3.5” Enterprise Hard Drive Development Analyzed

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System Hardware
Hardware Details
CPU Intel Core i7-920 (45nm, 2.66 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache)
Motherboard (Sockel 1366) Supermicro X8SAX Revision: 1.1, Chipset: Intel X58 + ICH10R, BIOS: 1.0B
RAM 3GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX
HDD Seagate NL35 400GBST3400832NS 7,200 RPM, SATA 1.5 Gb/s, 8MB Cache
Power Supply OCZ EliteXstream 800W OCZ800EXS-EU
Benchmarks
Performance Measurements h2benchw 3.12PCMark Vantage 1.0
I/O Performance IOMeter 2006.07.27Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWorkstation-BenchmarkStreaming ReadsStreaming Writes
System Software & Drivers
Driver Details
Operating System Windows Vista Ultimate SP1
Intel Chipset Chipset Installation Utility 9.1.0.1007
AMD Graphics Radeon 8.12
Intel Matrix Storage 8.7.0.1007

Comparison Table

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Manufacturer Hitachi Hitachi Hitachi Hitachi
Model Ultrastar 15K147 Ultrastar 15K300 Ultrastar 15K450 Ultrastar 15K600
Model Number HUS151414VLS300 HUS153030VLS300 HUS154545VLS300 HUS156060VLS600
Form Factor 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5"
Capacity 147GB 300GB 450GB 600GB
Spindle Speed 15,000 RPM 15,000 RPM 15,000 RPM 15,000 RPM
Platters 5 4 4 4
Cache 16MB 16MB 16MB 64MB
NCQ Yes Yes Yes Yes
Surface Temperature 55 60 64 58
Interface SAS 3 Gb/s SAS 3 Gb/s SAS 3 Gb/s SAS 6 Gb/s
Operating Temperature 5-55°C 5-55°C 5-55°C 5-55°C
Specified Idle Power 12W 13.6W 12.5W 10.7W
Measured Idle Power 11.5W 14.5W 13.4W 14.5W
Operating Shock (2 ms, read) 15 G 30 G 30 G 30 G