The new drive, with its peak performance, is ideal for Web hosting, e-commerce applications, data mining and transaction processing. The new Ultrastar is offered in both 36 and 18 GB models and will be available this quarter. Faster seek times and data transfer rates speed up information retrieval, and contribute to the overall performance of the drive.
Data availability is at the core of each business process.
On industry standard benchmarks, Ultrastar 36Z15 performs up to 25 percent faster than existing 15K RPM drives and up to 50 percent faster than currently available 10K RPM drives. Ultrastar 36Z15 is designed for ease of integration, allowing extraordinary performance with acoustics and power consumption comparable to 10K RPM drives. IBM invented disk storage and shipped the first model in 1956. In 2000 the company received the National Medal of Technology, the highest honor the President can bestow on leading innovators, in recognition of IBM's leadership in developing and commercializing data storage technology. The IBM Storage Technology Division offers customers worldwide the most comprehensive range of industry-leading storage products available today.