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!

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

Just a quick note to let readers know we’re aware of the problems with the forum and are actively working to resolve them. Update 12 Oct. 1:45 AM EDT: Things are back up and running, thanks for your patience!

Results for the Barracuda ES, Seagate’s enterprise version of the Barracuda 7200.10, have been entered into the Performance Database. If you’ve never checked it out before, SR’s performance database sorts all drives tested in our testbed by various metrics and also offers the ability to create custom head-to-head comparisons of any measured drive. Check it

Things have been admittedly slower here at SR lately but we’re pleased to report there’s a plethora of content just around the corner. First up will be a roundup-style look at a trio of 500 GB enterprise offerings from the big three American drive manufacturers: Seagate’s NL35.2, Maxtor’s MaXLine Pro, and Western Digital’s Caviar RE2

Industry leader Seagate Technology was recently the first to pull the trigger on a next-generation 15K RPM disc drive with its announcement of the Cheetah 15K.5. Through doubling the drive’s flagship capacity to 300 gigabytes, the firm combines the ultra-high I/Os per second delivered by a top-end spindle speed with the larger storage ceilings associated

The StorageReview Leaderboard has been updated with a new category, our pick for budget installations. Just around the corner- a look at 500 GB SATA drive from Maxtor and WD!

Just a reminder that drives are not available to rate in the StorageReview Drive Reliability Survey until they’ve been formally reviewed. Though there were some technical problems getting the Deskstar T7K250 into the database, both Hitachi’s drive as well as Maxtor’s long-standing DiamondMax 10 (never reviewed until recently since it’s virtually identical to the MaXLine

WD has edged forward to join other major players in offering a half-terabyte drive in its newly announced Caviar SE16. The new drive combines 4 125-gigabyte platters with a 16-megabyte buffer and a native 300 MB/sec SATA interface that incorporates NCQ. More information on the WD5000KS may be found in WD’s press release.