Seagate has launched a new series of enterprise HDDs that spin at 15,000 rounds per minute (RPM). The 2.5" drives will be available in capacities of 300, 600 and 900GB. Seagate is first with a 15K RPM drive with a capacity larger than 600GB.
The drives use a 12Gbit SAS interface to connect to the rest of the system indicating the drives aren't for consumer usage. The drives are targeted for data center usage and Seagate claims its 600GB 15K RPM drive is 27% faster in reading sequential data than it's previous generation 600GB HDD. Seagate specifies a maximum of 315 MB/s sustained transfer rate.
Utilizing Seagate’s FastFormat feature, the drives are available in both a 512 native and a single advanced format (512e and 4Kn) model. The larger sectors of the 4Kn model allow for better error correcting.
It's unclear when the drives become available, Seagate also hasn't disclosed any pricing information.
