Going the SAS Storage Way

Fujitsu MAY2073RC

The MAY family represents Fujitsu current 2.5" drive generation for professional use. Fujitsu offers a spindle speed of 10,025 RPM and capacities of 36.7 GB and 73.5 GB. All drives come with 8 MB cache memory and offer 4.0 ms average read and 4.5 ms average write seek time. As already mentioned, the neat thing about 2.5" drives is their reduced power consumption. Usually, one 2.5" consumes at least 60% less energy than a 3.5" drive.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.