Comparison Table
Manufacturer
LaCie
Western Digital
Western Digital
Wiebetech
Model
d2 Quadra
My Book Premium ES
My Book Pro
ToughTech XE
HD Manufacturer
Hitachi
Western Digital
Western Digital
Hitachi
HD Series
Deskstar T7K500
Caviar
Caviar
Deskstar E7K500
HD Model
HDT725050VLA360
WD5000xx
WD5000xx
HDS725050KLA360
HD Capacity
500 GB
500 GB
500 GB
500 GBInterfaces
Firewire 400
yes
no
yes
cable
Firewire 800
yes
no
yes
yes
eSATA
150 MB/s
300 MB/s
no
yes
USB
yes
yes
yes
yes
Smart Power off
yes
yes
yes
no
Weight
1530 g
1100 g
1190 g
1290 g
Price
$ 229.99
$ 199.99
$ 229.99
$ 357.95
Warranty
2 years
1 year
3 years
1 year
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
Test Hard Drive I
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641
500 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SATA/300
Mass Storage Controller(s)
Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)
Silicon Image SATALink SiL3512
Driver 1.2.0.57
Promise FastTrak TX4310
Driver 2.06.1.310
Promise SATA 300TX4
Driver 1.0.0.33
Networking
Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics Card
On-Board Graphics
ATI RageXL, 8 MBSystem Hardware
Performance Measurements
c’t h2benchw 3.6
PCMark05
V1.01
I/O Performance
IOMeter 2003.05.10
Fileserver-Benchmark
Webserver-Benchmark
Database-Benchmark
Workstation-BenchmarkSystem 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
