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15K drive in our T60? :D
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:55 pm
by Kel Ghu
Seagate announced 15000RPM 2"5 drives with 2.9ms access time.
http://www.dailytech.com/Seagate+Announ ... le5677.htm
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:02 pm
by nyu3
15K drive in our T60?
Not unless they release SATA version.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:04 pm
by RonS
It looks like it draws about 6 times the power at idle. The Hitachi 7200 draws about 1 watt at idle, and this 15K drive draws almost 6 watts at idle. But oh, how I want one...
Re: 15K drive in our T60? :D
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:05 pm
by pianowizard
Kel Ghu wrote:Seagate announced 15000RPM 2"5 drives with 2.9ms access time.
Wow, that's crazy! That's even faster than the fastest desktop HDDs!
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:08 pm
by jdhurst
There are different needs re: space and time, but me - I would not turf my 7200-rpm for love nor money. I am now formally in line in 2007 for a new ThinkPad with a 15,000-rpm drive
... JD Hurst
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:10 pm
by own6volvos
nyu3 wrote:15K drive in our T60?
Not unless they release SATA version.
Those are SAS enterprise drives. Normally the fastest 2.5" versions were 10,000rpm. It uses the same connector, but a WAYY different controller. You would also be looking at probably a grand or so for that drive, if not more. SAS 2.5" drives dont come cheap. They were designed for smaller form factor servers, like 1-2u designs to allow greater number of drives in a smaller amount of space.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:15 pm
by RonS
Even if Thinkpads (do any others?) had an SAS controller to run these drives, I'll bet these put out a LOT of heat at 15K rpm.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:02 pm
by tomh009
nyu3 wrote:15K drive in our T60?
Not unless they release SATA version.
Yeah. These are for blade servers ...