http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/desktops/barracuda_hard_drives/barracuda_lp
It is very strange. How did they choose 5900 RPM?
It is very strange. How did they choose 5900 RPM?
Seagate 2TB
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Stereodude
Not really a
They couldn't figure out how to get them to spin at 7200RPM? 
Stereodude
Not really a
I can see this will become the new spindle speed war. Next someone else will go to 6000RPM higher for their lower level drives.
Well Seagates 1.5GB drive certainly weren't priced at much of a premium. But then that drive turned out to be a true dud. I remain sceptical about their 2TB drive now too.
I think they are trying to directly compete with WDC's green drives that run at 5400RPM and then do slightly better.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
WDC has historically called 6000rpm drives "5400." The x00AB drives were widely thought to be 6000rpm.
I would be willing to accept 4200rpm with no detectable heat or noise if I could get a 2TB drive from an OEM I am willing to trust, but that's not the way Hitachi or Samsung operate.
I would be willing to accept 4200rpm with no detectable heat or noise if I could get a 2TB drive from an OEM I am willing to trust, but that's not the way Hitachi or Samsung operate.
Stereodude
Not really a
You trust the people who brought you the Deathstar?
Yes, I have yet to have a single one of my six 45GB 75GXP Drives fail even though they have been in continious service since before they were considered flawed: Like the energizer bunny, they keep running and running.
I do recognize that others did have problems with them: Just not me. I can hardly fault IBM for drives that just plain work.
I will probably replace them in the relatively near future. They are getting old and that means slow and too small.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I can't believe you still have a use for 45GB drives. The smallest non-SSD drive I have is 400GB.
Stereodude
Not really a
My only one (45GB) failed. I haven't bought an IBM or Hitachi drive since though it's been mostly because I haven't been impressed with their products.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
My 75GXPs lived long and useful lives.
I still use 80GB drives in business machines and 40GB drives for classroom stuff sometimes.
Mostly I shy away from Hitachi because they are characteristically warm in a way I do not like, but for me they have a much better track record of reliability than WD or Seagate.
I still use 80GB drives in business machines and 40GB drives for classroom stuff sometimes.
Mostly I shy away from Hitachi because they are characteristically warm in a way I do not like, but for me they have a much better track record of reliability than WD or Seagate.
Which is why they are likely to get replaced eventually. For many applications, there is no real need for much faster or even much larger so their life continues on. There is no need to allocate additional resources to things that continue to do what needs to be done. If it just plain works, then any change can only mess that up. i.e there is no upside.
Exactly why I avoid Hitachi too. There are too many cases with HD bays that have no fans and I really don't like crowding hitachi drives where there isn't a fan: they run too hot already.
sechs
Storage? I am Storage!
Cool drives that suck or warm drives that don't. Hmmm.....
sechs
Storage? I am Storage!
Hitachi is a big conglomerate, but I don't think that they've gotten to the point that their hard drives also vacuum....
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Hitachi always seems to want to push performance and capacity. I suspect theit 2TB drive will not be a 5400rpm "green" model.
Stereodude
Not really a
And of course it will have 5 platters.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Probably. Such is the Hitachi way.
HIBaCHI. You rea a name thEif.?
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
In other news, Hitachi drives are now suspect.
WD did buy in to an SSD firm, though. I can't decide if a WD drive with no moving parts might actually be reliable or not. For now I'm going with "not."
WD did buy in to an SSD firm, though. I can't decide if a WD drive with no moving parts might actually be reliable or not. For now I'm going with "not."
ddrueding
Fixture
They may not be reliable, but they have a very streamlined RMA process.
udaman
Wannabe Storage Freak
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Considering how much SSD's cost, 5-20x more, you'd think they could at least give comparable warranties, yet many SSD's are 1-2yr? Must be because they are more unreliable, or <reliable???
(non-sequitur)
sechs
Storage? I am Storage!
If they start making reliable drives, that'll be the first thing to go.
Anyone have one yet?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148413
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148413
ddrueding
Fixture
Nope. They weren't there last week or I would have.