It’s to that end, that Seagate has recently released its “Constellation” drive which fits into the 2.5-inch form-factor. These new drives bring about some really nice technological advantages over their previous-generation, larger drives.

One can see, from looking over its list of key features, that Seagate has aimed this drive squarely as a server-class solution for those that need the highest capacities in a 2.5-inch drive – these include:

-    Either a 3Gb/s SATA or 6Gb/s SAS interface
-    Low power consumption via Seagate’s “PowerChoice” technology
-    SAS units can do “Government-grade” self-encryption of data
-    First 2.5-inch 15mm drive

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