Cheetah® 15K.6 Hard Drives

Utilizing second-generation perpendicular recording technology and capacities of 450, 300 and 147 GB, the Cheetah 15K.6 drive provides the highest 3.5-inch reliability in the industry at 1.6 million hours MTBF (0.55 percent AFR), a choice of FC or SAS interfaces, and a limited 5-year warranty. The result is a star performer for mission-critical SAN, NAS, transactional processing and Internet applications.

Key Features and Benefits

• World's first self-encrypting hard drive for mission-critical servers and storage arrays*
• Second-generation perpendicular recording delivers up to 450-GB storage
• Unprecedented performance with a sustained data rate up to 164 MB/sec
• The industry’s highest 3.5-inch drive reliability at 1.6 million hours MTBF
• Advanced read/write technology drives an error rate of 1x10E-16
• PowerTrim® technology provides best-in-class IOPS/watt
• Integrated data integrity provisions protect against system miscompare errors
• Supports T10 end-to-end data protection for new system development
• Available with either a FC or a SAS interface

Additional information about the Cheetah 15K.6 drives is available on the Product Overview below. Visit the Server and Data Center security section to find out more about self-encrypting drives in the data center.