In the IOMeter Workstation Index (a normalized average of light, medium, and heavy loads), the Barracuda 180's score of 178.83 trails that of the Barracuda 18XL by about 8%. A similar difference arises in the File Server Index... in the Database index, however, the 180 trails by a smaller margin. We should note, however, that the 180's scores are very close to that turned in by Quantum's Atlas V, a 36 gig drive that delivered the largest capacity of its generation.
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