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IBM Ultrastar 146Z10 SCSI Hard Disk Drives Review

[ 12/19/02 | by FastSite]

We reviewed new 10,000rpm SCSI hard disk drive family from IBM: namely the models with 73GBand 146GB storage capacity. They support Ultra320 SCSI interface (Ultra160 supporting driveswill be also available for a while) and appear to be the first representatives of the big familywilling to win its market.

Neptune: Missing Piece of the Maxtor HDDs Evolution

[ 12/16/02 | by FastSite]

We reviewed a new solution from Maxtor aka D540X-4G. This 4-platter 120GB HDD supporting BigDrives and Fast Drives technologies from Maxtor helped us to test the advantages of fasterATA/133 interface compared to the more widely spread ATA/100.

Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 Hard Disk Drive Review

[ 12/07/02 | by FastSite]

Seagate rolled out a very successful product, combining high speed with huge storage capacity.This hard drive is the new SCSI Cheetah 10K.6 with 10,000 rpm spindle rotation speed and 8MBbuffer. It will nicely fit into a high-performance workstation and is also very suitable forall types of servers: from file-servers to NAS/SAN systems.

IDE RAID vs. SCSI: Who Will Win?

[ 12/05/02 | by FastSite]

Seems like IDE and SCSI interfaces started their feud since the day IDE interface was born.Time is passing by but there is no definite answer which one of them is better. IDE drives havegone through five different ATA specs already, but SCSI ones have been evolving, too… Today weare going to try clarifying the issue by comparing the performance of SCSI and RAID hard disk drives.

IBM Deskstar 180GXP HDD: Quiet Revolution

[ 12/03/02 | by FastSite]

Today we will try to get acquainted with the new IDE drive from IBM. It belongs to the 180GXPproduct line and is code-named Vancouver2. So what's so good about this particular hard diskdrive? 60GB platters, 180GB max storage capacity, hydro bearings, and ... read more now!

Four-Channel ATA RAID Controllers Comparison

[ 10/14/02 | by FastSite]

We compared four-channel HighPoint RocketRAID404 and Promise FastTRAK100 TX4 controllerswith one another and with the dual-channel Promise FastTRAK TX2000 and HighPoint RocketRAID133.Which would be the best choice for your needs?

Promise FastTrak100 TX4 IDE RAID Controller Review

[ 10/11/02 | by FastSite]

We tested a four-channel Promise controller based on two PDC20270 chips. Although we havealready undertaken a testing attempt some time ago, it was only now that we managed to seehow impressively fast this solution is.

HighPoint RocketRAID 404 Controller Review

[ 10/09/02 | by FastSite]

We tested a four-channel IDE RAID controller solution from HighPoint, which boasts theability to work with two HDDs connected to a single cable. As a result, the four-channelRocketRAID 404 controller turned our capable of working with 8 hard disk drives at a time.Find out what it is worth in our review!

3ware Escalade 7850 Controller Review

[ 10/03/02 | by FastSite]

Today we're going to review the new 3ware Escalade 7850 controller featuring large drivessupport (over 137GB) and supporting the new R5 Fusion technology intended to raise controllerperformance with RAID5 arrays. Will it prove as successful as its 7810 predecessor?