Should You Care About Hybrid Hard Drives?

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Manufacturer Samsung Family SpinPoint MH80 Model Number HM16HJI Capacity 160 GB Rotational Speed (RPM) 5400 Available Capacities 80, 120 GB Platter 2 Interface SATA/150 Cache 8 MB NV Cache Size 256 MB NCQ yes Warranty 3 years

Test Setup

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System Hardware
Processor(s)2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core)3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache
PlatformAsus NCL-DS (Socket 604)Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005
RAMCorsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.)2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings
System Hard DriveWestern Digital Caviar WD1200JB120 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100
Mass Storage Controller(s)Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)Promise SATA 300TX4Promise FastTrak TX4310Driver 2.06.1.310
NetworkingBroadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics CardOn-Board GraphicsATI RageXL, 8 MB
System Hardware
Performance Measurementc’t h2benchw 3.6PCMark05 V1.01
I/O PerformanceIOMeter 2003.05.10Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWorkstation-Benchmark
System Software & Drivers
OSMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 1
Platform DriverIntel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025
Graphics DriverDefault Windows Graphics Driver
Acer Ferrari Notebook
AMD Platform Socket S1Acer Ferrari 1004WTMI, 2000 mAh BatteryATI Radeon Xpress 1150AMD Turion 64 X2 MT-40
MemoryCorsair Value Select VS1GSDS667D22x 1024 MB DDR2-667 (CL 5.0-5-5-15 2T)
DVD ROMAcer EOSD-0MP IEEE1394SATA150
GraphicsATI Radeon Xpress 1150 - 128 MB
AudioRealtek ALC 883
System Software & Drivers
OSWindows Vista Enterprise 6.0.6000
DirectX VersionVersion 10
1 Comment Comment from the forums
  • dmoz
    > but I would not pay any premium today to get an H-HDD today.

    Department of Redundancies Department, how can I help you?
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