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| Author | Gordon Kelly |
| Published | 21st Sep 2009 |
Comments for 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT is first SATA 6Gbps HDD
betelgeus said on 21st September 2009
Xiphias said on 21st September 2009
It's just as well really, considering the implementation problems SATA3 is currently having:
http://www.behardware.com/news/lire/17-09-2009/#10424
GoldenGuy said on 21st September 2009
Any news on an external version?
Geoff Richards said on 21st September 2009
@GoldenGuy - not yet, but I'm sure they will follow. Afterall, capacity is neutral of interface. This story proves they have the tech to do 4 x 500GB platters so there's no reason why they won't extend the existing FreeAgent Xtreme family to 2TB; they already do 1.5TB for about £150.
I suppose there's a chance it might come as 6Gbps eSATA - I read a quote from back in March 2009 where Seagate claim it's coming - but this announcement is for internal SATA 6Gbps. They could always do a 3Gb/sec eSATA / USB 2.0 version in 2TB very easily.
owlism said on 21st September 2009
I'd like to see how this compares with the new WD Black Caviar 2TB drive... I'll be looking for a new hard drive to install Windows 7 to when it comes around, and quite fancy a fast disk.
Oliver Levett said on 21st September 2009
I'm just wondering why this is any better than anything we've got now? I recently snapped up 2 750GB HDDs with SATA2, and have them in a RAID0 setup. This cost me £80, and adding another 2 drives would get it to 3TB and probably faster read/write times anyway. That will still come in at less than a single 2TB drive!
thewelshbrummie said on 21st September 2009
@Oliver Levett
It will be better than one of your 750GB HDDs, but not because of the new SATA interface - it'll be faster thanks to the 500GB platters. I'm assuming that you're 750GB drives have at least 2, possibly 3 platters, so the data density will be lower, hence the read/write head will have to cover more ground to read the same amount of data.
Your RAID 0 setup changes things though... and will probably make it slightly faster than a single drive. Saying that, I always go for data security rather than performance... each to their own I guess.
Also, 4 platters does add to power consumption - 3 seems to be the sweet spot for performance/space if Samsungs past offerings are to go by
Vacationer said on 25th September 2009
I'll not buy any 2TB HDD till prices didn't reach £100. It's gonna be soon :)
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if you get a sustained transfer of anything like 140 on a sata 2 interface,ill get one yesterday.