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Poster:	Javik	Date:	Nov 25, 2006 6:14pm
Forum:	petabox	Subject:	Oh look, the first ever 2.5 inch SAS hard drive

Hmm, okay, so this is sort of new. Bleeding-edge new. :) Fujitsu MAV2073RC 74GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Hard Drive, OEM, $639 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822116156 Features: * Mean-time-between-failure (MTBF) of 1,400,000 power-on hours * The industry's first 2.5-inch small-form-factor serial-attached SCSI (SAS) interface * Native Command Queuing, providing faster execution of operation commands * Uses smaller connectors and cables than U320, a benefit acknowledged by the SCSI Trade Association (STA) -------------- But for high-speed access, smaller is better since the head-arm doesn't have to cover such a large area, and can be lower mass for greater movement speed: Average Seek Time: 4ms Average Write Time: 4.5ms Average Latency: 2.99ms A smaller platter also means they can spin it faster for even higher throughput. Once this technology has had time to mature it may eventually move up to 20,000 RPM platters. -Javik
This post was modified by Javik on 2006-11-26 02:14:07