Cheetah® 15K.6 and Cheetah® FDE 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

*The Cheetah 15K.6 FDE drive is available only to major OEM suppliers.

Additional information about the Cheetah 15K.6 and Cheetah 15K.6 FDE 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.

• Cheetah 15K.6 (FDE) Product Overview
• Cheetah 15K.6 Data Sheet