Seagate Technology KW073J8 hard drive specifications
Maxtor Atlas 10K III Internal Hard Drive (73.4GB, Ultra160 SCSI)
Explosive growth in enterprise-wide computing and Internet applications is creating increased demand for larger and faster servers, performance workstations, and storage subsystems. To address this growth, Maxtor offers the award-winning Atlas 3.5-inch Product Family. The latest offering is the Atlas 10K III hard disk drive, which extends Maxtor's leadership position in the market. Atlas 10K III offers its customers the necessary capacity, leading performance, and rock-solid reliability to generate significant competitive advantages. The Atlas 10K III drive continues Maxtor's performance leadership position. It sports a 10, 000 RPM platter rotational speed, blazing-fast 4.5-millisecond seek time, a large 8 megabyte (MB) cache buffer, and a 55 megabyte-per-second (MB/sec) peak sustained data throughput. These specs lead to one conclusion - the Atlas 10K III drive delivers the leading random I/O performance and sequential throughput required by customer's data-intensive applications. Per-platter data densities directly influence customer value and drive reliability. The Atlas 10K III boasts the highest per-platter data density of 18.4 gigabytes per platter. This allows to pack 18.4GB, 36.7GB and 73.4GB offerings in a 1-inch form factor. The combination of performance and value makes the Atlas 10K III the optimum choice for Windows NT and UNIX enterprise and departmental servers, high-performance workstations, and storage subsystems. To ensure flawless and consistent performance, the Atlas 10K III drive features Maxtor's breakthrough Shock Protection System III (SPS III). SPS III protects the drive from mistreatment during handling and integration. For systems integrators, SPS III results in fewer returns, lower total cost of ownership, and more satisfied customers.
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