Perhaps long overdue, the StorageReview Leaderboard has received an update to reflect the recent reviews of current products. Moving into three slots is Seagate with its adept notebook-oriented Momentus 7200.2 and its virtual one-size-fits-all Cheetah 15K.5 line. Check out the full changes here. We do, however, have a full spate of reviews coming up just
Hitachi Intros the 5K250
This week Hitachi expands its 5400 RPM Travelstar 2.5″ notebook-oriented drive line to 250 GB, joining products previously announced by Samsung and Western Digital. Hitachi’s press release in particular touts the Travelstar’s history of leading performance, one confirmed by StorageReview’s own testing… the drive’s predecessor, the 5K160, offers excellent performance as outlined in our recently-published
WD Inches Forward
Today WD introduces its next Caviar SE16, a 4-platter unit that extends the firm’s flagship to 750 gigabytes. In addition to featuring the standard 8.9 millisecond seek time and 16 megabyte buffer specs, the Caviar WD7500AAKS incorporates intelligent seeking that, rather than always putting the pedal to the metal, moves the actuator just fast enough
Fujitsu’s New Enterprise Lineup
This week Fujitsu announces a trio of new SAS-based enterprise units as well as an extended-duty 2.5” SATA drive. The 2.5” 147 GB MBB2147 lines up squarely against Seagate’s Savvio 10K.2 while the MBC2073 faces off with the Savvio 15K.1 in the high-performance arena. A third offering, the MBA3300, retains the more traditional 3.5” form
Fleshing out the Database
Over the past week we’ve taken the opportunity to enter data from eleven additional drives into the StorageReview performance database. First up are SAS versions of Maxtor’s Atlas 10K V and Atlas 15K II. We ran Testbed4’s standard battery of tests on these units but never quite got the go-ahead from the manufacturer for a
Notebook Drives Reach 250 GB
WD’s 250-gigabyte Scorpio WD2500BEVS is the latest high-capacity 2.5” SATA drive to hit the channel. The latest Scorpio continues the company’s trend of 5400 RPM operation, has an access time rated at 12 milliseconds, and comes equipped with an 8-megabyte buffer. Continued advances in perpendicular recording technology enable the drive to pack 125 GB on
Another Addition to the Performance Database
Results for Seagate’s highly-anticipated Savvio 15K.1 have been added to the StorageReview Performance Database. Remember that this unique tool permits readers to create custom comparisons between any number of units and delivers sorts of all reviewed drives across a variety of metrics. Check out this sample comparison between the new 2.5″ SAS Savvio vs other
Seagate’s Next 15K RPM Drive
Today Seagate announces the Savvio 15K, a drive that combines the benefits introduced with the 10K RPM Savvio with a 15,000 RPM spindle speed. Though shipments of 2.5” form-factor enterprise drives constituted a small minority in the past two years, the firm indicates it expects 2007 to be a banner year for the smaller drives,
And So the Terabyte Finally Arrives
Hitachi is the first to lay claim to the 1 TB title with the Deskstar 7K1000, a drive that utilizes 5 platters to achieve its monstrous capacity. While the claimed seek time of 8.7 ms isn’t as ground-breaking, the drive’s 32-megabyte buffer is. Read all about this 3.5″ wonder in Hitachi’s Press Release!
Deskstar T7K500 Scores
A complete set of performance results for Hitachi’s revised 500 GB drive, the 167 GB/platter Deskstar T7K500, has been placed into the SR performance database. Take a peek to see how Hitachi’s latest and greatest stacks up against the competition. As always, the performance database permits readers to customize direct performance comparisons between any number
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