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Terabyte HDD Comparison

Manufacturer Hitachi Seagate Western Digital
Model Deskstar 7K1000 Barracuda 7200.11 Caviar GP
Model Number HDS721010KLA330 ST31000340AS WD10EACS
Capacity 1000 GB 1000 GB 1000 GB
Spindle Speed 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM > 5,400 RPM
Other Capacities 750 GB 500, 750 GB 500, 750 GB
Platters 5 4 4
Cache 32 MB 32 MB 16 MB
NCQ Yes yes yes
Interface SATA/300 SATA/300 SATA/300
Warranty 3 years 5 years 3 Years

Test Setup

System Hardware
Processor(s) 2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core)
3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache
Platform Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604)
Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005
RAM Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.)
2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings
System Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB
120 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100
Mass Storage Controller(s) Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)
Promise SATA 300TX4
ICP 5085BL 8-Port SAS/300
Networking Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics Subsystem On-Board Graphics
ATI RageXL, 8 MB
System Hardware
Performance Measurements c't magazine's h2benchw 3.6
I/O Performance IOMeter 2003.05.10
Fileserver-Benchmark
Webserver-Benchmark
Database-Benchmark
Workstation-Benchmark
System Software & Drivers
OS Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 1
Platform Driver Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025
Graphics Driver Default Windows Graphics Driver

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