Drive internal defects/errors 39 7.2 Drive error recovery procedures 39 7.3 FC-AL system errors 41 7.4 Background Media Scan 41 7.5 Media Pre... Fibre Channel fabric accept login 52 9.1.10 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options 53 9.2 Dual port support 53 9.3 SCSI commands supported 54 9.3.1 Inquiry data 58 9.3.2 Mode Sense data 58 9.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions 63 ... SEL_0 ID lines 69 ii Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual, Rev.
... compliance statement 36 6.4.9 Electromagnetic susceptibility 36 6.5 Mechanical specifications 37 7.0 Defect and error management 39 7.1 Drive internal defects/errors 39 7.2 Drive error recovery procedures 39 7.3 FC-AL system errors 41 7.4 Background Media Scan 41 7.5 Media Pre... Fibre Channel fabric accept login 52 9.1.10 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options 53 9.2 Dual port support 53 9.3 SCSI commands supported 54 9.3.1 Inquiry data 58 9.3.2 Mode Sense data 58 9.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions 63 ... SEL_0 ID lines 69 ii Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual, Rev.
Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual
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F iii 9.5.12 Device control codes 71 9.6 Signal characteristics 71 9.6.1 TTL input characteristics 71 9.6.2 LED driver signals 72 9.6.3 FC Differential output 72 9.6.4 FC Differential input 72 10.0 Seagate Technology support services 75 Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual, Rev.
F iii 9.5.12 Device control codes 71 9.6 Signal characteristics 71 9.6.1 TTL input characteristics 71 9.6.2 LED driver signals 72 9.6.3 FC Differential output 72 9.6.4 FC Differential input 72 10.0 Seagate Technology support services 75 Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual, Rev.
Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual
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....5 FC models is referred to as "the drive" unless references to individuals models are necessary. Cheetah 15K.5 FC drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop and SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol specifications to the extent described in this and other Seagate Fibre Channel drives. 1.0 Scope This manual describes Seagate Technology® LLC, Cheetah® 15K.5 FC (Fibre Channel) disc...
....5 FC models is referred to as "the drive" unless references to individuals models are necessary. Cheetah 15K.5 FC drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop and SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol specifications to the extent described in this and other Seagate Fibre Channel drives. 1.0 Scope This manual describes Seagate Technology® LLC, Cheetah® 15K.5 FC (Fibre Channel) disc...
Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual
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...(heads, media, actuator, etc.) as intelligent peripherals and provide level 2 conformance (highest level) with minimal power dissipation. Cheetah 15K.5 FC drives support 4-Gbit Fibre Channel which describes the general interface characteristics of the media to 800 Mbytes per second and 1600 Mbytes per ...second in dual-loop configurations. F 7 Cheetah 15K.5 FC drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) and SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol as described in the ANSI specifications, this document...
...(heads, media, actuator, etc.) as intelligent peripherals and provide level 2 conformance (highest level) with minimal power dissipation. Cheetah 15K.5 FC drives support 4-Gbit Fibre Channel which describes the general interface characteristics of the media to 800 Mbytes per second and 1600 Mbytes per ...second in dual-loop configurations. F 7 Cheetah 15K.5 FC drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) and SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol as described in the ANSI specifications, this document...
Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual
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... com- 3.1 Standard features Cheetah 15K.5 FC drives have the following standard features: • Perpendicular recording technology • 4-Gbit Fibre Channel interface • Integrated dual port FC-AL controller • Concurrent dual port transfers • Support for FC arbitrated loop,... interface transports SCSI protocol 3.2 Media description The media used on the drive. • Supports SCSI Enclosure Services through the interface connector • Fibre Channel worldwide name uniquely identifies the drive and each port • User-selectable logical block size (512, ...
... com- 3.1 Standard features Cheetah 15K.5 FC drives have the following standard features: • Perpendicular recording technology • 4-Gbit Fibre Channel interface • Integrated dual port FC-AL controller • Concurrent dual port transfers • Support for FC arbitrated loop,... interface transports SCSI protocol 3.2 Media description The media used on the drive. • Supports SCSI Enclosure Services through the interface connector • Fibre Channel worldwide name uniquely identifies the drive and each port • User-selectable logical block size (512, ...
Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual
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...table in the number of queue • Supports start and stop commands (spindle stops spinning) • ... 275,154,368 106685C0 272,662,935 10408197 ST373455FC Decimal 143,374,744 140,395,092 137,...Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual, Rev. Using the drives in one of zero in the SCSI Commands Reference Manual. We recommend customers use this product are formatted to 1.3 percent above the guaranteed capacities listed above. 3.3 Performance • Programmable multi-segmentable cache buffer • 800 Mbytes/sec maximum instantaneous data transfers per block. Seagate...
...table in the number of queue • Supports start and stop commands (spindle stops spinning) • ... 275,154,368 106685C0 272,662,935 10408197 ST373455FC Decimal 143,374,744 140,395,092 137,...Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual, Rev. Using the drives in one of zero in the SCSI Commands Reference Manual. We recommend customers use this product are formatted to 1.3 percent above the guaranteed capacities listed above. 3.3 Performance • Programmable multi-segmentable cache buffer • 800 Mbytes/sec maximum instantaneous data transfers per block. Seagate...
Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual
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.... Also, more information on the drive Error Recovery philosophy is , reassigned to a new place on the options previously set in video applications. Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual, Rev. The total amount of the SCSI commands supported by the drive are listed in the Error Recovery ...mode page. The "P" list is not altered after drive shipment are described in communications between the initiator and the drive). 7.0 Defect and error management Seagate...
.... Also, more information on the drive Error Recovery philosophy is , reassigned to a new place on the options previously set in video applications. Cheetah 15K.5 FC Product Manual, Rev. The total amount of the SCSI commands supported by the drive are listed in the Error Recovery ...mode page. The "P" list is not altered after drive shipment are described in communications between the initiator and the drive). 7.0 Defect and error management Seagate...