Hitachi Data Systems to spin of storage division
- Thread starter LiamC
- Start date
Pradeep
Storage? I am Storage!
Whilst we wait for that, something available sooner:
"The new Ultrastar SSD400S family delivers the industry’s highest sequential throughput. It is the first to reach up to 535MB/s read and 500MB/s write throughput with 6Gb/s SAS, and 390MB/s read and 340MB/s write throughput with 4Gb/s FC. The new drive also delivers up to 46 000 read and 13 000 sustained write IOPS"
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storag...hi_Releases_Its_First_Solid_State_Drives.html
"The new Ultrastar SSD400S family delivers the industry’s highest sequential throughput. It is the first to reach up to 535MB/s read and 500MB/s write throughput with 6Gb/s SAS, and 390MB/s read and 340MB/s write throughput with 4Gb/s FC. The new drive also delivers up to 46 000 read and 13 000 sustained write IOPS"
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storag...hi_Releases_Its_First_Solid_State_Drives.html
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Me too. Hitachi drives are usually great for RAID applications and that would solve the hell out of my disk space problem.
It also falls into the..."fell off the back of the truck category" (possibly literally).
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
From time to time I have benefited from things that have fallen off the back of a truck. It's been a good, long while, but it has happened.
Anyway, if somebody wants to go halfies on a case of 3TB drives, I'll get in on that.
Anyway, if somebody wants to go halfies on a case of 3TB drives, I'll get in on that.
This seems strange to me:
Why would Intel develop the controller for a competitor that offers a faster product than their own? Does that info give some insight into the next gen Intel SSD drives?
I would also do the same.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Maybe the other guys are just faster at getting products into the retail channel, or Intel is practicing strict adherence to a roadmap in defiance of engineering or manufacturing realities?
ddrueding
Fixture
IIRC, Intel got into the SSD business because no one was stepping up with good drives.
I don't know how I could attach them to my computer, but a few would be nice. :compress:
Stereodude
Not really a
Duct tape or velcro would probably do the job.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
Now you're talking dirty, Lunar.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
Just messing with you, Lunar, sorry about that. I'll shut up now.
BingBangBop
Storage is cool
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2009
- Messages
- 667
I emailed them about it. That is the per drive price when you order at least 20. i.e. bad bargin.
ddrueding
Fixture
Indeed. Thanks for the follow-up.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Will Rickards
Storage Is My Life
So we have Samsung, WD, and Seagate to choose from now? At least in the spinning disk area. Which at this point must be pretty low margin.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
There is only Samsung now.
time
Storage? I am Storage!
An odd couple indeed. This is a marriage between a marketing machine and an engineering shop, with the marketers calling all the shots. Just looking up specs highlights how opposite are the corporate cultures: Hitachi (née IBM) publishes just about every parameter you could wish for, while with WD you can't even find out how fast the platters spin, and a model number alone may not be enough to identify a specific model.
The fact that HitachiGST product releases in the last couple of years have been increasingly behind the curve suggests they've been saving pennies in anticipation. Apart from enterprise cred, can anyone work out what WD gets out of this? It's hard to see any of the Deskstar or Travelstar models continuing; even the famous 5-platter version isn't necessary when your areal density is high enough.
The fact that HitachiGST product releases in the last couple of years have been increasingly behind the curve suggests they've been saving pennies in anticipation. Apart from enterprise cred, can anyone work out what WD gets out of this? It's hard to see any of the Deskstar or Travelstar models continuing; even the famous 5-platter version isn't necessary when your areal density is high enough.
Will Rickards
Storage Is My Life
Maybe this is a good thing and new WD drives won't suck?
I think WD gets bigger as a player to compete better with Seagate. I hope this will increase their design capability and manufacturing quality.
I think WD gets bigger as a player to compete better with Seagate. I hope this will increase their design capability and manufacturing quality.
Stereodude
Not really a
Those two merged also, so it's really just Toshiba.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
IBM (Hitachi) and WD have been in bed with each other for a long time.
WD and Hitachi both had 5 pin molex connectors on their SATA drives for a while. Along with a SATA power connection.
WD and Hitachi both had 5 pin molex connectors on their SATA drives for a while. Along with a SATA power connection.
sechs
Storage? I am Storage!
There goes the neighborhood.
When is that next gen of SSDs due out? You know, the ones not by the spinning disk manufacturers....
When is that next gen of SSDs due out? You know, the ones not by the spinning disk manufacturers....
Seagate sucks anyways, and Samsung is always behind the technology curve. Elimination of Hibachi will increase prices and slow down hard drive improvements due to lack of competition. I wonder if WD will retain the 5-platter mechanism. :crucified:
ddrueding
Fixture
Certainly a great price. 3TB drives do still have issues with some controllers, and all RAID controllers. IIRC, you don't use RAID, and you use newer Intel chipset boards, so you should be fine.
I would be using RAID controllers and some overlays I guess, but no RAID modes. Does USB 3.0 work with those drives?
ddrueding
Fixture
I've run 3TB drives on USB without issue, though not those exact drives. I have yet to hear of any RAID controllers that correctly identify and work with 3TB drives of any kind. I would be very cautious in that aspect.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I don't think the 5400rpm drives are reliable enough for general use. I think they're made from manufacturing rejects or something, based on the staggering failure rates I've had with them across Seagate, Hitachi and Samsung models. I should not have to RMA 20% of any model of drive I buy, but all of them are at that level.