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While some drive manufacturers calculate losses from floods in Thailand, others prefer to be active - Seagate company today announced changes in the assortment policy and the immediate availability of updated hard drives based on 1TB platters. In fact, this update reduces one of the major changes in the characteristics of high-end Barracuda - the number of platters is now less than three, even in 3 terabytes models.
According to the manufacturer, such activities can reduce the power consumption of hard drives. From now on all products Seagate Form Factor 3.5 will have 7,200 r / min. . As a replacement for high end Barracuda XT at the beginning of next year will be offered hybrid drive option, combining the magnetic plate and solid-state buffer of not less than 4 GB. Summary of updated Barracuda drives characteristics is given below.
Seagate will soon release desktop hard drive with 4 terabytes. All drives updated series supports SATA-600 interface, the buffer size for models up to 500 GB is 16 MB, all the leading models have 64 MB buffer. The controller is available on more progressive 40 nm, which also helps reduce power consumption.
Older models Seagate will use a two-stage mechanical drive, which provides more accurate positioning of magnetic heads. The warranty period is reduced from three to two years, and Seagate representatives explain this decision by marketing factors, not decrease in reliability.
The recommended retail prices for the U.S. market for new line of hard drives Seagate, which uses terabyte platters:
- ST3000DM001 (3 TB) -> $ 179.99;
- ST2000DM001 (2 TB) -> $ 105.99;
- ST1500DM001 (1.5 TB) -> $ 83.99;
- ST1000DM003 (1 TB) -> $ 71.99.
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