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Hitachi's 4 TB Hard Drives Take On The 3 TB Competition

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Hitachi recently started shipping a pair of 4 TB hard drives. We can see that they're pretty expensive, but how do they compare to existing 3 TB models in other ways? It’s time for a comprehensive overview of today's high-capacity hard drive offerings.

Benchmark Results: I/O Workloads

We're including our I/O workloads, which simulate database, file server, Web server, and workstation activity, simply for the sake of comparison and completeness. They really aren't all that relevant to the desktop-oriented hard drives in this round-up.