Samsung

SpinPoint F1 DT, 1 TB: HD103UJ

Thanks to Showa Denko platters Samsung introduced the 1-terabyte model of the SpinPoint F1 series in a very short time. It even outdid Seagate with these 3-platter drives because Seagate’s first 1-terabyte drive was based on four platters.

We have this model’s results from our previous test of 1-terabyte drives but we will test a drive from a newer batch and with different firmware in this review.

SpinPoint F1 RAID, 1 TB: HE103UJ

In a little while Samsung realized that HDDs for desktop computers were good but it would be even better to add enterprise models to them – every other brand, save for Samsung, offered such models! As a result, Samsung’s desktop drives acquired the suffix DT and the SpinPoint F1 RAID series was introduced. Judging by the specifications, the only difference between the desktop and enterprise series is that the latter consumes more power and has an MTBF of 1.2 million hours. We wonder if the higher power consumption is due to a stronger and, accordingly, faster actuator? We’ll see…