SCSI Lives! Quantum Atlas 10K II

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Quantum Atlas 10K II
Capacity9.2, 18.4, 36.7 and 73.4 GB
Rotation speed10.000 rpm
Average seek time4.7 ms
Cache memory8 MBytes
Warranty time3 years

Here you can see the Atlas 10K II (left) and a IBM DTLA drive. The SCSI drive has a height of 1.6" whilst IBM's DeskStar model has 1".

This high-end model is the first hard drive I know that comes with a BGA chip.

Looking at the back side you can see the 68-pin connector and the black ribs which are meant to improve the heat dissipation.

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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.