Comparison Table And Test Setup
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| Seagate | Western Digital | |
| Model | Barracuda 7200.11 | WD RE 3 |
| Model Number | ST31500341AS | WD1002FBYS |
| Form Factor | 3.5" | 3.5" |
| Capacity | 1500 GB | 1000 GB |
| Spindle Speed | 7,200 RPM | 7,200 RPM |
| Other Capacities | 160, 320, 500, 640, 750, 1000 GB,750 GB | - |
| Platters | 4 | 3 |
| Cache | 32 MB | 32 MB |
| NCQ | Yes | Yes |
| Interface | SATA/300 | SATA/300 |
| Operating Temperature | 0-60°C | 0-60°C |
| Specified Idle Power | 8.3 W | 7.8 W |
| Measured Idle Power | 7.4 W | 6.6 W |
| Operating Shock (2 ms, read) | 70 g | 65 g |
| Warranty | 5 years | 5 years |
Test Setup
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| 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 | |
| Promise FastTrak TX4310 | |
| Driver 2.06.1.310 | |
| Networking | Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NICv |
| Graphics Subsystem | On-Board Graphics |
| ATI RageXL, 8 MB | |
| Benchmarks | |
| 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 |
