Seagate Exos 15E900 600GB FastFormat SAS

The Seagate Exos 15E900 600GB FastFormat SAS hard drive belongs among the high load internal HDDs compatible with NAS data storage solutions. The 2.5" format is designed chiefly for notebooks, small desktops, and portable databanks. You can look forward to a total data capacity of 600 GB. The drive uses a 256 MB memory cache. You can connect the Seagate hard drive and the PC or other devices takes place using the SAS interface.

Seagate Exos 15E900 600GB FastFormat SAS Hard Disk Key Features

• Read speed up to 215 MB/s and write speed up to 215 MB/s
• 256 MB memory cache
• Seagate 2.5" format disk is practical and compact
• Power consumption under standard load is 7,2 W, while in stand-by mode it holds at 5.8 W
• It communicates with a PC or other devices via the SAS interface
• Standard hard drives are admittedly more susceptible to physical damage, but it's also the most cost-effective storage solution available

Other Hard Drive Features

Platter hard disks have a notably special construction. Inside the hard drive there is a mechanism with moving platters, complete with hard disk heads that facilitate reading and writing of data. These moving parts are not particularly resistant against shock or impact, but at the same time you get an excellent price/storage capacity ratio. The key parameter that determines the speed of a platter hard disk is the number of platter revolutions per minute, generally known as RPM. In case of the Seagate Exos 15E900 600GB FastFormat SAS, you get 15000 RPM RPM. File access speed and overall stability is also impacted the embedded buffer memory known as cache. The Seagate platter drive includes a 256 MB cache that keeps the last written data for their prompt retrieval and reading.

Connecting the Seagate Hard Disk

If you want to mount the Seagate Exos 15E900 600GB FastFormat SAS in the device of your choice, you need a 2.5" slot. Data sharing takes place through the SAS interface with a speed of 12.0 Gbit/s. This solution is not particularly widespread, however.