Performance numbers for Hitachi’s revised terabyte drive (featuring three platters versus the older 7K1000’s five) have been entered into the Performance Database. Deskstar E7K1000 vs Deskstar 7K1000 The manufacturer’s newest drive delivers across-the-board performance improvements. Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 vs. Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS vs. Samsung SpinPoint F1 While it doesn’t hit the 1100+ IOps/sec

Results for a final production model VelociRaptor, WD’s performance-oriented terabyte Caviar Black, WD’s mobile 7200 RPM Scorpio Black, and Hitachi’s 500 GB notebook monster have been added to the performance database. Some relevant comparisons: VelociRaptor – Beta vs. Final version WD’s 10,000 RPM drive loses a bit of ground in the Office DriveMark 2006 but

Today Seagate leads the charge to the next capacity level with the 1.5 terabyte Barracuda 7200.11. Utilizing 4 375-gigabyte platters, the 7200.11 represents the first leap in capacity since the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000’s debut over a year ago. Also announced in the firm’s press release are a pair of 500-gig notebook drives, the 5400 RPM

Western Digital this week announced its latest drive, another terabyte drive. Unlike the firm’s 1 TB Caviar GP, however, the new Caviar Black features just 3 platters a la the Samsung SpinPoint F1 and a 7200 RPM spindle speed. WD has also finally upped its largest buffers to 32 megabytes. With this announcement, the manufacturer

Western Digital has finally joined other notebook drive manufactures with a unit featuring a 7200 RPM spindle speed. Available in capacities of up to 320 GB, this family includes a 16 MB buffer and specs seeks at 12 milliseconds… WD® INTRODUCES NEW FAMILY OF 7200 RPM 2.5-INCH HARD DRIVES FOR FAST NOTEBOOK SYSTEMS AND PORTABLE

StorageReview.com provides some of the best SSD reviews out there, aided both by a team of experts dedicated to giving the most in-depth analyses and by an in-house lab that features the latest storage, servers, interconnect, switching and so on. While it’s possible to test an SSD anywhere, higher-end devices and arrays require far more

Figures for Samsung’s impressive Spinpoint HD103UJ have been added to the StorageReview Performance Database. Unlike other terabyte offerings, this unit uses just three platters to achieve its 1000 GB capacity. Delivering an auspicious showing, the F1 is the first 7200 RPM drive to break 1000 IOps in the StorageReview Office DriveMark. Its other single-user results

Today WD introduces its newest addition to its 10,000 RPM SATA line, the VelociRaptor. The bad news is that we don’t yet have the official press release reprinted here for your perusal… The good news it that we’ve put a pre-release engineering sample through SR’s comprehensive tests and have a full set of results on

Performance numbers for WD’s latest mobile drive, the 320 GB Scorpio WD3200BEVT, have been placed in the Performance Database. Overall, the drive delivers an across the board performance gain over its 250-gig predecessor while weighing in just a hair noisier when it comes to idle operation. Nonetheless, WD’s latest closes the gap between the firm’s