The second-generation Seagate Savvio 10K.2 enterprise disc drive combines the coolest operating temperatures with a history-making reliability rating to ensure unrivaled efficiency... more
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operating temperatures with a history-making reliability rating to ensure unrivaled efficiency in high-density storage environments. Utilizing perpendicular recording...
has the highest reliability rating in the world. Savvio 10K.2 drives are 70 percent smaller than 3.5-inch drives, enabling more drives per system for increased per...
Features: Perpendicular Recording, Idle Read After Write (IRAW), Background Media Scan (BMS)
Compliant Standards: S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate: 300 MBps (external)
Seek Time: 3.8 ms (average) / 7.97 ms (max)
Track-to-Track Seek Time: 0.2 ms
Average Latency: 3 ms
Spindle Speed: 10000 rpm
Reliability
MTBF: 1,600,000 hour(s)
Recoverable Errors: 10 per 10^12
Non-Recoverable Errors: 1 per 10^16
Seek Errors: 10 per 10^8
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces: 1 x Serial Attached SCSI
Compatible Bays: 1 x internal - 2.5" x 1/6H
Manufacturer's product description
The second-generation Seagate Savvio 10K.2 enterprise disc drive combines the coolest operating temperatures with a history-making reliability rating to ensure unrivaled efficiency in high-density storage environments. Utilizing perpendicular recording to double its available capacity, Savvio 10K.2 also delivers up to 25 percent higher sequential performance. Savvio enables space-constrained Fortune 2000 data centers to achieve higher IOPS performance in small form factor system configurations while maintaining unprecedented levels of reliability, including a non-recoverable error rate that's been improved by a factor of 10.
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 5 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 55 °C
Shock Tolerance: 60 g @ 2ms (operating) / 300 g @ 2ms (non-operating)
Advantages: Standard Disadvantages: Extremely unreliable, warranty is only one year
...One of the most unreliable and fault ridden disks I've ever seen. I purchased a batch of similarly sized Maxtors, Hitachis, Seagates and Western Digital drives around 3 years ago. I had about 15 Maxtors, of which I now have 7 remaining. In comparison, I've only lost 1 Hitachi and 2Seagates. I'd say that pretty much speaks for itself.
To top it off, whilst the Seagates came with 3 year return to base warranties, the Maxtors have about a 1 year. I wouldn't say that's a vote of confidence from the manufacturer on the product's reliability. Though, 1 year warranty on hard disks does seem to be becoming industry standard.
For disk purchases I would highly recommend Western Digital or Seagate. I still have 4GB WD Caviars that are still up and running!...
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...After 4 or 5 years of using Seagate and western digital I got a bit fed up of self corruption from Seagate and slow relay times from Western digital, so I turned to Samsung.
The very first Samsung hard-drive I purchased was their 4gb IDE series and how I was amazed. Two years down the line and it still works perfectly, with great speeds.
Now that ive bought myself one of their 20gb series I am even more amazed.
The amount this hard-drive can hold and without flaw is astonishing to say the least, it’s a serious Seagate and Western digital beater.
In my opinion you cannot get better than Samsung they rule the hard-drive industry hands down, ive done countless reformats, repartitions everything on both Samsungs and not once has either died on me like the unforgotten Seagate’s which I previously had and neither has it slowed...
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Advantages: Reliable Disadvantages: Not the cheapest
...Well I saw the category so I have decided to review my computers C drive.
Seagate drives are not the cheapest there are but are generally very reliable, the main drive on our PC is getting on for 3 years old and is still in perfect condition.
It is not a high speed drive so doesn't get too noisy - unlike the new high speed drives.
Fittting - it is as easy as any other IDE drive to fit, three holes on each side of standard 3 1/2 inch bay.
There are 4 x 0.1" jumpers for setting the drive up as a master or slave, or as the only drive in a PC.
To be honest there is not much more to say except that medium speed Seagate drives are very reliable and are very good for bespoke PCs.
I now have a 120GBSeagate drive as well as drive D:
The drive was supplied by the company which built the PC - in its day this drive was about £80, and the 40...
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