First 100 GB ATA 100 Hard Drive Ships!!!!

[venk]

Yeah!! I just ran out of space on my two drives totaling 125 GB

Linky

 

[DisposableHero]

theres an 180 gig out already dude

 

[venk]

Read the Topic

 

[MichaelD]

Good find. Thanks for the link. Mmm...two of these...RAID 0....

 

[JackBurton]

This is the highest capacity ATA drive. The 180GB HD made by Seagate is SCSI. I'm happy to see companies like Maxtor pushing the envelope and creating larger HDs. I for one can use as much HD space that's available. I was about to get a couple of Maxtor 80GB drives, but since these drives are coming out, I'll wait. They look like they are going to be 5400 RPM drive so I'd ONLY use them for storing data like MP3s or movie files.

 

[Pariah]

These drives hit the market a month ago, just took this long to be announced:

100GB Maxtor

I'm quite disappointed it took all the way until the 3rd reply for someone to mention RAID'ing 2 of these for that vital 200GB drive we have all been waiting for.

 

[Andy22]

Yeah but by the looks of it, it's only a 5400 RPM drive. Is there some type of physical limitations to why they would not make it 7200 RPM?

 

[Vegito]

imagine losing a drive that size... 100 gigs at a time... better do mirror raiding...

 

[bacillus]

<< Is there some type of physical limitations to why they would not make it 7200 RPM? >>


probably number of platters &amp; heat!

 

[Atlantean]

Great that they are starting to make larger harddrives, can't wait until the ibm 400gb hard drives

 

[dkozloski]

Atlantean, how long does it take to format that monster?

 

[CQuinn]

Pariah, I don't know if this is already addressed by RAIDing the drives, but
wouldn't they still be subject to the 128Gig limitation of the current ATA-100
spec?

 

[Pariah]

There's no 128GB IDE limit when using RAID.

 

[MrHelpful]

The faster platters spin, the less capacity they have. Don't know why, but Seagate's platters in their 15K RPM drive are ~3GB, IIRC.

 

[Pariah]

Try reading a record label spinning at 20RPM's, then trying reading the same one at 500RPM's. It's no different for a hard drive. The faster the drive spins the more precise the read heads have to be. As you increase data density, the need for even more precise read heads is introduced. It's not a coincidence that 5400RPM drives are introduced with the highest areal densities.

&quot;<< Is there some type of physical limitations to why they would not make it 7200 RPM? >>

probably number of platters &amp; heat!&quot;

Neither actually, it takes a little bit more engineering to make a 7200RPM drive vs a 5400RPM using the same areal density. That and demand is practically nil for a drive such as that. The Barracuda 180 uses 12 7200RPM platters (only 15GB/platter), so platter count is irrelevant. Heat is a non-issue with 7200RPM drives any more.

 

[joeld]

I can't wait till drives CAN read a 40gb platter spinning at 7200RPM though. that'd be sweet.

 

[LXi]

Those 100GB hard drives hit Japan a month ago, but not US. As we all know, those Japanese always get new stuff before us. Even now, the 100GB Maxtor isn't listed on Pricewatch. More 40GB platter drives from Japan? You bet.

 

[sharkeeper]

<< Try reading a record label spinning at 20RPM's, then trying reading the same one at 500RPM's. It's no different for a hard drive. >>



Yes it sounds different when you actually try it on a turntable with a real record!.

I can finally see where acoustic management becomes necessary!

Cheers!

 

[Pariah]

&quot;More 40GB platter drives from Japan? You bet.&quot;

Seagate announced the drives a week or 2 or ago, that isn't news. Nor is it really relevant as the 100GB Maxtor drive isn't a 40GB/platter drive, it's 33GB/platter.