Cheetah® 15K.5 Ultra320 SCSI 73-GB Hard DriveThe Cheetah® 15K.5 hard drive enables manageable tiered storage solutions without compromising performance or reliability. Cheetah 15K.5 drives deliver cost-effective solutions, allowing systems to keep up with increasing performance needs over a longer period of time.
Key Features and Benefits 16-MB cacheUltra320 SCSI 80-pin interfacePerpendicular recording technology for maximum capacityUp to 125-MB/s sustained transfer rate30 percent more IOPS than 10K 3.5-inch drivesReduced RAID rebuild timesHighest reliability rating in the industryLower total cost of ownership (TCO)5-year warranty
ApplicationsWorkstationsMidrange and high-end serversDirect attached (JBOD/RAID) storageStorage area networks (SAN)Network attached storage (NAS)High-performance computing (scientific/technical data)Data streaming, mining, visualization and analysisOnline transaction processing (OLTP)Collaboration (groupware, email, e-learning, messaging)