It wasn't even a week ago that HGST, a division of Western Digital, announced they were working on a new, super-fast storage drive in the form of a 12Gbps-capable SAS SSD. But, don't think for one minute that rival Seagate weren't waiting for the bell to ring on their oven, where they too were baking their own 12Gbps-capable SSD.

Seagate are preparing to show off their 12Gbps SSD at the SCSI Trade Association technology showcase later this week, where they've teased the name of the new product: Pulsar.2. The Pulsar.2 will sport the same SAS 12Gbps interface, with Seagate aiming the drive toward the server and storage solution market.

There isn't much more information on the drive, but Seagate are making noise about the fact that using SAS 12Gbps drives versus PCI Express-based SSDs allows for better scalability and serviceability. Seagate have also said that the SAS 12Gbps standard should be finalized by the end of 2012, but no products are expected to hit the market until next year, and most likely 2H of 2013. These products are server-grade, and won't hit consumer markets until then. Still nice to dream, though.