Seagate Technology has introduced a new Savvio 15K hard drive that is 70 percent smaller and 1.12 pounds lighter than 3.5-inch units. It also draws 30 percent less electricity and has a reliability factor of 1.6 million hours mean time between failures, according to the company. Seagate believes the smaller, speedier drive will be attractive to many datacenter operators, as well as small and medium-sized companies interested in lowering their total cost of ownership.
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Seagate Debuts Smaller, Speedier Hard Drive
Posted by: Fred J. Aun January 17, 2007 11:45 AMSeagate Technology has introduced a new Savvio 15K hard drive that is 70 percent smaller and 1.12 pounds lighter than 3.5-inch units. It also draws 30 percent less electricity and has a reliability factor of 1.6 million hours mean time between failures, according to the company. Seagate believes the smaller, speedier drive will be attractive to many datacenter operators, as well as small and medium-sized companies interested in lowering their total cost of ownership.