Specification Sheet
Savvio
®
15K.2
Highest-performing, greenest drive
for enterprise storage systems
AMERICAS Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066, United States, 831-438-6550
ASIA/PACIFIC Seagate Singapore International Headquarters Pte. Ltd. 7000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569877, 65-6485-3888
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Seagate Technology SAS 16–18 rue du Dôme, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 33 1-4186 10 00
©2010SeagateTechnologyLLC.Allrightsreserved.PrintedinUSA.Seagate,SeagateTechnologyandtheWavelogoareregisteredtrademarksofSeagateTechnologyLLCintheUnitedStatesand/orother
countries.PowerTrim,Savvio,SeagateSecureandtheUniedStoragelogoareeithertrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSeagateTechnologyLLCoroneofitsafliatedcompaniesintheUnitedStatesand/
orothercountries.TheFIPSlogoisacerticationmarkofNIST,whichdoesnotimplyproductendorsementbyNIST,theU.S.,orCanadiangovernments.Allothertrademarksorregisteredtrademarksarethe
propertyoftheirrespectiveowners.Whenreferringtodrivecapacity,onegigabyte,orGB,equalsonebillionbytesandoneterabyte,orTB,equalsonetrillionbytes.Yourcomputer’soperatingsystemmayuse
adifferentstandardofmeasurementandreportalowercapacity.Inaddition,someofthelistedcapacityisusedforformattingandotherfunctions,andthuswillnotbeavailablefordatastorage.Theexportor
re-exportofhardwareorsoftwarecontainingencryptionmayberegulatedbytheU.S.DepartmentofCommerce,BureauofIndustryandSecurity(formoreinformation,visitwww.bis.doc.gov),andcontrolledfor
importanduseoutsideoftheU.S.Seagatereservestherighttochange,withoutnotice,productofferingsorspecications.DS1665.3-1007US,July2010
The Innovative Market Enabler
TheSeagate
®
Savvio
®
15K.2driveenablesOEMsandsystem
designerstoincreaserevenuebybuildingmorecompellingsolutions
withthehighestperformanceandspeedforTier-1mission-critical
storagesolutions.Thedriveenableslow-power(green)solutions,
andits2.5-inchformfactorenablesdesignforspace-constrainedIT
environments.
Enabling More Powerful Solutions
Thedrive’simplementationof6Gb/sSASimprovesscalability,which
makesitideallysuitedforuseinhigh-endnetworkstoragesolutions.
TheSAS2.0featuresetsupportsmorerobusttopologiesthatcan
communicateoverbroaderdistanceswithhighsignalintegrityto
enablemorepowerfulstoragesolutions.
Strong Enough for National Security
1
TheSavvio15K.2driveisavailableinSEDorFIPSSEDmodels;both
eliminatetheneedtooverwriteorphysicallydestroydrives,enable
securereturnofdrivesforwarrantyorexpiredleasepurposes,and
alloworganizationstosecurelyrepurposeorsellharddrives.For
addedphysicalsecurityandmorestringentregulatorycompliance
needs,theFIPSSEDmodelisFIPS140-2Validated™forusewith
sensitivebutunclassiedorprotected(AorB)classdata.
TheseSeagateSecure™modelshelpOEMsandsystembuilders
gaincompetitiveadvantage,differentiatesolutions(withstrongdata
security),selltonewcustomers(thatrequirestrongdatasecurity),and
protectbrandequity(andcustomercondence).
Unied Storage Architecture
ByusingSFFdrives,acommonSASinterfaceandSEDsecurity
1
capabilities,SeagateUniedStoragearchitecturedeliversabest-of-
breedfoundationforpowerfulyetsimplestoragesolutionsforthedata
center.What’smore,UniedStoragearchitectureenablessuperior
multi-driveserversandstoragesolutionsthatreducecostsanddesign
complexityforOEMsandothersystembuilders,lowersTCOwhile
improvingROIbyprovidinglargeenterprisesandSMBslower-cost
multi-driveserversandstorage,andreducesstoragecomplexityand
enablespeaceofmindfortheITmanager.
1RequiresTCG-complianthostorcontrollersupport.Notavailableinallcountries.
www.seagate.com
1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283)
Specifications
146GB
1
73GB
1
Model Number
ST9146852SS
ST9146752SS
2
ST9146652SS
3
ST973452SS
ST973352SS
2
ST973252SS
3
Capacity
Formatted 512 Kbytes/Sector (GB)
146.8 73.4
External Transfer Rate (MB/s)
3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI
6-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI
300
600
300
600
Performance
Spindle Speed (RPM)
15K 15K
Average Latency (ms)
2.0 2.0
Seek Time
Average Read/Write (ms)
2.9/3.3
2.9/3.3
Sustained Transfer Rate,
Outer to Inner Diameter (MB/s)
160 to 122
160 to 122
Cache, Multisegmented (MB)
16 16
Configuration/Reliability
Disks
2 1
Heads
4 2
Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read
1 sector per 10E16 1 sector per 10E16
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)
0.55% 0.55%
Power Management
Typical Op (amps) +12V/+5V
0.40/0.43 0.34/0.42
Power Idle (W)
4.1 3.7
Environmental
Temperature, Operating (°C)
5 to 55 5 to 55
Temperature, Nonoperating (°C)
–40 to 70 –40 to 70
Shock, Operating: 2 ms (Gs)
60 60
Shock, Nonoperating: 2 ms (Gs)
300 300
Acoustics Idle (bels—sound power)
3.3 3.3
Vibration, Operating: <400 Hz (Gs)
0.5 0.5
Vibration, Nonoperating: <500 Hz (Gs)
2.4 2.4
Encryption
Self-Encrypting Drive option
2
Yes Yes
FIPS Self-Encrypting Drive option
3
Yes Yes
Physical
Height (in/mm)
0.583/14.8 0.583/14.8
Width (in/mm)
2.76/70 2.76/70
Depth (in/mm)
3.957/100.5 3.957/100.5
Weight (lb/kg)
0.44/0.201 0.43/0.195
1 One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard
drive capacity.
2 Self-Encrypting Drive model. Requires TCG-compliant host or controller support. Not available in all countries.
3 FIPS Self-Encrypting Drive model. Requires TCG-compliant host or controller support. Not available in all countries.


