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06/25/2003, 2:25pm, EDT

Wednesday, June 25th

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Hitachi debuts new 250GB ATA/SATA drive

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Hitachi today announced a new ATA/Serial ATA desktop hard drive with a 250GB capacity. The 3.5-inch Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 uses 80+ GB per platter technology to deliver up to one-quarter terabyte (250GB) of storage capacity using a 7200 RPM mechanism. The Deskstar 7K250 will ship with an optional SATA interface that currently delivers a maximum data transfer rate of up to 150MB/sec.

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The new drive interface SATA, also used in the new Power Mac G5 line, also simplifies device configuration, improves data integrity and provides for performance increases in future generations of the interface. The new SATA drives will also use a compact cabling structure and smaller connectors that are designed to enhance air flow and reduce system complexity.




The Deskstar 7K250's offers protection of up to 350G's (2ms) of non-operating shock (one and two-disk models) and also uses fluid dynamic bearing motors to ensure "whisper-quiet" operation. The 2MB and 8MB-buffer drives carry one and three-year warranties, respectively.



Hitachi is currently shipping Deskstar 7K250 drives that use a parallel ATA interface and expects to ship SATA-based drives in production by the end of June.

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117207 06/25, 3:34pm, EDT 80GB per platter
Um... with 4 platters per Harddrive, wouldn't this indicate 320GB capability?

Where does 250GB come from? Even if it were only 3 platters, it would be 240GB

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117230 06/25, 5:06pm, EDT specs
say it's three platters. Also keep in mind that drive capacities quoted by mfgs. are always unformatted. Effective is probably south of 230 G.


Big issue is price for the SATA variety. We can get good quality 250 G drives for around 280 nowadays. I bet ya this one will be between 4 and 500 bucks.

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117257 06/25, 6:29pm, EDT platters
The press release says 3 platters. It also says "80+" implying > 80GB per platter. 250GB/3 = 83.33GB. It all adds up.

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