IBM Fibre 18G 15K SL HS FC-AL f/ 3560 3542

The Netfinity 18.2GB 15,000rpm FC Hot-Swap HDD provides the highest level of performance of all Netfinity Fibre Channel HDD options. It is an excellent solution where maximum bandwidth for streaming data transfers are required. This HDD has dramatically improved seek times and average latency, with an average seek time of 4.1ms.These performance improvements are implemented without compromising reliability as the drive has similar power and cooling characteristics as the predecessor 10,000rpm drives. The drive is pre-mounted on a hot-swap tray that supports installation in either a Netfinity FAStT EXP500 or IBM FAStT200 Storage Servers. It supports Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) that, when combined with Netfinity Director or Netfinity Manager, can alert the system administrator of an impending drive problem up to 24 hours before failure occurs.