![]() Since this kind of port limits the drive performance, the hard disk drive doesn’t need to be the fastest around and thus you can save money both on the cost of the drive and on your electricity bill.ĭrives targeted to the enterprise segment (i.e., servers), on the other hand, have a higher reliability, as required for this market segment, with some manufacturers providing extended warranty contracts with the drive. Drives from this category are mainly targeted to external enclosures that are going to be connected to the computer through a USB or FireWire port. The trade-off is obviously performance: since they rotate at lower speeds “green” drives present lower performance. Hard drives typically consume between 8-10 W “green” models consume practically half of this. Let’s take a look at the performance from these new drives. Western Digital has finally released two 7,200 rpm models, Caviar Black (targeted to desktops) and RE4 (targeted to servers). Until very recently the only 2 TB hard disk drives available on the market were “green” models, rotating at lower speeds in order to save energy, like Seagate Barracuda LP and Western Digital Caviar Green.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |