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Hitachi Releases World's Most Energy-Efficient HDD

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fewer-hamsters-required dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Today Hitachi released what they are calling the 'world's most energy efficient desktop hard drive' capable of reducing the active and idle power consumption by up to 40 percent over the previous generation." The drive will come in a range of flavors starting at 250GB and ranging to 500GB. Hitachi is promising these drives in high volume later this year.

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  1. your wallet by reaktor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can bet these will be more pricey.

  2. This might be interesting for large arrays... by Gordo_1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    but for most desktops and servers, at 6-8 watts idle and 10-12 watts when actively seeking, HDD power consumption typically represents 5% or less of the overall power consumption of a modern system. Good PR for Hitachi though.

  3. High volume by amRadioHed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hitachi is promising these drives in high volume later this year. Damn, I was hoping that the drives would be quieter too.
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