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The Seagate® Enterprise Performance 10K HDD V.6 (formerly Savvio® 10K.6) is an ideal upgrade. It delivers best-in-class performance, high capacity and low power that data centers crave and need to meet demanding service level agreements, keep up with data growth and reduce IT operating costs.

The Savvio® 10K.6 hard drive enables OEMs, system builders and data centers to:

• Improve data center storage efficiency
• Enhance reliability with advanced media management technology
• Built-in security at no extra cost

Transition from slower, underperforming (or larger form factor drives) to the smaller, faster and best-in-class Savvio 10K.6 hard drive.

With higher capacities and a smaller footprint, data centers can store and access data faster than ever, enabling them to keep pace with data growth while optimizing scarce IT real estate. Lower power consumption reduces energy and cooling costs.

The latest Savvio 10K.6 drives:

• Deliver up to 21% faster sequential performance than previous generation
• Store up to 50% more data than even the highest-capacity 3.5-inch, 15K HDDs

Savvio® 10K.6 advanced media management technology improves drive reliability and data integrity.This sixth-generation Savvio hard drive lets you rest easier knowing your storage devices will perform as expected. The Savvio 10K.6 drive is the first mission-critical HDD to offer a Seagate® RAID Rebuild™ technology option, making RAID recovery faster and safer.

Seagate Enterprise Performance 10K drives are self-encrypting and can be used as normal drives or as part of a more secure solution at no extra cost. Built-in security and Protection Information features enable companies to protect valuable data, comply with regulatory mandates, and reduce risk to brands and reputations. Seagate Instant Secure Erase reduces the time required to overwrite a drive from hours to less than a minute-making drive retirement safe, fast and easy.

The Savvio 10K.6 drive makes it easy to transition server and network storage systems from 3.5- to 2.5-inch hard drive solutions. This hard drive enables you to improve data storage efficiency and optimize your IT investments.

Savvio 10K.6 drives deliver:

• Best-in-class sequential performance
• 70% smaller footprint than 3.5-inch form factor drives
• T10-compliant Seagate® PowerChoice™ technology enables IT to tailor systems for optimal performance and power usage

Savvio10K drives support Protection Information (PI)¹ technology, which can help to preserve the integrity of data in flight. Additionally, Savvio 10K.6 offers a FIPS Self-Encrypting Drive (SED)² option to help secure data-at-rest throughout the life of the device.

Seagate SED Instant Secure Erase technology also eliminates the need to overwrite or physically destroy drives for security purposes-making drive retirement safe, fast and easy. This enables organizations to securely return, repurpose or sell the drive, thereby reducing drive retirement costs.