Seagate ST9160511NS - Constellation 7200 160 GB Hard Drive Datasheet

Data Sheet
Constellation
2.5-inch Tier 2/nearline drive
with the lowest enterprise power usage
500 GB and 160 GB
SAS 3Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s
Key Advantages
Industry's first 2.5-inch, 15-mm enterprise-class nearline drive for dense,
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space-constrained data centers
Lowest operating power and enhanced PowerChoice
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power options for unprecedented power savings (up to 54 percent—as low
as 1.1 W) during slow or idle periods
The industry's highest-reliability 7200-RPM drive, designed for 24x7
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operation
Best-in-class rotational vibration tolerance ensures unrivalled performance
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in high spindle-density applications, and multi-drive firmware maximizes
system availability.
Choose SAS for the seamless Tier 2 enterprise experience, with improved
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data integrity. SAS 2.0 enables faster data access (6Gb/s) and larger
topologies over greater distances, increasing system scalability, data
throughput and connectivity.
Government-grade Self-Encrypting Drive security available on SAS
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models.
Best-Fit Applications
Storage-hungry business applications
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Storage area networks (SAN) and network attached storage (NAS)
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Maximum-capacity servers and blade servers
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Rich media content storage—audio, video, image
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Reference and compliance data storage
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Enterprise backup and restore—D2D, virtual tape
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Collaboration—email, messaging
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Infrastructure—Web, print, file
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7200 RPM SAS 6Gb/s,
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host-selectable
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