SEAGATE SHIPS WORLD\u2019S HIGHEST-CAPACITY, MOST RELIABLE SMALL FORM FACTOR ENTERPRISE DRIVE: THE SAVVIO 10K.4 HARD DRIVE<\/p>\n
Enterprise storage systems can now move to 600GB capacity, 2 million hour MTBF solution<\/em><\/p>\n SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. <\/strong>\u2014 February 11, 2010 \u2014 Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) today announced worldwide shipments of its Savvio\u00ae<\/sup> 10K.4 hard disk drive (HDD), the world\u2019s highest-capacity and most reliable 2.5-inch enterprise-class drive. Built for the demands of enterprise servers and to enable new levels of data density in external storage arrays, Savvio 10K.4 doubles the capacity of its nearest competitor to 600GB. It is also the first HDD to achieve an unprecedented 2 million hours Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) reliability rating.<\/p>\n As the industry\u2019s only fourth generation, field-proven, 2.5-inch HDD designed for the enterprise, Savvio 10K.4 also features Protection Information for enhanced protection of data-in-flight, a self-encrypting drive (SED) option for the ultimate protection of sensitive data-at-rest and PowerChoice\u2122, which allows the Savvio 10K.4 hard drive to deliver improved power savings during idle.<\/p>\n \u201cOur customers face challenging storage needs requiring the most efficient use of space and power while maintaining the highest performance possible,\u201d said Howard Shoobe, senior manager, Dell Storage Product Management. \u201cThe new 2.5-inch 10K-rpm 600GB capacity point allows a doubling of capacity within the same rack space of current 3.5-inch 15K 600GB drives while increasing overall system-level performance and decreasing power usage.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The combined features of Savvio 10K.4 deliver greater overall value and can reduce the total cost of ownership to IT organizations and administrators eager to optimize their data centre\u2019s power and performance efficiency. Leveraging the enterprise 2.5-inch small form factor as its platform, Savvio 10K.4 serves as a powerful storage building block when compared to 3.5-inch based systems.<\/p>\n \u201cA transition to 2.5-inch enterprise-class HDDs by server and storage system OEMs is building momentum,\u201d said John Rydning, IDC\u2019s research director for hard disk drives. \u201cThere continues to be nearly insatiable demand for digital content accessed via numerous applications and devices, content that is increasingly delivered from storage systems equipped with high capacity enterprise-class HDDs such as Seagate\u2019s Savvio\u00ae 10K.4.\u201d<\/p>\n For more information about Savvio 10K.4, visit: twitter.com\/Seagate_IT_Ent<\/a><\/p>\n seagate.com\/twitter<\/a><\/p>\n seagate.com\/facebook<\/a><\/p>\n seagate.com\/friendfeed<\/a><\/p>\n media.seagate.com<\/a><\/p>\n About Seagate<\/strong><\/p>\n Seagate is the worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions. Learn more at Seagate.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SEAGATE SHIPS WORLD\u2019S HIGHEST-CAPACITY, MOST RELIABLE SMALL FORM FACTOR ENTERPRISE DRIVE: THE SAVVIO 10K.4 HARD DRIVE Enterprise storage systems can now move to 600GB capacity, 2 million hour MTBF solution SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. \u2014 February 11, 2010 \u2014 Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) today announced worldwide shipments of its Savvio\u00ae 10K.4 hard disk drive (HDD), the world\u2019s<\/p>\n
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