Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 ST3146356SS vs Comparable 3.5" SAS Hard Disks
Item 4187: Seagate ST3146356SS
Size146 GB
Cache16 MB
RPM15000
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSAS
Speed3 Gb/s
ST3146356SS Reviews1
$ 195.00
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0021 SAS 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 189.99 5.26
HP Midline 461137-B21 SAS 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 220.00 4.55
Fujitsu 3.5" SAS MAX3147RC SAS 3 Gb/s 15000 16 147 125.00 1.18
Fujitsu 3.5" SAS MBA3147RC SAS 3 Gb/s 15000 16 147 159.00 0.92
HP 384854-B21 SAS 3 Gb/s 15000 146 185.00 0.79
Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 ST3146356SS SAS 3 Gb/s 15000 16 146 195.00 0.75
IBM 40K1044 SAS 3 Gb/s 15000 8 146 200.00 0.73
Seagate Savvio 15K.2 ST9146852SS SAS 6 Gb/s 15000 16 146 288.99 0.51
HP Enterprise 417855-B21 SAS 3 Gb/s 15000 146 291.40 0.50
Cisco R200-D146GB= SAS 15000 146 297.99 0.49

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-01-23 $195.00 +31.01
2011-11-17 $163.99 -6.01
2011-11-17 $170.00 +6.01
2011-11-17 $163.99 -6.01
2011-11-16 $170.00 +6.01
2011-11-16 $163.99 -6.01
2011-11-15 $170.00 +6.01
2011-11-15 $163.99 -6.01
2011-11-03 $170.00 +6.01
2011-11-03 $163.99 -6.01

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSAS 3Gb/s
Cache16MB
Capacity146GB
Performance
Spindle Speed15,000 RPM
Random write seek time3.9ms
I/O data transfer rate300MB/s
Average latency2.0ms
Random read seek time3.4ms
Sustained data transfer rate171,000Mb/s
Power
Maximum start current, AC3.82
Maximum start current, DC1.74
Acoustics
Acoustics (Seek Volume)3.7 bels
Acoustics (Idle Volume)3.5 bels
Reliability
Annual Failure Rate0.55%
MTBF1,600,000 hours
Physical
Width101.85mm (4.010 in)
Length146.99mm (5.787 in)
Height26.11mm (1.028 in)
Weight (typical)674g (1.487 lb)

External links

Seagate
http://www.seagate.com/

Seagate ST3146356SS Reviews & Benchmarks

X-bit labs - Roundup: Seventeen SAS Hard Disk Drives - Oct. 23, 2009

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