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Wizard launched the SR D2OL distributed computing project. Since then, we've managed to claw our way up to 5th place on the 15 all time list. If we're to climb any further though, we need more help! Just follow 16 these simple instructions to be up, running, and contributing in less than five minutes! The drive's massive 400 GB capacity isn't achieved through an increase in density, however. Rather, it seems that Hitachi has extended the 7K250's architecture up from its maximum of three to five platters, making the 7K400 the first Deskstar to feature a five-platter flagship since, well, the 75GXP. More information may be found in 19 Hitachi's press release. IFRAME: 20 aebfaac1 Fujitsu's Newly-Announced SCSI Drives 08 March 2004 Fujitsu today announced a refresh of both its 10k and 15k RPM SCSI lines, the second step (following Hitachi's announcement of its Ultrastar 10K300) in a long-awaited update in SCSI densities and capacities. The 10,000 MAT series combines up to four platters to yield a flagship capacity of 300 gigabytes while the 15,000 RPM MAU pushes up to 147 GB. Fujitsu will finally incorporate FDB motors across the board, hopefully combining reduced noise levels with the firm's top-rate performance. More information may be found in the 21 manufacturer's press release. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (formerly IBM storage) is once again first out of the gate, this time offering a 300 GB 10K RPM drive, the Ultrastar 10K300. Like the previous Ultrastar 146Z10, the 10K300 achieves this high capacity by incorporating five rather than the more standard four platters in the flagship unit. The drive incorporates FDB motors, which will hopefully attentuate the line's previous penchant towards very high idle noise levels. Miscellanea 20 February 2004 This week yielded a couple interesting developments on the hard drive front. The benefits, of course, are numerous- lower access times via standardization of smaller platters, less heat and noise due to the physically smaller size, cost savings via both less consumed material and less required physical space to store large arrays of disks, etc. Read more about it in 23 Seagate's official press release. Many readers have noted the distinct lack of advancement (capacity-wise) in the enterprise domain. The traditional fourth quarter of last year, for instance, passed with conspicuous silence as no major new units were announced. A combination of technological hurdles with somewhat tapered-off demand. That said, we're told larger disks in the traditional form-factor will appear this year. On another front, SR has never taken an official stance regarding the IBM Deskstar 75GXP reliability issue. Witness, for example, the amount of posters in both SR's community as well as others decrying a given family or brand based on a single experience. The Raptor Review 28 January 2004 A preview late last year of Western Digital's next-generation Raptor indicated world-class non-server performance coupled with the future promise of competitive server scores through the introduction of tagged command queuing. The WD740GD has hit the channels and been readily available for a bit. FAQ: What's a good benchmark to assess drive performance? At the very least, however, the recently-revised 27 FAQ entry will help you decide which ones to avoid! A Look at the Samsung SpinPoint P80 12 January 2004 The Samsung SpinPoint P80 combines the firm's traditionally quiet operation with contemporary 80-gigabyte density and a (now unique) across-the-board three-year warranty. Does it have what it takes to stack up against the more well-known competition? We've spent the past 36 hours uploading our last daily backup at a painfully slow pace. Most of the data is in place- all site features except the forum (the database of which is having tricky problems with MySQL3) and features that depend on the forum login (the reliability survey and reader polls) should be up and running without a hitch. Importing the forum database is a bit more complicated since RHE3 includes (sigh) MySQL3 while the forum database was powered by MySQL4. Though MySQL's site states that v3 can accept dumps generated by v4 without a hitch, practice, as usual, has been different (Update 3:35 AM: MySQL4 upgrade complete, forums operational). Start your holiday shopping off right by treating yourself or a friend to Western Digital's new Caviar WD2500PB, a combination of the blazing Caviar engineering with long-awaited fluid-dynamic-bearing motors. It's in stock now at SR Sponsor 30 HyperMicro for just $239. Remember to mention SR in your order to receive free UPS ground shipping!
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