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Cheetah® NS.2 10K Hard Drives

The Seagate Cheetah NS.2 drive reduces costs with the lowest-power, highest-capacity (up to 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 percent lower power of Seagate Cheetah NS.2 drives reduce storage costs per GB and increases 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 optimizes drive power consumption at all levels of activity.

Key Features and Benefits

  • Lowest-power 10K, 3.5-inch Tier 1 drive (20 percent delta over runner-up)
  • Highest-capacity Tier 1 10K, 3.5-inch drive (600 GB)
  • Highest reliability rating in the industry
  • PowerTrim technology dynamically reduces power usage
  • Supports 4-Gb/s FC

Best-Fit Applications

  • Email
  • Business processing
  • Transaction processing
  • Decision support
  • Storage area networks
  • Networked attached storage
  • Internet and e-commerce

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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 grams (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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