Some SR readers may recall how Seagate introduced the Cheetah 10K.7 as the last 10K RPM Cheetah, ceding sub-15K operation to its 2.5″ Savvio and SATA nearline-oriented drives. Today, however, the firm backpedals… somewhat. The Cheetah NS takes the basic mechanical and electrical platform introduced by Seagate with the Cheetah 15K.5 and shaves the drive’s

It’s the one that just won’t go away! Topics and inquiries pepper the SR discussion forum on a regular basis regarding pros and cons, configuration, RAID levels, etc. Thus, it might be time to remind readers of some standing resources here at SR that aim to assist readers with everything RAID: Front and center is

On the entry-level front, Seagate recently announced its low-profile Barracuda ST3250x10AS series, units that utilize ever-maturing perpendicular magnetic recording technology to achieve a 250-gigabyte capacity through the use of a single platter. Seagate goes on to mention that these platters will form the basis for a yet-to-be-announced terabyte unit. As usual, SR readers have already

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

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

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

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

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