Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB, Single 500GB Platter

[onethreehill]

First single 500GB platter, 7,200rpm HDD

Source:

Translated

( Samsung has a single 500GB platter, 5,400rpm HDD, HD502HI)

Updated: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 Tested
http://www.puissance-pc.net/les-doss...html?Itemid=57

Translated

Updated: Seagate Ships Desktop Hard Drive With World's Highest Areal Density -- 500GB Per Disk

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. - January 5, 2009 - Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) today announced first-to-market volume shipments of a mainstream desktop hard drive with the industry’s highest areal density. Packing 1TB of capacity on just two disks, Seagate’s Barracuda ® 7200.12 HD, a 3.5-inch 7200-RPM drive features an areal density of 329 Gigabits per square inch to deliver the best combination of capacity, performance and reliability for PCs, desktop RAID and personal external storage.

“Demand for more desktop PC storage capacity is far from letting up as computer users worldwide generate massive amounts of digital content every day,” said Tom Major, Seagate vice president , Personal Compute Business. “Seagate is leading the industry with new storage solutions designed to store, share and manage all of that business- and user-generated content.”

The Barracuda 7200.12 hard drive provides a stellar combination of storage capacity and speed required for today’s most demanding desktop PC applications. The drive’s Serial ATA 3Gb/second interface delivers an industry-leading sustained data rate of up to 160MB/second for fast boot, application startup and file access and a burst speed of 3Gb/second. The 3.5-inch drive is also offered in capacities of 750GB and 500GB with cache options of 32MB and 16MB.

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00f5ee0a0aRCRD

Updated: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB Drive Review (ST3500410AS)

ST3500410AS vs ST3500418AS

We wanted to make a note about 7200.12 model numbers, since this has generated quite a bit of confusion in our forums and other enthusiast forums. We found it strange that after having the 410AS model out for around a month Seagate also released the 418AS model with nearly identical specifications (the only real difference being acoustic performance). We contacted Seagate many times about this, and the following is the most up-to-date information we can provide you with.

The 410AS model adheres to industry standard "low halogen" specs and thus is more environmentally friendly than 418AS. The 410AS model also produces less noise than the 418AS model. That's about all we know, and to date Seagate has done little to distinguish these models from each other in their marketing material, which is odd.

http://www.xcpus.com/GetDoc.aspx?doc=123&page=1

[tiro_uspsss]

oo sweet - wonder how it performs

edit: source page has a HDTune - not impressed

edit2: thread title says seagate, & its a samsung

edit3: its only 5400rpm

[[XC] gomeler]

Very nice. 5 platter 2.5TB drive?

[Serra]

Sweet. With any luck that should mean a more reliable >1TB offering down the road, a decent speed boost, and another price drop (per GB). A perfect trifecta.

I wonder what Samsung could do to a 3.5" hard drive if they can make a single-platter 2.5" one?

Edit: Ignore second line above, the Samsung drive is a 3.5"...

[WhiteFireDragon]

what are the numbers on HDtune? i can't see them

[Serra]

oo sweet - wonder how it performs

edit: source page has a HDTune - not impressed

edit2: thread title says seagate, link says samsung

1 link says seagate, the other is samsung.

Yeah, 100MB/s (max) on a single platter 2.5" drive is nothing to sneeze at.

Edit: Appears I was wrong, it's a 3.5" drive. I don't understand 5400rpm 3.5" drives, I'd rather see money funneled into ways to make 7200rpm more efficient than just slowing down the drive.

[onethreehill]

oo sweet - wonder how it performs

edit: source page has a HDTune - not impressed

edit2: thread title says seagate, & its a samsung

edit3: its only 5400rpm

Read again

[WhiteFireDragon]

Very nice. 5 platter 2.5TB drive?

i thought the limit for mechanical HD's were 2TB, no?

[tiro_uspsss]

what are the numbers on HDtune? i can't see them

50 min
100 max
80 ave

[Serra]

i thought the limit for mechanical HD's were 2TB, no?

No, 5 platters is within spec maximum.

[safan80]

oo sweet - wonder how it performs

edit: source page has a HDTune - not impressed

edit2: thread title says seagate, & its a samsung

edit3: its only 5400rpm

that hdtune is for the samsung drive

[tiro_uspsss]

i thought the limit for mechanical HD's were 2TB, no?

thats 32bit windooze i think

Read again

i'm totally confused - the theres talk of both companies.. the pics show samsung 5400rpm 3.5" disk
the translated page mentions:
samsung
seagate
500GB
3.5"
2.5"
5400rpm
7200rpm

1 link says seagate, the other is samsung.

Yeah, 100MB/s on a single platter 2.5" drive is nothing to sneeze at.

if its a 2.5", agree

[safan80]

thats 32bit windooze i think

you are correct... but I bet you didn't know is vista x64 can't even boot off of GPT partitions lol. that means for vista x64 you need a <=2TB drive to boot it

[Frank M]

( Samsung has a single 500GB platter, 5,400rpm HDD, HD502HI)

Whoa, I didn't even know Samsung launched 5400RPM 3.5" drives like
the WD GP, and according to the article, it's already a second gen,
with a 3*334 platter, 5400RPM, 1TB by the name HD103UI out since
summer...

[tiro_uspsss]

that hdtune is for the samsung drive

i realise that - & its seems to be a 3.5" - have nooo idea why they choose 5400rpm - probably for quiet & power saving - but thats a let down in performance

[tiro_uspsss]

you are correct... but I bet you didn't know is vista x64 can't even boot off of GPT partitions lol. that means for vista x64 you need a <=2TB drive to boot it

these capacities are all too big as boot drive imo anyway

[safan80]

i realise that - & its seems to be a 3.5" - have nooo idea why they choose 5400rpm - probably for quiet & power saving - but thats a let down in performance

yeah i saw your updated post the drive is for the netpc market clearly.

[Frank M]

Yeah, 100MB/s (max) on a single platter 2.5" drive is nothing to sneeze at.

if its a 2.5", agree

Yeah, the Samsung is not a 2.5", but a low-power (Ecogreen -- like WD GP)
3.5" 5400RPM drive, with a single 500GB platter.
The Seagate OTOH is a 7200RPM 3.5" drive, with a single 500GB platter, too.

Ah, years of learning Japanese are finally paying off

[tiro_uspsss]

yeah i saw your updated post the drive is for the netpc market clearly.

Yeah, the Samsung is not a 2.5", but a low-power (Ecogreen -- like WD GP)
3.5" 5400RPM drive, with a single 500GB platter.
The Seagate OTOH is a 7200RPM 3.5" drive, with a single 500GB platter, too.

Ah, years of learning Japanese are finally paying off

CLARITY!

edit: I didnt think it was a 2.5" cause the pic shows 12V line usage

[tiro_uspsss]

Very nice. 5 platter 2.5TB drive?

that thought alone gives me a shudder of pleasure 2.5TB in one disk

[[XC] gomeler]

you are correct... but I bet you didn't know is vista x64 can't even boot off of GPT partitions lol. that means for vista x64 you need a <=2TB drive to boot it

That's why you use 2 cheap 32GB SSDs in RAID0 for your boot drive and have half a dozen 2.5TB drives for all your media

[Frank M]

That's why you use 2 cheap 32GB SSDs in RAID0 for your boot drive and have half a dozen 2.5TB drives for all your pr0n

fix'd

This is coming fast. I didn't expect to see 2TB drives till mid-2009,
seeing how slow 1TB catched on and how long it took to reach
1.5TB...

[Bobsama]

That's a whole lotta :banana::banana::banana::banana:, gomeler! Sure you can handle it all?

I just got a 1TB drive, which means I have no clue how I'm going to fill it, or organize what I download!

[tiro_uspsss]

someone wanna make a guess for performance numbers on the 7200rpm?
the ~375/platter HDDs got ~120MB/s max correct?

[Frank M]

fix'd

That's a whole lotta :banana::banana::banana::banana:, gomeler! Sure you can handle it all?

For those who don't remember what I was referring to:

"Let's face it, we're not changing the world. We're building a product that helps people buy more crap - and watch :banana::banana::banana::banana:."

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/30/maga...agate.fortune/