Seagate today announced two new members of its Cheetah enterprise-class hard drive family: the Cheetah 15K.7 hard drive and the Cheetah NS.2 hard drive. For businesses that have an existing investment based on a standard 3.5-inch enterprise infrastructure, the new Cheetah drives bolster sustainability through easy drive/system integration, while they consume less power.

Both drives feature 2nd-generation PowerTrim technology, which dynamically optimizes drive power consumption at all levels of activity. Using PowerTrim technology, the Cheetah NS.2 drive provides power savings of over 20% when compared to its prior generation design.

The Cheetah 15K.7 and the Cheetah NS.2 drives are the second generation of Cheetah drives available as Self-Encrypting Drives for designated OEMs, providing government-grade data security, and instant secure erase for drives repurposed, reused, recycled, or returned for expired lease, repair or warranty.

Cheetah 15K.7 Drive Specifications

Capacity 600, 450, 300GB
Interface 6Gb/s SAS-2.0, 4Gb/s FC
Spindle Speed 15,000 RPM
Seek Time 3.4 ms
Reliability 0.55% AFR / 1.6M hours MTBF
Cache 16MB
Form factor 3.5-inch

Cheetah NS.2 Drive Specifications

Capacity 600, 450, 300GB
Interface 6Gb/s SAS-2.0 (600 and 450 GB drives), 4Gb/s FC
Spindle Speed 10,000 RPM
Seek Time 3.8 ms
Reliability 0.55% AFR / 1.6M hours MTBF
Cache 16MB
Form factor 3.5-inch

The Cheetah NS.2 drive is available and shipping today.
The Cheetah 15K.7 drive is currently available for OEM qualifications and will start shipping next quarter to the channel.