I have followed the storage industry now for over 10 years. It has really evolved (in the enterprise realm) and even in the home market with NAS products. However, the limiting factor has always come back to the actual base product the actual drives.
Well Seagate has done it today. World fastest drive that is actually smaller and 30% more energy efficient. Now that is a change. Check out their press release:
“The Savvio 15K drive’s unique combination of features including its 70 percent smaller size, lower power consumption (30 percent lower than any other 15K drive), industry’s fastest seek time and the industry’s highest reliability, make it the ideal storage solution for all server platforms.”
In large install bases this can really add up to a savings in the enterprise arena. Something HP has been chomping at since 2005. It only took a couple more years.
I would expect to see greater SAN products with greater densities with smaller physical and energy footprints to come out this year as a result. This could be a huge win for Seagate if the wish is really true!
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