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!

As a rule, StorageReview evaluates the largest, “flagship” drive within a given family. While this tenet permits impartial selection of review drives, it has at times created inequitable comparisons as some manufacturers tend to lag behind others when it comes to sheer capacity. Now, however, we’ll take a break from the practice as we take

WD’s long-awaited update to the 10,000 RPM SATA Raptor has arrived! The family’s new bellwether ups capacity up to 150 gigabytes and claims to significantly increase performance while maintaining the line’s admirable power and noise levels. Join StorageReview as we pit the Raptor WD1500 up against every currently available SCSI and SATA flagship in our

StorageReview’s recent notebook drive roundup has opened the door to individual 2.5″ drive reviews. First up is a look at the SATA version of the Momentus 7200.1. Featuring a native serial design coupled with mechanics identical to that of the version reviewed in our earlier roundup, the ST910021AS targets SATA-capable notebooks as well as light-duty

Though we’ve already reviewed the iconoclast Raptor WD740GD twice, a third revision of the drive has made its way into the testbed… and some of the differences are significant. Important enough, in fact, that the drive merits yet another formal writeup. Come with us as SR takes a one last look at WD’s esteemed second-generation

StorageReview meets notebook drives! This initial look at 7 different drives from 5 separate manufacturers takes a look at today’s best 7200 RPM units and how they fare against their more thrifty 5400 RPM counterparts as well as how they differ from full-size desktop-class drives. Join us as we take a look at the storage

Earlier this year, Samsung was the first manufacturer to follow Seagate’s lead in reaching significantly beyond the 100 GB/platter barrier that has plagued the industry for some time now. The 250 GB SP2504C also represent’s the firm’s first attempt at a native SATA design. How peppy is Samsung’s latest? StorageReview puts the SpinPoint P120 up

This Japanese conglomerate’s latest drive builds upon the solid performance of the 7K400 with an all-new native SATA design that incorporates a second-generation 300 MB/sec interface and Native Command Queuing. The older 7K400 held its own for quite some time… how much better can the new Deskstar 7K500 do? StorageReview puts Hitachi’s latest giant up