<P>Seagate raises the bar for entry-level enterprise storage devices, advancing areal densities to more than 6.1 Gbytes and formatted data rates as high as 29.6 Mbytes per second. The Barracuda 18XL is the latest addition to the award winning Barracuda 7,200-RPM disc drive family. The Barracuda 18XL, the sixth-generation of the Barracuda family, offers significant performance enhancements over the current generation.</P> <P> The Barracuda Family of products supports capacities from 9.1 to 50.1 Gbytes, and incorporates Ultra SCSI, Ultra2 SCSI, Ultra160 SCSI and Fibre Channel interfaces. The 7,200-RPM Barracuda class of products allows a wide range of choices. With the industry s first 1,200,000-hour MTBF, the Barracuda defines the market standard for exceptional performance, quality and reliability for entry-level and mainstream applications. </P>