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

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

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

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,

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