Barracuda!!!

26 11 2008

Well, this is not a background jingle from a disco beat. For all of you who don’t know about it, this is a heavy performance hard-drive patent made by Seagate.

The rest of this article is about world’s first 1.5 TB desktop hard-drive. Most of the gadget reviewers say it is “an outstanding performer”. It is supposed to be the only 1.5 TB drive at present, Silent, SATA-II.

According to Seagate, “The debut of the Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB, 3.5-inches hard drive, the eleventh generation of Seagate’s flagship drive for desktop PCs, marks the single largest capacity hard drive jump in the more than half-century history of hard drives — a half terabyte increase from the previous highest capacity of 1TB, thanks to the capacity-boosting power of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology.”

Key Advantages

  • Delivers 1.5-TB capacity
  • Ships with the industry’s most reliable and proven perpendicular magnetic recording technology
  • Delivers high performance
  • 120 MB/s sustained data rate
  • Idles at only 8.0 watts, enabling customers to build low-power systems
  • Meets strict RoHS environmental requirements
  • Leverages best combination of technology (areal density, PMR) and proven components for volume availability
  • Ships with an industry-leading 5-year limited warranty

Best-Fit Applications

  • Gamer PCs
  • High-end PCs
  • Mainstream PCs
  • Workstations
  • Desktop RAID
  • USB/FireWire/eSATA personal external storage