Seagate ST9146853SS Savvio 15K.3 146GB 2.5 Inch SAS Hard Drive

Seagate ST9146853SS Savvio 15K.3 is a 146 GB, 2.5-inch enterprise hard drive that spins at 15,000 RPM for high-IOPS workloads in servers and storage arrays. It uses a 6 Gb/s SAS interface with a 600 MB/s external transfer rate and a 64 MB cache, delivering a formatted capacity of 146.8 GB (512e). The drive is a single-disk design with 2.0 ms average latency, 2.6/3.1 ms typical read/write seeks, and an AFR around 0.44%; typical operating power is 7.41 W and idle 3.86 W. Its physical specs are 15.00 mm height, 70.10 mm width, 100.45 mm depth, and it weighs about 0.426 kg; operating temperature range is 5–55 C and non-operating -40 to 70 C, with shock tolerance 60 G (operating) and 300 G (non-operating). This drive is suited for enterprise backplanes and storage enclosures where compact 2.5-inch form factor and high-throughput, reliable SAS performance are required for workloads like databases, virtualization, and transaction-heavy applications.