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Battle for 160GB: Hard Disk Drive Roundup Part I

[ 03/16/07 | by Alexey Volkov]

After we covered hard disk drives with the highest storage capacity available today in our previous articles, it sounds reasonable now to turn our attention to the other end of the capacity scale. Today we will look at 11 HDD models with 160GB storage capacity from Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Maxtor and Western Digital.

400GB Hard Disk Drives in RAID 0, RAID 5 and RAID 10 Arrays: Performance Analysis

[ 02/23/07 | by Nikita Nikolaichev]

Today we are going to conduct a detailed study of RAIDability of contemporary 400GB hard drives on a new level. We will take two "professional" drives from Seagate and Western Digital and four ordinary "desktop" drives for our investigation. The detailed performance analysis and some useful hints on building RAID arrays are in our new detailed article.

Three 2.5-Inch Hard Disk Drives with 120GB Storage Capacity

[ 02/13/07 | by Andrey Kuznetcov]

120GB models seem to be the most interesting option right now among hard disk drives of the 2.5” form-factor. Currently offered by all the leading manufacturers, they provide an impressive storage capacity at a rather low price. Todayw e will introduce to you three new models from Hitachi, Samsung and Western Digital.

Western Digital My Book Pro Edition 500GB External HDD Review

[ 01/06/07 | by Andrey Kuznetcov]

We will discuss a new external solution from Western Digital supporting three different interfaces: FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0. As you will see from the results of our test session it is an excellent solution offering highest practical speed when using FireWire 800 interface. And together with its stylish design it will make a great addition to your system.