Now that we’ve taken our first look at notebook drives, the SR Leaderboard has been expanded with a new category. In addition, as a reminder, the 7 drives covered in the roundup may now be rated in the Drive Reliability Survey. Remember that disks become eligible for entry after SR’s product review has been formally

A while back we noticed that Seagate’s web page buried the Barracuda family’s seek time several links deep. Consider, for example, that Seagate no longer lists the Barracuda’s claimed seek time on its model detail page or on the product’s spec sheet. While the firm’s motive may be somewhat questionable (Seagate’s ATA drives traditionally do

Which do you prefer? SATA-IO’s revised spec as well as SAS seem to be standardizing on the former more than the latter when describing maximum transfer rates. Personally, we’ve preferred 300 MB/sec as it’s directly comparable to the headroom specs of other interfaces. Manufacturers, however, seem to be standardizing on the first… either to emphasize

Also known less formally as the Caviar RE2 and Caviar SE16 respectively, this pair of 400-gigabyte offerings from Western Digital has generated quite a few questions across the SR Discussion Community. Both drives share a similar set of features yet one seems to be oriented for enterprise use whereas the other seems to target the

The StorageReview Leaderboard has once again shuffled around a bit to reflect the new spate of SATA drives to hit our new test machine. With Seagate, Maxtor, and WD all getting serious about nearline-class storage, we’ve also created a new category to cover the emerging sector. Check out the changes!

This week Maxtor formally threw its hat into the 500 GB arena with the announcement of a trio of related offerings. The traditional DiamondMax 11 extends upon the firm’s long-standing consumer offering by upping platter density from the DM10’s 100 GB/platter to 125 GB/platter and by returning to a four-disc design. The drive features a

StorageReview’s unique Drive Comparator has been fully updated with the results pouring in from our newest testbed and methodology. This database allows you to custom compare all drives reviewed under our latest testbed with one another. A drop-down menu offers sorts of all tested drives by the benchmark of your choosing, while checkboxes within the

The long-awaited introduction of Testbed4 has shaken up things on the Leaderboard for the first time in 9 months. Be sure to check out the changes. StorageReview’s unique Drive Performance Database will be updated soon to incorporate the latest figures from the new test system. Stay tuned for that update. Regarding individual drive reviews, first

Seagate today announced shipment of its NL35 series to the channel- a family that some may remember was announced by the firm as early as April of last year. The drive targets the growing nearline sector, drives servicing data that require true real-time random access where capacity and cost concerns outweigh blinding speed. Drives such