The 2.5-inch small form factor SAS HDDs are designed to deliver breakthrough performance in a smaller footprint. These options help enable the creation of high-density ThinkServer systems that provide superior performance for demanding applications.

Features and benefits of ThinkServer SAS drives:

• Serial Attached SCSI 6.0 Gb/s interface (10K rpm or 15K rpm) for 146 2 GB and 73 GB capacity
• High level of reliability
• High I/O per second (IOPS) for increased performance
• Small form factor (2.5-inch)

• 67Y0115:
  • Capacity (formatted): 73,000 MB
  • Drive to host interface: 6.0 Gb/s burst rate
  • Spindle speed of 15,000 rpm
  • Average latency of 2.0 ms
  • Average seek on reads of less than 2.9 ms
  • Hot-Swap capability
  • SAS Interface
• 67Y0116:
  • Capacity (formatted): 146,000 MB
  • Drive to host interface: 6.0 Gb/s burst rate
  • Spindle speed of 10,000 rpm
  • Average latency of 3.0 ms
  • Average seek on reads of less than 4.0 ms
  • Hot-Swap capability
  • SAS Interface
• 67Y0117:
  • Capacity (formatted): 146,000 MB
  • Drive to host interface: 6.0 Gb/s burst rate
  • Spindle speed of 15,000 rpm
  • Average latency of 2.0 ms
  • Average seek on reads of less than 2.9 ms
  • Hot-Swap capability
  • SAS Interface
• 67Y0118:
  • Capacity (formatted): 300,000 MB
  • Drive to host interface: 6.0 Gb/s burst rate
  • Spindle speed of 10,000 rpm
  • Average latency of 3.0 ms
  • Average seek on reads of less than 4.0 ms
  • Hot-Swap capability
  • SAS Interface

• Approximate height: 14.8 mm (0.583 in)
• Approximate width: 70 mm (2.76 in)
• Approximate depth: 100.5 mm (3.957 in)
• Approximate weight: 227 g (0.500 lb)

3 years - Customer Replacement Unit (CRU) Service

• Announce date: 05 May 2009 (Worldwide except Brazil, China and Taiwan)
• Planned availability date: 15 May 2009 (Worldwide except Brazil, China and Taiwan)
• Effective withdrawal date: 30 Dec 2011

Operating System independent

• One of the following:
  • ThinkServer 73GB 6.0GB/s 15K 2.5" SAS SFF HS
  • ThinkServer 146GB 6.0GB/s 10K 2.5" SAS SFF HS
  • ThinkServer 146GB 6.0GB/s 15K SAS SFF HS
  • ThinkServer 300GB 6.0GB/s 10K SAS SFF HS
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