Hitachi Unveils World's First 2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Hitachi Unveils World's First 2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Posted 08/07/2009 at 10:45am
| by Paul Lilly
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Hitachi can't lay claim as the first manufacturer to develop a 2TB hard drive -- that distinction belongs to Western Digital -- but it is the first one to do so with a 7200RPM spindle speed, besting the spindle speeds found on 2TB drives from both WD and Seagate.
"The new Deskstar 7K2000 reflects our ongoing commitment to provide customer, channel partners, and OEMs with proven, reliable solutions for enabling desktop computers, gaming systems, workstations, and desktop RAID arrays," said Brendan Collins, vice president of marketing, Hitachi GST.
Hitachi's fourth generation Deskstar crams 2TB onto a five-platter design "with relaxed bit density" and perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology. As would be expected in a modern, high performance drive, the 7K2000 boasts 32MB of cache and a 3Gb/s SATA interface.
No word yet on price or availability.
Image Credit: Hitachi
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K0BALT
August 07, 2009 at 10:17pm
I'm also a die hard WD user.... I don't know enough about Hitachi to make a clear judgement. All i can say is when I hear Hitachi hard drives, I just think of an old 32GB hard drive in an OEM computer i had many years ago. They could have come a long way since then.
Digital-Kid0101
August 07, 2009 at 2:20pm
Sorry I only buy Western Digital Hard Drivers, Hitachi SUCKS!
dag1992
August 08, 2009 at 3:56pm
How does Hitachi suck? By the way I used to be a Maxtor fan, or Seagate now haha.
erolsipar
August 07, 2009 at 10:58am
5 Platters are a lot. We need 2-3 platters for better performance.
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