Seagate released the Nytro XF1230 SATA solid-state drive (SSD), an energy-efficient drive designed to meet the performance requirements of cloud data centers. The Nytro XF1230 SATA SSD features a 6 gigabyte-per-second interface, making it easy to deploy in existing storage infrastructures. Optimized for read-centric databases and workloads, it provides random access performance as high as 98,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS), equivalent to the performance of 200 hard disk drives, but for a fraction of the power and cost. Additionally, the drive offers reliability, with the level of protection needed in today's cloud environments, including a power loss data protection circuit to prevent data loss in the event of a power disruption.

The Nytro XF1230 SATA SSD is energy efficient, with a power demand that tops out at 4.8 watts at maximum supported capacity.

Available in 1,920 gigabyte (GB), 960GB, 480GB and 240GB user storage capacities, the Nytro XF1230 SATA SSD will ship next month.