Data Sheet
Cheetah® NS.2
Lowest power, highest reliability for
3.5-inch Tier 1 solutions
600, 450 and 300 GB • 10K RPM • 6-Gb/s SAS 2.0
(600 GB and 450 GB) and 4-Gb/s FC
Key Advantages
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Lowest-power 3.5-inch Tier 1 drive (over 20 percent lower than any
other 3.5-inch Tier 1 drive)
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Highest-capacity Tier 1 drive (600 GB)
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Highest reliability rating in the industry
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Seagate PowerTrim™ technology dynamically reduces power usage.
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Supports 6-Gb/s SAS 2.0 (600 GB and 450 GB) and 4-Gb/s FC
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Government-grade Self-Encrypting Drive option1
Best-Fit Applications
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Email
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Business processing
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Transaction processing
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Decision support
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Storage area networks
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Networked attached storage
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Internet and e-commerce
1 The Sel f-Encr ypting Drive optio n is availab le only to ma jor OEMs.
Cheetah® NS.2
Lowest power, highest reliability for 3.5-inch Tier 1 solutions
Lowest Cost of Ownership
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The Seagate Cheetah NS.2 drive is the
lowest-power, highest-capacity and
highest-reliability solution for 3.5-inch Tier 1
requirements.
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Lower watts/GB ratio helps achieve reduced
power and cooling costs while optimizing
capacity requirements.
MTBF Improvement
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Seagate continues to focus on reliability
and data protection. MTBF is increased to
1.6 million hours.
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Enhanced error correction code better
maintains performance throughout the life
of the drive and reduces the probability of
lost data.
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Seagate-exclusive Background Media Scan
proactively scans the media for potential
defects during drive idle time. It enables
incipient errors to be corrected before data
is lost.
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Our Quick and Robust Download feature
loads new firmware in less than 2 seconds,
and built-in protection ensures no
corruption in the event of a power failure
during firmware switch.
Seagate Global Customer Support
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Get presales and technical support at
support.seagate.com.
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Visit our knowledge base for answers
to common support questions.
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Find documentation for current and
legacy drives.
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Utilize our online troubleshooting and
diagnostic tools.
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Download DiscWizard™ to help migrate
data from an older drive.
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Seagate also offers multi-lingual phone,
email and chat support.
Specifications
Model Number
Capacity
Format ted 512 KB/S ector ( GB) 600 450 300
Performance
External Transfer Rate
4-Gb /s Fibre Cha nnel (MB/ s)
6-Gb/s SA S 2.0
Spindl e Speed ( RPM)
Average L atency (ms )
Seek Tim e
Average R ead/Write (ms )
Track-to-Trac k Read/Wr ite (ms)
Transfer Rate
Maxim um Internal ( Mb/s)
Typical Su stained (M B/s)
Cache, M ultisegment ed (MB)
Configuration/Reliability
Disks
Heads
Nonrecoverab le Read Err ors per Bits Re ad
Reliab ility Ra ting at Full 2 4x7 Opera tion
(Ann ualized Failur e Rate/ MTBF hour s)
Power
Typical Operatin g (W)
4-Gb /s Fibre Cha nnel
6-Gb/s SA S 2.0
Idle ( W)
4-Gb /s Fibre Cha nnel
6-Gb/s SA S 2.0
Environmental
Temperat ure, Operating (°C )
Temperature, Nonoperating (°C)
Shock , Operat ing (Read Only) : 2 ms (Gs)
Shock , Nonoperating : 2 ms (Gs)
Acous tics, Idle (b els—sound p ower)
Vibra tion, Operat ing (Gs )
Vibration, Nonoperating (Gs)
Physical
Height ( in/mm)
Width ( in/mm)
Depth ( in/mm)
Weight ( lb/kg)
1 One gigab yte, or GB, equ als one billion by tes and one tera byte, or TB, equ als one trillion b ytes when ref erring to hard dr ive capacity.
2 SAS int erface is 6- Gb/s capab le and 3-Gb /s verified. Th e drive will negot iate 6-Gb /s speeds on 6- Gb/s HBA o r Expander. Veri fication of 6 Gb /s will occur at a l ater date.
2
(MB/s)
2
2
600 GB
ST3600002FC
ST3600002SS
400
600
10K 10K 10K
3.00 3.00 3.00
3.8/4.4
0.2/0.2
184 0
150
16 16 16
4 3 2
8 6 4
1 sector p er 10E16 1 sector p er 10E16 1 sector p er 10E16
0.55%/1,600,000 0.55%/1,600,000 0.55%/1,600,000
10.07
9.75
6.49
6.22
5 to 55
–40 to 70
60
300
3.3
1.0
3.0
1.0 /25. 4 1.0 /25. 4 1.0 /25. 4
4.0/101.6 4.0/101.6 4.0/101.6
5.76/146.52 5.76/146.52 5.76/146.52
1.51 /0.6 86 1.51 /0.6 86 1.48 /0 .671
1
450 GB
ST3450802FC
ST3450802SS
400
600
3.8/4.4
0.2/0.2
184 0
150
9.54
9.15
5.96
5.74
5 to 55
–40 to 70
60
300
3.3
1.0
3.0
1
300 GB
ST3300602FC
400
3.8/4.4
0.2/0.2
184 0
150
9.3
5.6
5 to 55
–40 to 70
60
300
3.3
1.0
3.0
1
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