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WD 74GB Raptor Preview

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edited November 2003 in Science & Tech
[link=http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200311/20031111WD740GD_1.html]StorageReview: Western Digital Raptor WD740GD Preview[/link]

Early this year, Western Digital caught the attention of the enthusiast community with its announcement of the world's first 10,000 RPM ATA drive, the Raptor WD360GD. Featuring a serial ATA interface coupled with top-notch mechanics, the Raptor aspired to deliver multi-user performance rivaling that of enterprise-class SCSI drives at a fraction of the price.

Enter the second-generation Raptor! Announced September 15th, WD's revised offering promised to address nearly all of the complaints leveled against the firm's first entry. Maintaining the line's unique 10,000 RPM spindle speed, the Raptor WD740GD features the following improvements:
<ul>
<li>74-gigabyte capacity
<li>37 GB Platters
<ul><li>72 MB/sec outer-zone transfer rates
<li>4.5 millisecond seek time - the Raptor WD360GD specs at 5.2 milliseconds.</ul><li>Firmware-level TCQ - the new Raptor will feature tagged command queuing…
<li>FDB motors
</ul>

Western Digital recently supplied StorageReview with an engineering sample of the 740GD upon which we have based the following preview.....That said, let us see how this eagerly anticipated drive stacks up!

Source: [link=http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200311/20031111WD740GD_1.html]Storagereview[/link]

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect
    wipes the drool off his desk
     Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    wipes the drool off his desk
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    faster ...quieter ...what more can you ask for?
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    cooler :d
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Larger.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2003
    Cheaper.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited November 2003
    SATA-300 support...
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2003
    15,000RPM rotational speed
    better seek times
    16mb (or better yet, 32MB) cache... RAM is so cheap now, why not?
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Because without faster stepping motors, you cannot burst fast enough to NEED a 32 MB buffer. Problem is, as media gets denser you get a need for more smaller and more precise movement steps. Result is an equal seek time if you were to use equally dense media, but with a faster rotation that means faster bursting of larger files (SATA is best used for boxes that store lots of BIG files). Problem is, faster means less precision, as you then have a stopping distance that would offset precision. It is an engineering balance thing.

    John.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited November 2003
    L-Technologies utilizes a 60 GB 7200 RPM hard disk for laptops that features a 16 MB cache. :)

    http://www.go-l.com/laptops/hollywood/architecture/index.htm#anchor

    If it can be done with older 7200 RPM technology, which bursts slower than today's 10,000 RPM SATA-150 drives, doesn't it make sense to have a larger buffer on a hard disk that spins faster and has a higher-bursting interface than older technology?
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    csimon had this to say
    faster ...quieter ...what more can you ask for?
    shwaip had this to say
    cooler :d
    Thrax had this to say
    Larger.
    Geeky1 had this to say
    Cheaper.
    SimGuy had this to say
    SATA-300 support...
    Geeky1 had this to say
    15,000RPM rotational speed
    better seek times
    16mb (or better yet, 32MB) cache... RAM is so cheap now, why not?

    :Pwned:
    ;D
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    GHoosdum had this to say
    csimon had this to say
    faster ...quieter ...what more can you ask for?
    shwaip had this to say
    cooler :d
    Thrax had this to say
    Larger.
    Geeky1 had this to say
    Cheaper.
    SimGuy had this to say
    SATA-300 support...
    Geeky1 had this to say
    15,000RPM rotational speed
    better seek times
    16mb (or better yet, 32MB) cache... RAM is so cheap now, why not?

    :Pwned:
    ;D

    pleh!

    well since wd is giving the impression that it's engineers are listening perhaps they should tune into this thread!;D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2003
    Well, in that case, here's an idea:
    250GB storage capacity
    15,000rpm rotational speed
    64MB buffer
    SATA interface
    FDB motor
    MSRP: $15.00 (U.S.D.)

    :D
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited November 2003
    Geeky1 had this to say
    Well, in that case, here's an idea:
    250GB storage capacity
    15,000rpm rotational speed
    64MB buffer
    SATA interface
    FDB motor
    MSRP: $15.00 (U.S.D.)

    :D

    I'll take 10 please. :D
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