Two 2TB Hard Drives For Storage Applications, Reviewed
Samsung and Seagate are each offering new high-capacity drives that strive to cram tons of data into a 3.5" form factor. Today's battle is the eco-friendly Spinpoint against the nearline Constellation, low power against business-class. Which one is best?
Benchmark Results: PCMark Application Performance
The WD Caviar Green drives, along with the Spinpoint F3EG and even the Barracuda LP (also a low-RPM drive), show clearly that this entire class isn't great at serving up high application performance. The Seagate Constellation ES at 7,200 RPM does much better and is only beaten by similar models or the much faster 2.5” WD VelociRaptor, which is one of the best application hard drives.
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