Leveraging a unique five-platter design, Hitachi Global Storage managed to bring the formidable Deskstar 7K1000 to the market well before competing designs. For several months now, Hitachi’s beast has combined the best capacity and performance one could get on the SATA interface. Now, however, competitors Seagate and Western Digital have commenced shipment of their first

The Travelstar 7K200 extends Hitachi’s performance-oriented notebook lineup to a capacious 200 gigabytes and ups the buffer to 16 megabytes. Historically, the firm’s drives have led the pack when it comes to performance. Does the 7K200 continue the trend? Let’s take a look!

WD’s newest Caviar SE16, the WD7500AAKS, is the latest drive to bust past the 500 GB plateau in taking us to a new generation of capacity. It joins products already shipping from Seagate (the 750 GB Barracuda 7200.10) and Hitachi (the terabyte Deskstar 7K1000). Come with us as we take a look at how WD’s

The next generation of 2.5″ notebook drives are here, and first to hit Testbed4 is the Scorpio WD2500BEVS. This latest Scorpio crams 250 gigabytes of storage into its tiny form factor and boasts a new power-saving seek technique. Join us as we take a look at WD’s newest entry.

The notebook-oriented hard drive industry stands upon a cusp as manufacturers prepare next-generation units to hit the channel. In the mean time, 160 GB units have become a “sweet spot” of sorts when it comes to high-capacity, affordable 2.5″ drives. Join us as we compare 4 160-gig units from Seagate, Hitachi, and WD with results

Through its unique five-platter assembly, Hitachi Global Storage is the first manufacturer to hit the prestigious one-terabyte mark with the remarkable Deskstar 7K1000. How does it stack up? Join StorageReview as we pit Hitachi’s giant against the best that the SATA interface has to offer.

The server version of Seagate’s consumer-oriented Barracuda 7200.10 brings the highest-ever capacity to the enterprise market. StorageReview takes a look to see how the 750 GB monster compares to the largest offerings from Hitachi, Maxtor, and WD.

Seagate’s latest is the first SCSI drive to incorporate perpendicular recording technology and pushes the bar for 15K RPM spindle speeds to an impressive 300 GB. How does the industry giant’s newest fare? Join SR as we put the 15K.5 to the test!

With cost, capacity, and interoperability driving change, SATA drives have made considerable headway into the enterprise sector. Seagate, Maxtor and Western Digital have all introduced capacious alternatives squarely aimed at a market served by SCSI and Fibre offerings. StorageReview takes a look at how the NL35.2, MaXLine Pro, and Caviar RE2 stack up!