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Seagate Barracuda ATA IV in RAID 0: Truth and Fiction

[ 09/22/02 | by FastSite]

A year ago Seagate rolled out its revolutionary hard disk drive, Barracuda ATA IV.In another while, the Internet community was ruffled by rumors like "Barracuda ATA IVwouldn't work in RAID0!" Of course, I didn't believe and decided to find out myself wherethe truth is. And what about you?

13 IDE Hard Disk Drives Roundup

[ 09/21/02 | by FastSite]

We tested 13 most popular today's IDE hard disk drives with the whole lot of benchmarks,including the new File Copy test of ours. Find out which HDD would be the best choice foryou today!

Thermaltake HardCano: Cooling Solutions for Hard Disk Drives

[ 09/20/02 | by FastSite]

Thermaltake has already become well-known as the manufacturer of extraordinary and efficientcoolers for processors, chipsets and graphics cards. But this time we won't talk about CPU ormemory heatsinks. The company chose a new field for expansion: cooling solutions for hard diskdrives.

Three ATA/133 IDE RAID Controllers Comparison

[ 09/02/02 | by FastSite]

The tests of contemporary ATA/133 IDE RAID controllers showed that RAID arrays built of thecontemporary IDE HDDs can ensure not only larger storage capacity, but also faster operation.Find out which ATA/133 IDE RAID controller is the best choice for your particular needs!

Silicon Image Sil680 ATA/133 RAID Controller Review

[ 08/27/02 | by FastSite]

We have already reviewed many ATA/133 RAID controllers, and now it's high time we took a closer look atthe product offered by a company, which threw down the glove to the today's ATA RAID leaders. We aretalking about a CMD680 based solution from Silicon Image.

Promise FastTrak TX2000 Controller Review

[ 08/07/02 | by FastSite]

We reviewed Promise FastTrak TX2000 controller card. It showed good results in WinBench tests and justexcellent in all Intel IOMeter patterns due to optimized drivers and terrific job of the Promise softwaredevelopers. Learn more about another cool product from Promise in our review.

Western Digital External Hard Disk Drive Review

[ 07/25/02 | by FastSite]

We reviewed an external hard disk drive from Western Digital with 120GB storage capacity and IEEE1394FireWire interface. In fact, it has none other but the today's fastest WD1200BB hard disk drive inside!Find out more about this excellent external solution!

X-bit labs Presents: FC-Test for Hard Disk Drives

[ 07/24/02 | by FastSite]

Well, you may have noticed that there are too many synthetic benchmarks used to test HDDs, so we had tothink of a solution, which could satisfy the sophisticated users' taste. And we found it! We are proudto offer you a new X-bit's brand name benchmark: File-Copy Test (FC-Test). Learn more about this newtesting tool for hard disk drive tests now!

IBM Ultrastar 73LZX 9GB Hard Disk Drive Review

[ 07/07/02 | by FastSite]

Earlier this year we already reviewed several models from the IBM Ultrastar 73LZX harddrive family. Today we are going to introduce the most interesting model in this family:9GB one, which appeared to be the fastest 10,000rpm SCSI HDD now!