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Drive Comparison Table

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Manufacturer	Hitachi	Hitachi	Samsung
Family	Travelstar 5K320	Travelstar 5K500	SpinPoint M6
Model Number	HTS543232L9A300	HTS545050KTA300	HM500LI
Capacity	320GB	500GB	500GB
Rotational Speed (RPM)	5400	5400	5400
Available Capacities	80, 120, 160, 250GB	400 GB	400 GB
Platters	2	3	3
Interface	SATA 3 Gb/s	SATA 3 Gb/s	SATA 3 Gb/s
Cache (MB)	8	8	8
NCQ	yes	yes	yes
Warranty	5 years	5 years	3 years
Height	9.5mm	12.5mm	9.5mm

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System Hardware
Processors	2x Intel Xeon 3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache
Platform	Asus NCL-DS, 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
120GB, 7,200 RPM, 8MB Cache, UltraATA/100
Mass Storage Controller	Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)
Promise SATA 300TX4
Promise FastTrak TX4310
Driver 2.06.1.310
Networking	Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics Subsystem	Integrated ATI RageXL, 8MB
System Software
Performance Measurements	c’t h2benchw 3.6
PCMark05 V1.01
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