Seagate Claims Fastest Enterprise HDD …

Seagate Technology plc is shipping the fastest HDD, the Enterprise Turbo SSHD.

The first enterprise solid state hybrid drive (SSHD), it combines the capacity of a HDD with solid-state flash enabling high-speed performance for mission critical data.

It provides up to a 3X increase in random performance over existing 15KRPM drives and is available with up to 600GB of capacity. By unifying solid-state and magnetic technologies, Turbo improves tiered storage performance combining accelerated speed with HDD high-capacity.

"Typically the most demanding mission critical applications for 15K drives have improved performance by compromising on capacity and cost per gigabyte," said Rocky Pimentel, Seagate EVP and chief sales and marketing officer. "With the Enterprise Turbo SSHD, we deliver a no compromise drive that provides high-speed performance while enabling customers to leverage all of Turbo’s capacity. The result, a combination of performance and capacity that we believe represents a new paradigm shift for mission critical, enterprise storage- a real game changer in storage solutions now and for generations to come."

IBM Corp. is using Seagate SSHD Technology under the models IBM 600 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch G2HS Hybrid (00AD102) and IBM 600 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch G2SS Hybrid (00AD107).

Over the past year, Seagate and IBM have been putting an enterprise SSHD prototype through its paces. After months of testing in Seagate and IBM labs, the first enterprise SSHD has been introduced as an option for the System x servers.

Storage Performance Council benchmarks confirm Seagate SSHD technology as performance leader. Based on preliminary performance testing using standard system benchmarking tools, a 10KRPM version of enterprise SSHD boasts IO/s over 2X better than a standard 600GB 10KRPM HDD. The end result is much improved and more cost effective performance for servers running mission critical applications such as big data analytics, VDI, and database and transaction processing.

The Enterprise Turbo SSHD enables lower cost server and storage configurations, making it appealing for OEMs and system builders who demand the highest, scalable performance at an affordable cost. It also delivers up to 3X the current mission critical HDD random performance at an HDD-comparable price. An efficient and economical storage solution, the drive provides improved $/IO/s.

The drive fine tunes storage tiering by caching at the I/O level, thereby addressing performance gaps and bottlenecks often found in tiered system environments. It also offers a self-encrypting drive option to maximize security for data-at-rest.

Key features of Enterprise Turbo SSHD include:

• Fastest Enterprise HDD – boasts fast speed with up to 3X the increase in random performance over standard 15KRPM drives.
• First Enterprise SSHD – delivers transparent SSD-like performance to most heavily accessed data.
• Capacity – features up to 600GB of capacity, the highest enterprise performance drive available.
• Affordably Priced – yields 3X the current mission critical HDD random performance at an HDD-comparable price.
• Reliability – provides enterprise endurance and reliability.

* The different speeds are information revealed by Trendfocus.

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