X-bit labs

High-End IDE RAID Controllers Roundup

[ 06/25/01 | by FastSite]

We tested three IDE RAID controllers, which deserve being called High-End products. They are: 3ware Escalade 6400,Adaptec AAA-UDMA and Promise SuperTrak100. The remarkable thing about these devices is that unlike all otherIDE RAID controllers, they support not only RAID 0, 1 and 0+1, but also more advanced RAID 3 and 5 modes.

Seagate Barracuda 180 HDD Review

[ 05/28/01 | by FastSite]

We have reviewed the world's largest hard disk drive from Seagate featuring 180GB storage capacity - Barracuda 180.This SCSI monster with 12 15GB platters and 24 read/write heads appeared a very attractive bit.

IBM Deskstar 60GXP HDD Review

[ 05/10/01 | by FastSite]

We tested a new hard disk drive with 20GB platters and 7,200rpm rotation speed from one of the leading storage solutionmanufacturers - IBM. Will the new IBM Deskstar 60GXP family be a worthy successor to the legendary IBM DTLA solutions? Seeour review to find it out!

Seagate Cheetah 36XL HDD Review

[ 04/18/01 | by FastSite]

We have recently looked at the contents page of our Storage section and were very ashamed to seevery few articles devoted to SCSI solutions. However, today we decided to improve the situation. In this articlewe discuss some new interesting SCSI solutions from Quantum and Seagate, including the newest Cheetah 36XL, whichrepresents an excellent combination of high data density and fast mechanics.