There is no doubt that the Cheetah 15K.6 will be the ever best SAS HDD in server market up
 
till now. It has almost everything a server is desiring for.
 
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Pattern number: ST3146356SS

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Interface Capacity Model #        
Fibre Channel 4 Gb/s 146GB ST3146356FC ST3146356FC 146000.0  
Fibre Channel 4 Gb/s 300GB ST3300656FC ST3300656FC 300000.0  
Fibre Channel 4 Gb/s 450GB ST3450856FC ST3450856FC 450000.0  
SAS 3Gb/s 146GB ST3146356SS ST3146356SS 146000.0  
SAS 3Gb/s 300GB ST3300656SS ST3300656SS 300000.0  
SAS 3Gb/s 450GB ST3450856SS
 
Seagate had released double interface, triple capacity models.

A simple test is made by [coolaler.com]. Take a look at the stunning performance.

Setup:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 4005 MHz

Graphics: GeForce GTX 280

Motherboard: Maximus Extreme

Memory: Corsair DDR3-1800 C7

PSU: Top-1000W

RAID CARD: Adaptec RAID 2405

HDD:

Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 ST3146356SS *2
WD3000GLFS (300GB SATA300 10000) *2

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-Bit

Adaptec RAID 2405 ASR-2405 ROHS KIT

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Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 ST3146356SS *1

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With an average read transfer rate up to 137MB/S and the minimum over 100MB/S, it’s safe to say this is the fastest hard drive in the present world!

test

crystal

15.6 Cheetah *2 RAID0 128K CrystalDiskMark :1000MB

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15.6 Cheetah *2 RAID0 64K CrystalDiskMark :50MB

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15.6 Cheetah *2 PCMark Vantage 64K versus 128K

hdd

Compare with WD3000.ddm 

Cheetah 15K.6 is a great HDD nobody would not want to have at least one, if not many enough. According to Seagate, it is only available through OEM channel so that it won’t be easy to get one.

Cheetah_1, 8/8/07, 3:15 PM, 8C, 4236x5911 (967+762), 100%, Custom, 1/10 s, R70.7, G60.5, B96.9

Prepare your bucks and also your lucks, buddies.