Seagate Exos 15E900 900GB FastFormat SAS

The Seagate Exos 15E900 900GB FastFormat SAS hard drive is one of the high load internal HDDs for NAS and ordinary data centres. The 2.5" format is made chiefly for notebooks, small desktop PCs, and portable databanks. The total capacity of the hard drive is 900 GB. The drive has a 256 MB memory cache. You can link the Seagate hard drive and the PC or other devices is facilitated via the SAS interface.

Seagate Exos 15E900 900GB FastFormat SAS Hard Drive 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
• Typically, the power consumption of the hard drive is 7,6 W, while in stand-by mode it holds at 5.7 W
• It communicates with a PC or other devices via the SAS interface
• Platter-based hard drives are more susceptible to physical damage, but it's also the most cost-effective storage solution available

Other HDD Features

The HDD boasts a unique design. Inside the drive there is a mechanism that uses moving platters accompanied by hard disk heads that read and write the data. These mechanical parts are admittedly more sensitive to shocks, but on the upside, this design also delivers its amazing price/capacity ratio. The key criterion that determines the speed of a hard drive is the number of rotations per minute (RPM). In case of the Seagate Exos 15E900 900GB FastFormat SAS, you can look forward to 15000 RPM RPM. System responsivity and overall stability is also significantly affected by the disk buffer, usually called cache. The Seagate HDD features a 256 MB cache that stores the last used data for their speedy reading.

Connecting the Seagate HDD

If you want to mount the Seagate Exos 15E900 900GB FastFormat SAS in the device of your choice, it must be equipped with a 2.5" slot. All data transfer happens via the SAS interface with a standard speed of 12.0 Gbit/s. This technology is fairly rare nowadays.