Hitachi announces first 2TB hard drive in the world

[gilbertrom]

Continuing its tradition of being first-to-market with industry leading hard drives, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies today announced that it is now shipping the world’s first, two terabyte (2TB), 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD). The new, colossal, 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 blends high performance and high capacity with low power and other eco-friendly features designed to enable Energy-Star rated computers and other high performance desktop systems.



Leveraging a solid track record for reliability, the new Deskstar 7K2000 is now in its fourth-generation using the company’s unique five-platter design with relaxed bit density and proven perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology. Couple this with an ultra-quiet operation, a 32MB cache and a 3Gb/s SATA interface, and the new Deskstar 7K2000 is the ideal desktop drive for power users, gamers or anyone looking for a big, fast hard drive.

“The new Deskstar 7K2000 reflects our ongoing commitment to provide customers, channel partners and OEMs with proven, reliable solutions for enabling desktop computers, gaming systems, workstations and desktop RAID arrays,” said Brendan Collins, vice president of marketing, Hitachi GST. “At Hitachi, we continue to offer one of the broadest product lines in the world with a focus on delivering industry-leading hard drives that meet the reliability, performance, capacity and power needs of a variety of traditional and emerging market segments.”

“The demand for higher capacity disk drives is being fueled by the persistent growth of digital information generated by consumers and organizations alike,” said John Rydning, research director for hard disk drives at IDC. “With the introduction of the industry's first 7200 RPM, 2TB HDD, Hitachi GST is building a tradition of time-to-market leadership for delivering the biggest and fastest disk drives for capacity-hungry PC users, given it was also the first HDD vendor to ship a 1TB HDD, the Deskstar 7K1000, in early 2007.”

In addition to the new 2TB Deskstar 7K2000, Hitachi GST is also refreshing its high-volume desktop hard drive family. The new 7200 RPM Deskstar 7K1000.C family will deliver up to 500GB per platter, and will come in capacities of 160GB to 1TB, hitting the capacity and performance sweet spots for mainstream desktop applications. Like previous generations, both the 7K2000 and 7K1000.C Hitachi Deskstar drives feature industry-standard 512-byte sector formatting, a patented ramp load/unload design to increase shock protection, and Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC) to maintain a consistent fly-height during the read/write process for added data reliability. Volume production and worldwide availability of the new Deskstar 7K1000.C will begin in the current quarter.

[reishoto]

hi-def p*rn shall finally have decent home of its own...

[Der FüHRER]

dba naa na man pud WD black 2TB?

[bofox44]

taud2x na man ng 2TB oi....

[hawkeye294]

Quote: Originally Posted by reishoto hi-def p*rn shall finally have decent home of its own...

hahaha! ahaka..

para dili OT: taod2x na bitaw na ang 2TB na hard drive..

[reishoto]

this was launched some few months ago. the first 2TB's spins at 5k++. this one spins at 7k, which makes it diffrent from the WD and Seagate.

[limes]

nice baya ni na brand ang hitachi i thought of it na dili nindut pero until now sa ako rig na way paong2x nya sigi ug mal2x buhi pa ghapon and no errors. ^^, swerte2x ra cguro ni.

[Der FüHRER]

Quote: Originally Posted by reishoto this was launched some few months ago. the first 2TB's spins at 5k++. this one spins at 7k, which makes it diffrent from the WD and Seagate.

ang 2TB WD Caviar Black kay 7200rpm man bro..

[dmelsie]

WD Caviar Black 2tb was the very first 2TB hdd to hit the market im sure of it and it is the fastest 2TB hard drive available also, wala pa man ma release ang sa Seagate, ang WD 2tb Caviar Black can easily beat that hitachi 2tb drive just research for some reviews nalang hehehe

[reishoto]

ay, iya pasabot bro was being the first, hehehe... 2TB drives became available early this year from WD and Seagate but 5k RPM. WD 2TB 7k RPM only got available sa market by october if la ko nasayop. hitachi got it sa market by august...

and yes, WD black can easily beat hitachi. its also a 64mb cache design...

[limes]

layo ra ba kaha ni silag mga prices ang mga HDD nila?

[dmelsie]

ahhh hehehe wala man au ko makabantay sa hitachi 2tb gud hehehe kay mura man og wa mo create og news pag ayo sa pag release hehehe ang WD 2TB black ang cost is almost 15k to kato nag inquire2 ko sa supplier hehehehe

[limes]

mas maka save pa man diay if ang 500gb or 1tera ang paliton nya daghanon lang kaysa sa 2tb considering sa 15k na price sa supplier.
naa pay benefits sa raid kaysa sa usa ka 2tb na HDD di ma raid if di mo palit ug lain so meaning 30k na ehhehe.

[hawkeye294]

Quote: Originally Posted by limes mas maka save pa man diay if ang 500gb or 1tera ang paliton nya daghanon lang kaysa sa 2tb considering sa 15k na price sa supplier. naa pay benefits sa raid kaysa sa usa ka 2tb na HDD di ma raid if di mo palit ug lain so meaning 30k na ehhehe.

mao jud... palit nalang ka 2 ka 1TB @ raid1 or 0 depende sa imo gusto.. mas cheaper + naka raid pa ka... if maguba ang 1TB pwede ra ka rebuild @ raid1 as compared to maguba imo 1x2TB, kuoy ka...ahaha

you can get 4x1TB for 3,995 petot each sa GI. sulit na kau..

[limes]

@hawkeye294 sakto pero pila nasad kaha rong ang price sa 2tb na HDD basin naog nasad kaau. wa naman ko na update sa mga prices kay wa pa man sad koy plan naay paliton para upgrade.