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Cheetah® NS.2 Hard Drives

The Seagate® Cheetah® NS.2 drive reduces costs with the lowest-power, highest-capacity (600 GB) and highest-reliability solution for 3.5-inch Tier 1 requirements.

Model ST3600002FC Fibre Channel 4 Gb/s 600GB

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The higher capacity (600 GB) and over 20 per cent lower power of Seagate Cheetah NS.2 drives reduce storage costs per GB and increase capacity per watt. The drive has the industry’s highest reliability rating, reducing drive replacement costs. The Cheetah NS.2 drive includes Seagate PowerTrim™ technology, which dynamically optimises drive power consumption at all levels of activity.

Key Features and Benefits

  • Lowest-power 3.5-inch Tier 1 drive (20 per cent delta over runner-up)
  • Highest-capacity Tier 1 drive (600 GB)
  • Highest reliability rating in the industry
  • PowerTrim technology dynamically reduces power usage
  • Supports 6-Gb/s SAS 2.0 (600 GB and 450 GB) and 4-Gb/s FC
  • Government-grade self-encrypting drive option1

1The self-encrypting drive option is available only to major OEMs.

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Cheetah NS.2 Fibre Channel 600-GB Hard Drive

ST3600002FC

Specifications
Model Number ST3600002FC
Interface Fibre Channel 4 Gb/s
Cache 16MB
Capacity 600 GB
Areal density (avg) 225 Gbits/inch2
Guaranteed Sectors 1,172,123,568
PHYSICAL
Height (max) 25.73 mm (1.013 inches)
Width (max) 101.57 mm (3.999 inches)
Length (max) 146.53 mm (5.769 inches)
Weight (typical) 672 grammes (1.482 pounds)
PERFORMANCE
Spindle Speed 10,000 rpm
Average latency 2.98 msec
Random read seek time 3.8 msec
Random write seek time 4.4 msec
RELIABILITY
MTBF 1,600,000 hours
Annual Failure Rate 0.55
POWER
12V start max current 1.97 amps
5V start max current 0.52 amps

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