New systems based on the 450 gigabyte 15K-rpm Cheetah drives will deliver record performance, reliability, and dramatic reduction in power consumption

HANOVER, Germany - March 4, 2008 - Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) announced it will begin shipping its new Cheetah(R) 15K.6 hard drive this month. Designed for the world’s most demanding enterprise storage environments, the Cheetah 15K.6 drive is Seagate’s highest-performance hard drive ever in a 3.5-inch form factor, with a 28% increase in sustained data transfer rates compared to previous generations. With this new performance on tap, the Cheetah 15K.6 drive remarkably consumes significantly less power, using up to 61% less watts/GB at idle.

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