Hitachi can now add its name to the list of hard drive makers kicking out 3TB HDDs with the introduction of not one, but three new high capacity drives/bundles.
First up is the Hitachi's Deskstar Internal Hard Drive Kit. This includes a 3TB 7K3000 hard drive spinning at 7,200RPM, mounting screws, step-by-step instructions, and a software download that allows both 32-bit and 64-bit OSes to take advantage of the new drive.
Hitachi also released its XL Desktop External Drive for backup on the go, however you'll have to make do with a USB 2.0 interface instead of the much sexier SuperSpeed spec.
Finally, you can pick up the 3TB Deskstar 7K3000 and 5K3000 family of drives by themselves, both of which ship in 3TB, 2TB, and 1.5TB capacities.
Pricing info here.
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burpnrun
December 15, 2010 at 2:56pm
I sincerely doubt, amongst other things, that Linux requires the "latest Microsoft (HDD) driver"!!
praetor_alpha
December 15, 2010 at 10:14am
I tend away from Hitachi drives, as they tend to be noisier than others. They also seem to have a love affair with 4 and 5 platter drives.
But these would be nice for International Backup Awareness Day*.
*IBA Day is every day.
Cy-Kill
December 15, 2010 at 9:50am
Still can't boot off these yet, can we, until EFI starts appearing on boards? I know you can use them as storage in Windows if you enable GPT or whatever it's called.
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