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2.5-Inch Hard Disk Drives with 7,200rpm Speed: Five Models Tested (page 8)

Category: Storage

by Andrey Kuznetcov

[ 03/03/2006 | 02:59 PM ]

And now let’s see if the results are any different in the NTFS file system.

The Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100GB ATA (ST910021A) is an unrivalled leader at creating (writing) files as it wins all the five patterns here. The SATA version of the drive takes the second place in the three large-file patterns, but loses it to the Hitachi 7K100 100GB (HTS721010G9SA00) in the other two cases. The Hitachi 7K100 60GB (HTS721060G9AT00) takes the fourth place in this test and the old Hitachi 7K60 60GB (HTS726060M9AT00) is by far the worst drive here.

The Hitachi 7K100 100GB (HTS721010G9SA00) wins the file read test and is followed by the Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100GB ATA (ST910021A) which in its turn is just a little faster than the other drive from Seagate. The Hitachi 7K100 60GB (HTS721060G9AT00) and Hitachi 7K60 60GB (HTS726060M9AT00) occupy the fourth and fifth places, respectively, in the results table. Note, however, that all the drives have very similar speeds in this test.

When copying files within one partition, the Hitachi 7K100 100GB (HTS721010G9SA00) is the fastest in three patterns out of five. The Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100GB ATA (ST910021A) follows close behind the leader, though. The SATA-interfaced Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100GB SATA (ST910021AS) is the last on the podium. The Hitachi 7K100 60GB (HTS721060G9AT00)takes the fourth place while the Hitachi 7K60 60GB (HTS726060M9AT00) is just too slow at processing the small-file patterns.

The Copy Far diagram points at the Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100GB ATA (ST910021A) as the winner. At least it is the fastest in three patterns out of five. The Hitachi 7K100 100GB (HTS721010G9SA00) takes the second place and is followed by the Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100GB SATA (ST910021AS). Next goes the Hitachi 7K100 60GB (HTS721060G9AT00), which is much better than the old Hitachi 7K60 60GB (HTS726060M9AT00) model.