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3TB Hard Drives Square Off Against Everything Else

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-not-the-size-of-the-platter-it's-the-motion-of-the-actuator dept.

crookedvulture writes "Last week, Western Digital announced its intention to buy rival drive maker Hitachi. Interestingly, those are the only two companies with 3TB hard drives available for sale. The Tech Report takes a closer look at how the two models compare with each other and over 30 different hard drives and SSDs. The resulting data paints a detailed picture of the storage landscape and is worth skimming for anyone curious about how spindle speeds and flash memory impact performance, power consumption, and noise."

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  1. too late for wikipedia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    lol.. someone tell the super-aspergers at wikipedia they dont need to delete knowledge anymore... we have 3TB harddrives now...

  2. Re:Does anyone make a reliable drive now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    there's just no refuting the theory that there are 4 good hard drive
    engineers on the planet, and they move en mass from company
    to company. the trick is switching brand about 2 years after the
    switch. then you have about a 2 year window to find a new supplier.