Seagate Technologies Inc. has launched a 300-GB 2.5-inch hard drive for computer servers and storage arrays. The Savvio 10K.3, which is more than double the capacity of its predecessor, consumes 70% less power and can hold more information than traditional 3.5-inch drives. The drive has a speed of 10,000 revolutions per minute. In addition, the product has a reliability rating of 1.6 million hours, which is the mean time between failures, and a SAS 2.0 interface, which delivers a data rate of 6 Gbps. The drive also has government-grade full disk encryption data protection.
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