Seagate ST9600204FC Internal Hard Drive Data Storage

Ideal for NAS, SAN and DAS external enterprise storage solutions, this fourth-generation Savvio 10K.4 drive provides the highest capacity and best reliability available in a small form factor, 10K-RPM enterprise hard drive. This drive enables 3.5-inch to 2.5-inch form factor transition and widespread market adoption of 2.5-inch-based external storage solutions for enterprise OEMs, system designers and end-user organisations.

- The world's highest-capacity SFF drive (up to 600 GB);
- The industry's first 2M-hour MTBF drive to provide 0.44 per cent AFR - 20 percent higher reliability than any other drive available;
- Second-generation 6-Gb/s SAS with dual-port communication and first SFF hard drive with 4-Gb/s FC support;
- SFF and low power consumption reduce end-user cooling and energy costs;
- PowerChoice™ feature for T10-compliant power management empowers IT organisations to tailor systems for performance and power consumption;
- Protection Information (PI) option detects corruption of data in flight between the host system and the drive;
- Head ramp load/unload feature for improved device handling reliability;
- TCG-compliant, Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) security option (SAS models only) eliminates the need to overwrite or physically destroy drives, enables safe return of drives for warranty or expired lease purposes, and allows organisations to repurpose or sell hard drives securely;
- This drive enables OEMs and system designers to design external storage solutions for organisations with green IT strategies, data-at-rest concerns, and power- or space-constrained IT environments.