Data Sheet ® Savvio 15K.3 Highest-Performing, Small Form Factor 15K Hard Drive Key Advantages • Stores twice the amount of Tier 1 data without increasing drive count • Enables Tier 1 applications to process transactions more quickly to help increase revenue generation and improve customer satisfaction • Supports 6Gb/s SAS for more robust topologies and higher reliability • 20% improved annualized failure rate with field-proven reliability • Provides up to 21% improvement in sequential data read-write performance over prior generation • Delivers up to 3% faster random read and up to 4% faster random write 1 performance vs. prior generation • Reduces system complexity, and OEM design and data center operating costs • Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) option (AES-256) cuts IT drive retirement 2 costs while securely protecting data where it lives—on the drive. ™ • FIPS 140-2 Validated drives protect Sensitive but Unclassified and 2,3 Protected class data. Best-Fit Applications • High-performance Tier 1 enterprise servers • Blade, rack and tower servers hosting transaction-based applications • Power- and space-constrained data centers • Compliance and data security initiatives 1 Actual improvement varies depending on queue depth and transfer size. 2 Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) and FIPS 140-2 Validated drives are not available in all models or countries. May require TCG-compliant host or controller support. 3 See FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Certificate at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401val2011.htm#1635 ® Savvio 15K.3 Highest-Performing, Small Form Factor 15K Hard Drive Improves Performance 1 1 Specifications 300GB 146GB Standard Model ST9300653SS ST9146853SS The Savvio 15K.3 drive enables Tier 1 applications to 2 2 SED Model ST9300553SS ST9146753SS read and write both random and sequential data faster. 2,3 2,3 SED FIPS 140-2 Model ST9300453SS ST9146653SS Data centers can store and access important random Interface 6Gb/s SAS 6Gb/s SAS data up to 10% faster and sequential data up to 21% External Transfer Rate (MB/s) 600 600 faster over previous generations, enabling them to Formatted 512 Bytes/Sector (GB) 300 146.8 process more transactions within a given time period. Performance 15K 15K Spindle Speed (RPM) Doubles Capacity 2.0 2.0 Average Latency (ms) Seek Time ® Providing up to 300GB capacity, the Seagate Savvio Average Read/Write (ms) 2.6/3.1 2.6/3.1 Track-to-Track Read/Write (ms) 0.2/0.4 0.2/0.4 15K.3 drive stores twice the amount of data without Sustained Transfer Rate increasing the total number hard drives used. This helps 202 to 151 202 to 151 Outer to Inner Diameter (MB/s) data centers keep up with the growth of data while Cache, Multisegmented (MB) 64 64 improving storage efficiency. Configuration/Reliability Disks 2 1 Protects Data Heads 4 2 1 LBA per 10E16 1 LBA per 10E16 Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read The Savvio 15K.3 drive provides Protection 0.44% 0.44% 1 2 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) Information and Self-Encrypting Drive options to Power Management help companies achieve corporate and/or government Typical Op (A) +12V/+5V 0.45/0.50 0.42/0.48 security compliance goals. The drive helps protect Average Operating Power (W) 7.92 7.41 data from inadvertent change from the moment of Average Idle Power (W) 4.23 3.86 creation until the end of life, and Seagate Instant Environmental Secure Erase makes drive retirement and repurposing Ambient Temperature (C°) Operating 5 to 55 5 to 55 safe, fast and affordable. FIPS Self-Encrypting Drive Nonoperating –40 to 70 –40 to 70 option meets regulatory data security compliance Temperature Change per Hour, Operating, Max 20 20 ™ Temperature Change per Hour, Nonoperating, Max 20 20 requirements and is FIPS 140-2 Validated to protect Shock, 2ms (Gs) Sensitive but Unclassified and Protected class data. Operating, Max 60 60 Nonoperating, Max 300 300 Reduces Complexity and Costs Vibration Operating: <400Hz (Gs) 0.5 0.5 The Savvio 15K.3 drive enables OEMs and data Nonoperating: <500Hz (Gs) 2.4 2.4 centers to standardize on the 2.5-inch small form Physical 4 factor (SFF), the 6Gb/s SAS interface and SED Height (in/mm, max) 0.591/15.00 0.591/15.00 4 Width (in/mm, max) security, which reduces system complexity and 2.760/70.10 2.760/70.10 4 Depth (in/mm, max) 3.955/100.45 3.955/100.45 minimizes design, training and inventory expenses. Weight (lb/kg) 0.441/0.200 0.426/0.193 1 Protection Information (PI) requires PI-compliant host or controller support. Carton Unit Quantity 30 30 2 Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) and FIPS 140-2 Validated drives are not available in all models or countries. May require TCG-compliant host or controller support. Cartons per Pallet 50 50 3 See FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Certificate at Cartons per Layer 10 10 http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401val2011.htm#1635 Warranty Limited Warranty (years) 5 5 www.seagate.com 1 One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to drive capacity. 2 Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) and FIPS 140-2 Validated drives are not available in all models or countries. May require TCG-compliant host or controller support. 3 See FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Certificate at Unified http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401val2011.htm#1635 ™ FIPS 140-2 INSIDE Storage 4 These base deck dimensions conform to the Small Form Factor Standard (SFF-8201) found at www.sffcommittee.org. AMERICAS Seagate Technology LLC 10200 South De Anza Boulevard, Cupertino, California 95014, United States, 408-658-1000 ASIA/PACIFIC Seagate Singapore International Headquarters Pte. Ltd. 7000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569877, 65-6485-3888 EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Seagate Technology SAS 16–18, rue du Dôme, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 33 1-4186 10 00 © 2012 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Savvio, Seagate Secure and the Unified Storage logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. The FIPS logo is a certification mark of NIST, which does not imply product endorsement by NIST, the U.S., or Canadian governments. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer’s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. The export or re-export of hardware or software containing encryption may be regulated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (for more information, visit www.bis.doc.gov), and controlled for import and use outside of the U.S. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. DS1732.5-1201US, January 2012