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• A Pair of Very Different Serial-ATA Drives   [Review, ExtremeTech]
  Maxtor opts for quantity; Western Digital aims for high performance systems. We test the heck out of these two new Serial-ATA drives, and uncover interesting performance. But they're still pretty pricey.
   Fri, 04 Jul, 2003 | 56 Click(s) | Detail

• Western Digital 250GB Special Edition Combo Drive   [Review, Xbitlabs]
  We are going to take a closer look at an outstanding example of an external hard disk drive from Western Digital. It is a 250GB model supporting USB 2.0 and FireWire interfaces and boasting impressive design and superb performance. You really need to check it out!
   Fri, 04 Jul, 2003 | 99 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ASUS, Digitex Container, Eline Flash USB Drive, Kingmax Hi-Speed Flash Drive, Luwen EasyDisk and X-M   [Review, Digit Life]
  Today we have three USB 2.0 flash drives - as many as USB 1.1 models. In contrast to the previously tested drives, these ones use one controller instead of a tandem of two chips employed in three drives reviewed before. More progressive are getting more in number. On the other hand, an ordinary user is not interested much in the architectural peculiarities - what matters is how all that stuff works. But first of all, let's have a closer look at the contestants.
   Fri, 27 Jun, 2003 | 106 Click(s) | Detail

• Real Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 HDD with 80GB Platters Reviewed!   [Review, Xbitlabs]
  We finally managed to review the new model of Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 HDD with real 80GB platters and updated firmware version. This is an excellent solution, especially, when we tested it appropriately after discovering the issues in the benchmarks we and other reviewer have been using for a long time.
   Wed, 25 Jun, 2003 | 145 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Maxtor Atlas 10K IV 147GB Ultra 320 SCSI   [Review, Hwextreme]
  For this review, we take a look at Maxtor Atlas 10K IV, the highest performing 10K RPM hard disk drive. The review unit is equipped with 147GB capacity point and 4.4 ms seek time to meet the enterprise hard disk drive market requirements. The drive is also equipped with the Maxtor second-generation Ultra 320 SCSI interface and MaxAdapt Technology.
   Sat, 21 Jun, 2003 | 49 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• RAID 1.5 With IDE: Added Value Or Eyewash?   [Article, Tomshardware]
  DFI claims that its LANParty motherboards offer RAID that is not only secure, but also fast. They're selling a relatively unknown RAID mode - RAID 1.5. We took a look at what it could do in practice.
   Fri, 20 Jun, 2003 | 253 Click(s) | Detail

• Samsung SP1604N and SP0411N Hard Drives   [Review, Digit Life]
  Judging by the firmware version TM100-23 (and the code 2, which remains a mystery for me), the production model has a different firmware version. Beside the 160GB, Samsung gave us a "low-profile" drive of the PL40 line - SP0411N.
   Fri, 20 Jun, 2003 | 275 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• The WinFS File System For Windows Longhorn: Faster & Smarter   [Article, Tomshardware]
  Microsoft is breaking new ground with Longhorn, successor to XP. The upcoming WinFS file system will be the first to be context-dependent, and promises to make long search times and wasted memory a thing of the past. Today, THG compares it to FAT and NTFS.
   Tue, 17 Jun, 2003 | 70 Click(s) | Detail

• Data Fever: Ultra320 SCSI from Adaptec and LSI Logic   [Review, Tomshardware]
  While the trend clearly favors serial ATA, we devote this article to the ultimate in hard-drive interfaces: Ultra320 SCSI. The parallel interface offers a high throughput rate even for the most ambitious applications and is, for now, indispensable to the professional sector. Here, we analyze two recent host adapters and compare them with Ultra160.
   Fri, 06 Jun, 2003 | 45 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST31200026A Hard Drive with 8MB buffer   [Review, Digit Life]
  Beside the increased buffer this drive has a different firmware version - 3.05, while the previous model ST380011A had 3.04. Let me remind you the specs of the Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 drives in comparison with the previous line - Barracuda ATA V.
   Wed, 04 Jun, 2003 | 277 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Western Digital Raptor WD360GD Serial ATAHard Drive   [Review, Digit Life]
  We can witness the birth of the new class of rectangular buzzing boxes - ATA 10K drives. Until recently 10000 revolutions were reachable only for SCSI drives, but they were positioned for the corporate market. That is why average home and office users, who make a bit less than 100%, didn't take to heart the announcements of 10K and 15K drives.
   Wed, 28 May, 2003 | 118 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Seagate Cheetah 15K3   [Review, amdzone]
  Every once in a while, a storage product comes along that defines the category that it is targeted at. Examples of this are the Western Digital Raptor SATA drive which offers SATA class-leading performance; Maxtor's Atlas III 10K drive leads the SCSI 10K performance class. Today, we're going to look at a new class defining product: Seagate's 3rd generation 15,000 rpm Ultra320 SCSI drive: the Cheetah 15K3.
   Mon, 26 May, 2003 | 57 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Western Digital WD2500JB HDD: More than Drivezilla?!   [Review, Xbitlabs]
  We are going to take a look at the world’s largest HDD from Western Digital: a 250GB WD2500JB featuring 83GB platters and 7,200rpm spindle rotation speed. Believe us, this model combining high storage capacity and high speed is really worth your attention.
   Fri, 23 May, 2003 | 58 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Iwill Ebox100 USB 2.0 Hard drive enclosure   [Review, amdzone]
  Today, we're going to take a look at another mobile solution from Iwill: their EBOX-100 USB 2.0 compliant 2.5" external drive case.
   Thu, 22 May, 2003 | 109 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 HDD Family Review. Part I   [Review, Xbitlabs]
  Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 was announced back in September 2002. A month later, it hit the stores and drew our attention. Yeah, it was the first hard disk drive with a 80GB platter, the first "thin" drive with 7,200rpm spindle rotation speed and so on. Read more about three models from this family, which we tested in our lab!
   Sat, 03 May, 2003 | 94 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• SATA Hard Drive with a Kick: Western Digital's Raptor Put to the Test   [Review, Tomshardware]
  Although it only serves up a meager 36 GB, it offers a lot more than you'd normally expect from an IDE hard disk drive. The Raptor, alias WD360 is a new hard disk drive that is attracting considerable attention to itself due to two major new features: it spins at 10,000 rpm and comes complete with Serial ATA. The highlight: it's supposed to be good enough to stand up against SCSI in the lower and middle server segment. Our test demonstrates whether this really stacks up.
   Thu, 01 May, 2003 | 142 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• WD Raptor: First ATA Hard Disk Drive with 10,000rpm Speed   [Review, Xbitlabs]
  We reviewed the first SerialATA hard disk drive with 10,000rpm spindle rotation speed and 8MB cache-buffer. This is the so long awaited Raptor from Western Digital. Fast mechanics and remarkable lazy write algorithms made this drive even faster than some SCSI solutions. Learn more about this exciting product in our indepth review!
   Tue, 29 Apr, 2003 | 152 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 vs. Fujitsu MAP   [Review, Digit Life]
  So, today we have two similar hard drives - Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 ST373307LW (firmware 0002) and Fujitsu MAP3735NC. Seagate has its 6th generation of 10K SCSI drives, which is indicated in its name (10K.6). The company maintains that the latest generation has its speed higher by 25% and the access time lower by 10% as compared with the previous generation.
   Sat, 26 Apr, 2003 | 76 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Maxtor 6Y080L0 Drive   [Review, Digit Life]
  The drives were tested in four modes - with presets (acoustic level = fast), and with acoustic management off with drive connected to the ATA/133 controller and to the internal ATA/100 controller. When the scores for acoustic management on and off coincided I left the scores only for the Off mode.
   Tue, 22 Apr, 2003 | 256 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Flexible All-Rounder: External Drives from Western Digital with 200 and 250 GB   [Review, Tomshardware]
  External hard drives from Western Digital have been around for some time now. What's new is that they now support FireWire and USB 2.0 in the same device, allowing the 200 GB and 250 GB top-of-the-range models, which we look at here, to work with virtually any PC. At the same time, an 8 MB cache is now also available. Let's see how they score in performance.
   Fri, 11 Apr, 2003 | 44 Click(s) | Detail