Western Digital to Launch 10,000 RPM Desktop HDD

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1. February 6, 2003 9:05 AM
   Vehementi said:
   :dead: Man that's gonna be [b]loud[/b] and [b]very hot![/b]Serial ATA...yum...:DI wonder how 2 of these beasts will perform in RAID0. Or RAID1.Any word on sizes? I'd like to see them above 200GB.
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2. February 6, 2003 1:44 PM
   Unregistered said:
   the first 10,000 RPM HDDs were SCSI not IDE.so WD is NOT the first to make a 10K RPM HDD.they have been made for years and they actually make 15,000 RPM SCSI drives too.
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3. February 6, 2003 2:37 PM
   Unregistered said:
   Technically, you're right. There have been 10,000 RPM drives for some time. The key phrase is "the first ever 10 000rpm HDD [b]for desktop computers [/b]" I'm translating this as "SCSI isn't for desktop computers because the average home user doesn't have it or even know it exists, therefore SCSI drives don't count, only IDE drives do"Yes, they should have said the first 10,000 RPM IDE drive, but they're assuming we're all stupid, apparently.
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4. February 6, 2003 6:31 PM
   Vehementi said:
   [quote][i]Originally posted by Unregistered [/i][b]the first 10,000 RPM HDDs were SCSI not IDE.so WD is NOT the first to make a 10K RPM HDD.they have been made for years and they actually make 15,000 RPM SCSI drives too. [/b][/quote] Yeah, I know. 15k RPM SCSI are out today, it's just that desktop users don't use them.Any word on performance? I'd like to know what those seek times are.
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5. February 6, 2003 11:46 PM
   SNGX1275 said:
   [quote][i]Originally posted by Unregistered [/i][b]Technically, you're right. There have been 10,000 RPM drives for some time. The key phrase is "the first ever 10 000rpm HDD [i]for desktop computers [/i]" I'm translating this as "SCSI isn't for desktop computers because the average home user doesn't have it or even know it exists, therefore SCSI drives don't count, only IDE drives do" [/b][/quote] Guess older Macintosh users weren't desktop users ;) , yeh I know those are pretty obsolete technology compared to now, but they weren't then.
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6. February 6, 2003 11:58 PM
   Rick said:
   Oh, good point! Apple used to use SCSI as standard. So this IS kind of a lie. :) They would have definitely been better off saying IDE.Loud? Nah... I realize higher seeks times will raise the dBa of the drive, but it probably won't be enough that is noticable over typical system noise or even to the average user.
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7. February 7, 2003 2:16 PM
   Didou said:
   For those who are interested...[url=http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.h
   m]IBM/Hitachi Accoustic managemnt Utility ( look for FEATURE TOOL )[/url][url=http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/power
   ax.htm]Maxtor Powermax ( read the AMSET.txt )[/url]
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8. February 10, 2003 2:57 PM
   Unregistered said:
   [quote][i]Originally posted by Vehementi [/i][b]Yeah, I know. 15k RPM SCSI are out today, it's just that desktop users don't use them.Any word on performance? I'd like to know what those seek times are. [/b][/quote] 5.2ms
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9. February 10, 2003 3:39 PM
   SNGX1275 said:
   [quote][i]Originally posted by Didou [/i][b]For those who are interested...[url=http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.h
   m]IBM/Hitachi Accoustic managemnt Utility ( look for FEATURE TOOL )[/url][url=http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/power
   ax.htm]Maxtor Powermax ( read the AMSET.txt )[/url] [/b][/quote] I guess you can't run any of those IBM ones from within Windows. The Maxtor verification one you can though.
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