Roundup: Hand-Held Hard Drives With Up To 500 GB

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Test Setup, Access Time

System Hardware
Processor(s)
2 x 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 NIC
Graphics Subsystem
On-Board Graphics
ATI Rage XL, 8 MB
Performance Measurement
c't h2benchw 3.6
PCMark05 V1.01
System Software and Platform Drivers
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 1
Platform Driver
Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025
Graphic Driver
Default Windows Graphics Driver


Access Time

Access times are important if you intend to work with lots of files on a regular basis, or if you regularly use the drive while large backup or restore processes are still running. If this is not the case and you want the drive as a storage product only, access time is a secondary metric.

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Summary
  1. Fresh Convenience Storage Products for Spring 2009
  2. Fujitsu HandyDrive 320 GB (MMH2320UB)
  3. Samsung S2 Portable 500 GB (HXMU050DA)
  4. Samsung S1 Mini 120 GB (HXSU012BA)
  5. Seagate FreeAgent Go 500 GB (ST905003FGA2E1-RK)
  6. Western Digital My Passport Elite 500 GB (WDML5000)
  7. Test Setup, Access Time
  8. Throughput
  9. Transfer Diagrams
  10. Conclusion
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