SAS System Builder Resource Guide: System builders info on the SCSI to SAS transition (258K, PDF)
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..., by the industry's leading hard drive and server manufacturers threatens to compete. This transition by mid-2009 the SCSI interface will be working with distributors to bring you business opportunities and bundles with other manufacturers have expanded their product lines in the channel. Seagate Value Proposition You can rely on drives from channel-oriented companies...
..., by the industry's leading hard drive and server manufacturers threatens to compete. This transition by mid-2009 the SCSI interface will be working with distributors to bring you business opportunities and bundles with other manufacturers have expanded their product lines in the channel. Seagate Value Proposition You can rely on drives from channel-oriented companies...
SAS System Builder Resource Guide: System builders info on the SCSI to SAS transition (258K, PDF)
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...Rack and tower servers • Storage arrays Seagate Cheetah Drive The Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 and Cheetah NS drives set a new standard for storage cost-...GBs/watt at idle. Seagate Savvio Drives For mainstream applications, Seagate Savvio 10K and 15K drives are a primary concern, the Seagate Barracuda ES.2 SAS drive provides worldleading technology and value. Lower cost • Greater areal density means fewer drives, reducing supporting infrastructure, maintenance and space while boosting system reliability Higher performance • Unprecendented performance with all existing SCSI...
...Rack and tower servers • Storage arrays Seagate Cheetah Drive The Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 and Cheetah NS drives set a new standard for storage cost-...GBs/watt at idle. Seagate Savvio Drives For mainstream applications, Seagate Savvio 10K and 15K drives are a primary concern, the Seagate Barracuda ES.2 SAS drive provides worldleading technology and value. Lower cost • Greater areal density means fewer drives, reducing supporting infrastructure, maintenance and space while boosting system reliability Higher performance • Unprecendented performance with all existing SCSI...
Cheetah 15K.5 Product Overview
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... sustained transfer rate barrier • Reduces RAID rebuild times while minimizing reliability risk exposure; 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...
... sustained transfer rate barrier • Reduces RAID rebuild times while minimizing reliability risk exposure; 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...
Cheetah 15K.5 Product Overview
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...hard drive capacity. Enabling New Opportunities • Cheetah 15K.5 drives employ perpendicular recording to enable systems with an unprecedented blend of storage performance, capacity and reliability. • Cheetah 15K.5 drives offer lasting value, ensuring systems can keep up with growing performance and capacity needs over a longer period of time. • Cheetah 15K drives...by a factor of Seagate Technology LLC. Cheetah 15K.5 Best price/performance, lowest cost of 10. www.seagate.com 1-800-732-4283 (1-800-SEAGATE) Specifications Capacity (GB) 300, 146, 73 Seek Time, Read/Write...
...hard drive capacity. Enabling New Opportunities • Cheetah 15K.5 drives employ perpendicular recording to enable systems with an unprecedented blend of storage performance, capacity and reliability. • Cheetah 15K.5 drives offer lasting value, ensuring systems can keep up with growing performance and capacity needs over a longer period of time. • Cheetah 15K drives...by a factor of Seagate Technology LLC. Cheetah 15K.5 Best price/performance, lowest cost of 10. www.seagate.com 1-800-732-4283 (1-800-SEAGATE) Specifications Capacity (GB) 300, 146, 73 Seek Time, Read/Write...
Cheetah 15K.5 Data Sheet
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... e-commerce 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 the...
... e-commerce 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 the...
Cheetah 15K.5 Data Sheet
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...hard drive storage Lowest Cost of Ownership • Fifth-generation Cheetah 15K drive is the fastest, highest capacity and most reliable ever. • Cheetah 15K.5 drive performance and reliability enable lower TCO for enterprise applications. • 15K RPM and fast seek times deliver the fastest timeto-data, resulting in the drive buffer was properly written. • Seagate... drive idle time. Specifications 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 ...
...hard drive storage Lowest Cost of Ownership • Fifth-generation Cheetah 15K drive is the fastest, highest capacity and most reliable ever. • Cheetah 15K.5 drive performance and reliability enable lower TCO for enterprise applications. • 15K RPM and fast seek times deliver the fastest timeto-data, resulting in the drive buffer was properly written. • Seagate... drive idle time. Specifications 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 ...
Economies of Capacity and Speed: Choosing the most cost-effective disc drive (263K) (PDF)
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... The Seagate 10K-RPM and 15K-RPM disc drives carry the highest reliability rating in the industry. Impact of Drive Choice on each drive. Furthermore, 15K-RPM disc drives have...workloads, verifies the cost efficiency of SCSI applications. Not surprisingly, 15K storage solutions offer greater reliability simply because their lower drive count compared to maintain acceptable response times...Capacity (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....
... The Seagate 10K-RPM and 15K-RPM disc drives carry the highest reliability rating in the industry. Impact of Drive Choice on each drive. Furthermore, 15K-RPM disc drives have...workloads, verifies the cost efficiency of SCSI applications. Not surprisingly, 15K storage solutions offer greater reliability simply because their lower drive count compared to maintain acceptable response times...Capacity (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....
Optimizing Storage with SAS: Beyond the 10K Compromise (72K, PDF)
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... ATA (SATA) makes it possible to deploy both raw performance and price/performance by 15K-RPM SAS online drives (and soundly trounced in cost/GB by matching the storage device to address both higher online performance and greater nearline capacity (see table 1): But... now these systems provide that compel immediate discussion. Coupling this cost-effective infrastructure with 3.5-inch disc drives. Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is ...
... ATA (SATA) makes it possible to deploy both raw performance and price/performance by 15K-RPM SAS online drives (and soundly trounced in cost/GB by matching the storage device to address both higher online performance and greater nearline capacity (see table 1): But... now these systems provide that compel immediate discussion. Coupling this cost-effective infrastructure with 3.5-inch disc drives. Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is ...
Optimizing Storage with SAS: Beyond the 10K Compromise (72K, PDF)
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...Costly 10K Kludges Some IT departments may resort to meet a given capacity requirement, and this also drives up with cost/GB roughly four times higher than nearline-ready SATA drives. Or they also utilize smaller diameter discs (approximately 2.6 inches vs. 3.0 inches for defects. ... quicker access to deploy a SAS infrastructure and then effectively reintroduce a performance bottleneck by parallel SCSI's shared-bus topology. Transactional data is the very lifeblood of drives needed to meet their data. Designed for online applications. It makes little sense to data....
...Costly 10K Kludges Some IT departments may resort to meet a given capacity requirement, and this also drives up with cost/GB roughly four times higher than nearline-ready SATA drives. Or they also utilize smaller diameter discs (approximately 2.6 inches vs. 3.0 inches for defects. ... quicker access to deploy a SAS infrastructure and then effectively reintroduce a performance bottleneck by parallel SCSI's shared-bus topology. Transactional data is the very lifeblood of drives needed to meet their data. Designed for online applications. It makes little sense to data....
Optimizing Storage with SAS: Beyond the 10K Compromise (72K, PDF)
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... Serial Attached SCSI will vary based on operating environment and formatting. One gigabyte, or Gbyte, equals one billion bytes when referring to change, without compromise. Unrivalled in USA. Accessible capacity may vary depending on various factors, including file size, file format, features and application software. Seagate reserves the right to hard drive capacity. AMERICAS...
... Serial Attached SCSI will vary based on operating environment and formatting. One gigabyte, or Gbyte, equals one billion bytes when referring to change, without compromise. Unrivalled in USA. Accessible capacity may vary depending on various factors, including file size, file format, features and application software. Seagate reserves the right to hard drive capacity. AMERICAS...
VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate (454K, PDF)
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... 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 ...drives) • RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 JBOD • 128 MB DDR fixed data cache • 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...
... 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 ...drives) • RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 JBOD • 128 MB DDR fixed data cache • 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...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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... 16 5.2 Reliability and service 16 5.2.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) . . . 16 5.2.2 Preventive maintenance 16 5.2.3 Hot plugging Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI disc drives 17 5.2.4 S.M.A.R.T 17 5.2.5 Thermal monitor 19 5.2.6 Drive Self Test (DST 19 5.2.7 Product warranty 21 6.0 Physical/electrical specifications 23 6.1 AC power requirements 23 6.2 DC power requirements 23 6.2.1 Conducted noise immunity...
... 16 5.2 Reliability and service 16 5.2.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) . . . 16 5.2.2 Preventive maintenance 16 5.2.3 Hot plugging Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI disc drives 17 5.2.4 S.M.A.R.T 17 5.2.5 Thermal monitor 19 5.2.6 Drive Self Test (DST 19 5.2.7 Product warranty 21 6.0 Physical/electrical specifications 23 6.1 AC power requirements 23 6.2 DC power requirements 23 6.2.1 Conducted noise immunity...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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... 34 6.5 Mechanical specifications 34 7.0 Defect and error management 37 7.1 Drive internal defects 37 7.2 Drive error recovery procedures 37 7.3 SCSI systems errors 39 7.4 Background Media Scan 39 7.5 Media Pre-Scan ...SCSI interface physical description 60 9.6.3 SCSI interface cable requirements 61 9.6.4 Mating connectors 61 9.7 Electrical description 70 9.7.1 Multimode-SE and LVD alternatives 70 9.8 Terminator requirements 73 9.9 Terminator power 73 9.10 Disc drive SCSI timing 74 9.11 Drive activity LED 76 10.0 Seagate Technology support services 77 ii Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI...
... 34 6.5 Mechanical specifications 34 7.0 Defect and error management 37 7.1 Drive internal defects 37 7.2 Drive error recovery procedures 37 7.3 SCSI systems errors 39 7.4 Background Media Scan 39 7.5 Media Pre-Scan ...SCSI interface physical description 60 9.6.3 SCSI interface cable requirements 61 9.6.4 Mating connectors 61 9.7 Electrical description 70 9.7.1 Multimode-SE and LVD alternatives 70 9.8 Terminator requirements 73 9.9 Terminator power 73 9.10 Disc drive SCSI timing 74 9.11 Drive activity LED 76 10.0 Seagate Technology support services 77 ii Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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Figure 8. Figure 14. IOPS (LVD 28 ST373455LC DC current and power vs. Figure 7. Figure 9. Figure 16. IOPS (LVD 27 ST3146855LC DC current and power vs. Figure 4. Figure 13. H iii ...drive physical interface (68-pin J1 SCSI I/O connector 59 LC model 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 15K.5 SCSI...
Figure 8. Figure 14. IOPS (LVD 28 ST373455LC DC current and power vs. Figure 7. Figure 9. Figure 16. IOPS (LVD 27 ST3146855LC DC current and power vs. Figure 4. Figure 13. H iii ...drive physical interface (68-pin J1 SCSI I/O connector 59 LC model 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 15K.5 SCSI...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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...) describes general SCSI interface characteristics of Seagate drives. Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI drives support the small computer system interface (SCSI) as "the drive" unless references to the extent described in the ANSI SCSI SPI-4 interface specifications to individual models are necessary. Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. From this point on in this product manual the reference to Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI models is referred...
...) describes general SCSI interface characteristics of Seagate drives. Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI drives support the small computer system interface (SCSI) as "the drive" unless references to the extent described in the ANSI SCSI SPI-4 interface specifications to individual models are necessary. Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. From this point on in this product manual the reference to Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI models is referred...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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...power and environment 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. The Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI disc drive is a UL recognized component per UL1950, CSA certified to CSA ... and VDE or TUV certified to EN60950. 2.1.1 Electromagnetic compatibility The drive, as a subassembly and is not required to meet the requirements of Section 8.4. 2.1 Standards The Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI family complies with Seagate standards as noted in order to the highest standards of design and ...
...power and environment 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. The Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI disc drive is a UL recognized component per UL1950, CSA certified to CSA ... and VDE or TUV certified to EN60950. 2.1.1 Electromagnetic compatibility The drive, as a subassembly and is not required to meet the requirements of Section 8.4. 2.1 Standards The Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI family complies with Seagate standards as noted in order to the highest standards of design and ...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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... 1993. Current supplier declarations include disclosure of the inclusion of parts and materials in such parts or materials. 4 Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. The selected system represents the most popular characteristics for test platforms. The system configurations include: ... any RoHS-regulated substance in Seagate products are procured from external suppliers. The drive was tested in this publication. Korean MIC If this Seagate model complies to the directives/standard(s) for typical applications. 2.2 Electromagnetic compliance Seagate uses an independent laboratory to ...
... 1993. Current supplier declarations include disclosure of the inclusion of parts and materials in such parts or materials. 4 Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. The selected system represents the most popular characteristics for test platforms. The system configurations include: ... any RoHS-regulated substance in Seagate products are procured from external suppliers. The drive was tested in this publication. Korean MIC If this Seagate model complies to the directives/standard(s) for typical applications. 2.2 Electromagnetic compliance Seagate uses an independent laboratory to ...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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... RoHS Directive and all standard operating procedures are complied with. 2.4 Reference documents Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Installation Guide Seagate P/N 100384777 Safety and Regulatory Agency Specifications Seagate P/N 75789512 SCSI Commands Reference Manual Seagate P/N 100293068 Parallel SCSI Interface Product Manual Seagate P/N 100293069 Applicable ANSI small computer system interface (SCSI) document numbers: T10/1143D T10/1416D T10/1417D T10/1157D T10/1365D Enhanced...
... RoHS Directive and all standard operating procedures are complied with. 2.4 Reference documents Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Installation Guide Seagate P/N 100384777 Safety and Regulatory Agency Specifications Seagate P/N 75789512 SCSI Commands Reference Manual Seagate P/N 100293068 Parallel SCSI Interface Product Manual Seagate P/N 100293069 Applicable ANSI small computer system interface (SCSI) document numbers: T10/1143D T10/1416D T10/1417D T10/1157D T10/1365D Enhanced...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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... ST373455LW ST3300655LC ST3146855LC ST373455LC Number of active heads 8 4 2 8 4 2 I/O circuit type [1] Single-ended (SE) and low voltage differential (LVD) Single-ended (SE) and low voltage differential (LVD) Number of Seagate SCSI drives. Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI drives use a dedicated landing zone at the factory. The drive supports the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) as described in the ANSI SCSI interface specifications to...
... ST373455LW ST3300655LC ST3146855LC ST373455LC Number of active heads 8 4 2 8 4 2 I/O circuit type [1] Single-ended (SE) and low voltage differential (LVD) Single-ended (SE) and low voltage differential (LVD) Number of Seagate SCSI drives. Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI drives use a dedicated landing zone at the factory. The drive supports the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) as described in the ANSI SCSI interface specifications to...
Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI Product Manual
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... performance with a proprietary protective layer for LC model drives • Drive Self Test (DST) • Supports SCSI bus fairness 3.2 Media characteristics The media used on the drive has an aluminum substrate coated with a thin film magnetic material, overcoated with minimal power dissipation. 3.1 Standard features The Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI family has the following standard features: • Perpendicular...
... performance with a proprietary protective layer for LC model drives • Drive Self Test (DST) • Supports SCSI bus fairness 3.2 Media characteristics The media used on the drive has an aluminum substrate coated with a thin film magnetic material, overcoated with minimal power dissipation. 3.1 Standard features The Cheetah 15K.5 SCSI family has the following standard features: • Perpendicular...