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Cheetah® 15K Hard Drives

Seagate® Cheetah® 15K 3.5-inch hard drives deliver the best performance, highest capacity and field-proven reliability needed for mission-critical 3.5-inch Tier-1 enterprise environments. Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) and FIPS 140-2 Validated™ SED security options are available to help you protect your data at rest and comply with FIPS 140-2.*

Model ST3600957SS 6-Gb/s SAS 600GB

cheetah 15k

Seagate Cheetah 15K drives offer the high performance, increased capacity and optimised power consumption needed by businesses to meet demanding Tier-1 enterprise requirements.

Key Features and Benefits

  • Delivers high performance with sustained data rates of up to 171MB/s*
  • Offers high capacity (up to 600GB) with third-generation perpendicular recording*
  • Includes Seagate PowerTrim™ technology to reduce power usage dynamically*
  • Supports 6-Gb/s SAS 2.0, 4-Gb/s FC and Ultra320 SCSI interfaces*
  • Includes advanced read/write technology for a non-recoverable error rate of 1x10E16 and an annualised failure rate (AFR) of 0.55 per cent
  • Provides TCG-compliant, self-encrypting drive (SED) security option (SAS models only) to eliminate the need to overwrite or physically destroy drives, enable safe return of drives for warranty or expired lease purposes and allow organisations to repurpose or sell hard drives securely*
  • Meets regulatory data security compliance requirements and is FIPS 140-2 Validated™ to protect data classed as Sensitive but Unclassified and Protected *

* Not available for all models or countries.  TCG-compliant host or controller support required.  TM: The FIPS logo is a certification mark of NIST, which does not imply product endorsement by NIST, nor by the US or Canadian governments.

FIPS 140-2 Inside

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Cheetah 15K.7 SAS 2.0 6-Gb/s 600-GB Hard Drive with Secure Encryption

ST3600957SS

Specifications
Model Number ST3600957SS
Interface 6-Gb/s SAS
Cache 16MB
Capacity 600GB
Areal density (avg) 225Gb/in2
Guaranteed Sectors 1,172,123,568
PHYSICAL
Height 26.10mm (1.028 in)
Width 101.85mm (4.010 in)
Length 146.99mm (5.787 in)
Weight (typical) 686g (1.51 lb)
PERFORMANCE
Spin Speed (RPM) 15,000 RPM
Average latency 2.0ms
Random read seek time 3.4ms
Random write seek time 3.9ms
I/O data transfer rate 600MB/s
Unrecoverable read errors 1 in 1016
RELIABILITY
MTBF 1,600,000 hours
Annual Failure Rate 0.55%
POWER
Average idling power 11.68W
Average operating power 16.35W
Maximum starting current, AC 3.88
Maximum starting current, DC 1.91
ENVIRONMENT
Ambient Temperature
Operating 5°–55°C
Non-operating -40°–70°C
Shock
Operating shock (max) 60 Gs for 2ms
Non-operating shock (max) 300 Gs for 2ms
ACOUSTICS
Acoustics (Idling Volume) 3.6 bels
Features
Storage Type HDD
Encryption X

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