Enterprise-class ATA Drives

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Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday February 20, 2003 @10:48PM from the fast-enough-to-make-disk-heads-spin dept.

dfung writes "This has been mindlessly discussed many times before here, but Western Digital has now introduced real enterprise-class ATA drives with SCSI-like performance specs and 30% lower price. So now you can buy a real 10K rpm ATA drive. Interestingly enough, they mention the reason for the traditional difference in price between ATA and SCSI which I never have seen mentioned here - it has to do with testing costs, not controller electronics|platter quality|etc. Another interesting tidbit is that 160 million ATA drives were sold last year. I saw about 2 million of them stacked up in the aisles at Fry's Electronics yesterday, but that sure is a lot of drives."

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Hmmm by IanBevan · 2003-02-20 22:52 · Score: 5, Funny

Now I just need some enterprise class pr0n to store one of these suckers...

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1. Re:Hmmm by kingtonm · 2003-02-21 00:15 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Here ya go, why don't you start with this, some major, enterprise server porn. http://www.sun.com/smrc/photos-sun/downloads/datac enter-gen03s.jpg
2. Re:Hmmm by Anonvmous+Coward · 2003-02-21 05:03 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  "Here ya go, why don't you start with this, some major, enterprise server porn. http://www.sun.com/smrc/photos-sun/downloads/datac enter-gen03s.jpg"
  
  Nice rack!
Re:Question about spindle speed by hxnwix · 2003-02-20 23:03 · Score: 2, Funny

Faster defragging.
Warp 10, scotty!! by patrixmyth · 2003-02-20 23:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Enterprise, class, eh? I just can't resist.

Kirk: Scotty, give me 10,000 rpm on those ATA drives!

Scotty: Captain, she can't take it!

Kirk: Damn it, Scotty, you.... promised me.... SCSI speeds!

Anywho, forget about Enterprise Class ATA Drives, when do I get a tricorder, or at least voice recognition built into my five-button wireless optical mouse?

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testing costs.. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-20 23:18 · Score: 0, Funny

the reason for the traditional difference in price between ATA and SCSI has to do with testing costs..

and apparently the ide drives aren't tested at all
Re:If anything, stay away from these by Ed+Avis · 2003-02-20 23:27 · Score: 3, Funny

Do 'Western Digital' and 'server' belong in the same sentence? I mean people would be a bit bemused if you could buy eMachines 'enterprise-class' hardware or subscribe to 'AOL Datacenter Edition'.

Is the popular view of WD drives wrong? Or are all the manufacturers just as bad these days in the consumer space?

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Enterprise? by StealthSock · 2003-02-20 23:33 · Score: 5, Funny

It's been a long road
Gettin' from there to here
It's been a long time
But a fast ATA is finally here
I can download pr0n really fast at last
So much that I'll go blind
Slow ATA's not gonna bottleneck no more
No it's not gonna change my mind
'Cause I've got pr0n, lots of pr0n
I've got so much I dont have to
Ever leave the house
Thanks to faster ATA
I've got such hairy palms
Because of my fast hard drive
I've got pictures
Of all the pr0n stars
I've got (I've got) I've got (I've got) I've got
Pr0n
Lot's of pr0n
Enterprise-class?? by 1s44c · 2003-02-21 00:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Enterprise-class??

Great, I'll bear it in mind if I ever build a starship.
Re:This is a Serial ATA drive by poot_rootbeer · 2003-02-21 05:13 · Score: 4, Funny

I hope someone develops a network interface card (NIC) that connects over a Serial ATA (SATA) bus.

They could market it as "SATA NIC"!

(And you thought only SCSI chains required the sacrifice of chickens)
Yeah.. by kevinvh · 2003-02-21 08:32 · Score: 2, Funny

You saw 2 Million drives stacked up at Fry's.. unfortunately 1,999,997 of them have a return sticker on them..