I discovered these drives (WD740GD) at the end of last year when we were replacing the primary CPU's in our retail operations. We use a "Point Of Sale" software system that moves a large amount of data from the CPU to the Cash register on each transaction.
The drives are very fast. The seek time is 4.5 ms, more than 60% faster than ATA, twice as fast as 7200 SATA, and slightly faster than most 10,000 SCSI ultra 320. http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/index/1,,,00.html The only drives that have a faster seek time at this point are the 15k SCSI Ultra 320 Fibre Channel, and a select few 10k Seagate's (Savvio 2.5" enterprise drives), but at three times the price. http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=3152878/skd=1/search =savvio If you have a need for a new SATA drive, I seriously recommend looking at this drive. Fast, Quiet, Reliable. The only down side is the 74Gb is the largest currently available. -- Wade A. Perry > Subject: Re: [G] I see there are 10k rpm ATA drives now > > On 10/13/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> After selecting the 10k rpm drive category at CompUSAs site I expected to >> find SCSI drives. To my surprise Western Digital sells a 74GB SATA/150 10k >> rpm harddrive for $240. I wonder how one of these would compare to a Ultra >> 160 >> drive. > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
