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IBM 180GXP Press release

I OTOH would be happy to get one, assuming it performs well.

The 120GXP series seem to be very reliable, and I can't say I've seen any big troubles with the 60GXP's either.
 
SCSI like command queuing and reordering with 8MB cache? Very nice. Should be interesting to see how these perform. Could very likely be the next generation ATA performance champ.

IBM and Hitachi storage divisions are merging first before a full shift to Hitachi. Just because assets are moving around doesn't mean R&D stops.
 
The new features sound really nice, but i'll hold out a bit to see whether they hold up better under constant use than the older series' of drives
 
cool 🙂 i would be interested in seeing some benchmarks but the specs look promising.

I have always had very good luck with IBM hard drives so i would certainly give this 180GXP series ago. 🙂
 
they might be faster
but unless they can run 24/7 with constant uptimes for months at a time with high disk reads/writes and not fail......
if they have any limite on the usage hours then i would be hesitant
there's a good chance they could take the lead in performance
wonder how quiet and cool running they are
can't wait to see the benchmarks
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
I wouldn't touch a GXP with a ten foot pole.
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Damn straight! IBM should just leave the HD business. they have already ruined their name/image! 😉
 
I can't wait to get my hands on a few of these drives. I never had an IBM drive I couldn't return. IBM are always the top performers and ususally fall to second best only when a new generation of drive comes out from another company.

IBM are performance hard drives IMO, if you want a hard drive that has been tweaked "down" or "safe", you have plenty to choose from. IBM are the same as we enthusiats are. We tweak our boxes for optimum performance, we run hard, and run them hot. You don't see a stock automobile blow a gasket when that light turns green, but your sleeper that you just finished tuning and tweaking just may, but if it doesn't you get a great rush of speed.

I take precautions with hard drives just like I do with processors, vid cards, or memory. I make sure my hard drives are throughly cooled.

So what's my point?? If you are going to have a hard drive go bad, it might as well be the top performer.
 
Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
they might be faster
but unless they can run 24/7 with constant uptimes for months at a time with high disk reads/writes and not fail......
if they have any limite on the usage hours then i would be hesitant
there's a good chance they could take the lead in performance
wonder how quiet and cool running they are
can't wait to see the benchmarks
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Have fun finding an IDE drive with the features that you requested: you won't.
 
I have 2 75GXP's that have been running 24/7 for over 1.5 years. Not a single problem with either of them. If the performance of the 180GXP is good, I'd have no problem buying it.
 


I thought I was immune to the IBM HD problem. My 60GXP died last week. I got a WD JB drive much faster and quieter.
 
I am not too worried that just because the 180GXP shares the same 3 letter ending as the 75GXP that it will share the same problems. Those are just unfounded worries that have no reasoning yet. In fact, I have had a 75GXP for the past few years that I have scanned and defragmented almost weekly while consistently cleaning my case and making the airflow more efficient. I have three different friends who take meticulous care of their systems like I do in combination with the same harddisk. I have a feeling that if more people took better care of their hardware in the first place, there would be fewer problems. I am not saying that the series of disks is absent of problems; there obviously are some pretty serious problems with it. However, I think more disks would have survived had people done what they are supposed to.
 
but unless they can run 24/7 with constant uptimes for months at a time with high disk reads/writes and not fail......
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That's why they invented SCSI.


BTW if you guys read the specs, they aren't using glass platters anymore!!
This might be an incredible drive.

IBM 60GB/platter very fast seek times.
or
Maxtor 80GB/platter very fast transfer times.
 
Jmmsbnd007 sure i will, asking for an ide hard drive that can be left on 24/7 is not too much to ask
Dug ide drives should be able to do that too (that being run)

what's with this notion that ide hard drives are supposed to fail ??
hmmmm

you people are weird.....
 
theNEOone they might transistion them to sata later by making a version utilizing the sata protocol
i ain't too worrried tho
sata didn't really impress me much...
the smaller cables are cool tho
 
Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
theNEOone they might transistion them to sata later by making a version utilizing the sata protocol
i ain't too worrried tho
sata didn't really impress me much...
the smaller cables are cool tho
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Yah, the performance was less than impressive, but I don't see why they couldn't integrate the technology if it's already available. They can't use the compatibility argument, because I've seen serial ata to 40pin adapters.

Oh well.
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
I wouldn't touch a GXP with a ten foot pole.
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I wouldn't touch you if you were touching it with a ten foot pole..then again I don't swing that way so I wouldn't be touching anything short of a supermodel...


anyways...it seems as if the 75GXp problem might have been correct since they are using glass platers.....


 
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