Seagate heeft vandaag hun vijfde generatie 10.000rpm Cheetah SCSI drives aangekondigd. De nieuwe Cheetah 36XL en 73LP harddisks beschikken over een cache van 4 of 16MB en worden geleverd met een Ultra160 SCSI of 2Gb/s Fibre Channel interface. De Cheetah 36XL kan geleverd worden in versies met een capaciteit van 9,2GB, 18,4GB of 36,7GB. De seektime bedraagt 5,6ms en de maximale sequentiële transfer rate is volgens de press release 46,1MB/s.
Nog iets sneller is de Cheetah 73LP, die geleverd kan worden in versies met een capaciteit van 73 en 36GB (36Gig versie uitsluitend met 2Gb Fibre Channel uitvoering). De seektime van deze schijven is 4,6ms en de maximale transfer rate ligt op een erg heftige 63,9MB/s. Beide Cheetahs hebben een garantie van 5 jaar en een MTBF van 1.200.000 uur. De levering van de nieuwe Cheetahs begint in het eerste kwartaal van 2001. Tegen die tijd komen tevens de nieuwe Quantum Atlas 10K III en IBM Ultrastar 73LZX op de markt:
Seagate Technology (NYSE:SEG) today announced two new members of its Cheetah family of 10K disc drives - The Cheetah 36XL and Cheetah 73LP. Designed for the demanding requirements of e-commerce servers, departmental servers, data mining, and A/V applications, where performance, reliability and high storage capacities are critically important, the new Cheetahs meet these needs. With fast seek times, 4 MB or 16 MB V-code cache options, low power requirements and acoustics, and with both Ultra160 SCSI and 2Gb Fibre Channel options, Seagate delivers the industry's most complete line of high-performance disc drives for business-critical applications. The new Cheetahs will ship during the first quarter of 2001.
Cheetah 36XL and Cheetah 73LP - The Details
Seagate's Cheetah family has won countless awards and accolades from the industry. Now in their fifth generation, the latest Cheetah 36XL and Cheetah 73LP disc drives are positioned to continue to provide legendary performance and reliability.
The Cheetah 36XL delivers an average seek time of 5.2 ms, formatted data transfer rates up to 46.1 MB/s, and a low power rating of 9 watts that keep the Cheetah 36XL running cooler than previous-generation designs. The Cheetah 36XL is offered in capacities of 9.2, 18.4, and 36.7 GB capacities to fulfill user's various capacity requirements.
The Cheetah 73LP is a low-profile design that stores up to 73GBs to allow businesses to fit more storage in their server enclosures. It features an areal density of 18Gb/in2, average seek time as low as 4.6 ms, formatted data transfer rates up to 63.9 MB/s, and operates at a low 10.3 watts (SCSI). The 73LP is also offered with a 16MB V-code cache option for data streaming applications such as audio and video. The Cheetah 73 GB comes in both Ultra160 SCSI and 2 Gb Fibre Channel interfaces while the 36 GB Cheetah 73LP is offered exclusively in a 2 Gb Fibre Channel interface. Additionally, with the Cheetah 73LP, Seagate is introducing its Rotational Vibration Protection System which monitors drive movement in relationship to the cabinet or the drive mounting system and provides feedback to the drive's servo system, reducing positioning errors resulting from rotational vibration within the cabinet or mounting systems.
Both Cheetahs include a 1,200,000 hour Mean Time Between Failure Rating (MTBF) and are backed with a full 5 year warranty. Single evaluation-unit Suggested Retail Pricing (SRP) of the Cheetah 36XL at 9.2, 18.4, and 36.7 GB capacities is $245, $365, and $615 respectively. Single evaluation-unit SRP of the Cheetah 73LP at 73 and 36 GB capacities is $1,139 and $615. Actual street pricing of the new Cheetah disc drives will vary, and will be determined by Seagate authorized resellers. The availability of the new Cheetahs will be Q1, 2001.
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