Wednesday, July 29th 2009
Samsung Launches 500 Gigabyte per Platter 3.5-inch Spinpoint F3 Hard Drives
Samsung Electronics, a worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, announced today its new line-up of high-density hard drives for high-end computing environments, the Spinpoint F3. The F3 operates at 7200 RPM with offerings of up to 1 Terabyte (TB) data storage capacity by using two 500 Gigabyte (GB) per platter disks. As well as meeting data center requirements for addition storage to meet rising demand and increasing performance needs, the new drives also deliver high-performance with lower power for desktop computers and servers.
The Spinpoint F3 utilizes advanced 500 GB per platter technology, so that two-platter 1 TB capacity is achieved. Increased areal density per platter provides up to a 30 percent higher performance than a three-platter 1 TB in the same 3.5" form factor. A reduction in mechanical parts also contributes to enhanced reliability in terms of anti-shock and data failure.
"Our customers require not only additional capacity but also high performance for their server and desktop storage systems, while promoting a green environment," said Choel-Hee Lee, vice president of marketing, Storage Systems Division, Samsung Electronics. "The massive capacity-per-platter and high-performance features of the new Spinpoint F3 make it an attractive solution for driving the growth of high-density storage."
"Market forecasts estimate 500 GB per platter and higher densities will experience over 15 percent annual growth in the next five years, with expectations that high density storage will become main stream for 3.5" storage beyond 2010," said Mark Geenen, president of TRENDFOCUS.
Samsung's new hard drive utilizes its low noise operation technology SilentSeek and NoiseGuard to achieve a quiet operation system. In addition, the new Spinpoint F3 is compliant with the (RoHS) restriction of hazardous substances directive.
The F3 incorporates a 7200 RPM rotational speed, a 3.0Gbps SATA interface, Native Command Queuing features and a 16 MB/32 MB buffer memory. The Spinpoint F3 is currently available in 500GB capacities worldwide. The 1 TB drive is scheduled for initial shipment in August.
Source:
BusinessWire
The Spinpoint F3 utilizes advanced 500 GB per platter technology, so that two-platter 1 TB capacity is achieved. Increased areal density per platter provides up to a 30 percent higher performance than a three-platter 1 TB in the same 3.5" form factor. A reduction in mechanical parts also contributes to enhanced reliability in terms of anti-shock and data failure.
"Our customers require not only additional capacity but also high performance for their server and desktop storage systems, while promoting a green environment," said Choel-Hee Lee, vice president of marketing, Storage Systems Division, Samsung Electronics. "The massive capacity-per-platter and high-performance features of the new Spinpoint F3 make it an attractive solution for driving the growth of high-density storage."
"Market forecasts estimate 500 GB per platter and higher densities will experience over 15 percent annual growth in the next five years, with expectations that high density storage will become main stream for 3.5" storage beyond 2010," said Mark Geenen, president of TRENDFOCUS.
Samsung's new hard drive utilizes its low noise operation technology SilentSeek and NoiseGuard to achieve a quiet operation system. In addition, the new Spinpoint F3 is compliant with the (RoHS) restriction of hazardous substances directive.
The F3 incorporates a 7200 RPM rotational speed, a 3.0Gbps SATA interface, Native Command Queuing features and a 16 MB/32 MB buffer memory. The Spinpoint F3 is currently available in 500GB capacities worldwide. The 1 TB drive is scheduled for initial shipment in August.
17 Comments on Samsung Launches 500 Gigabyte per Platter 3.5-inch Spinpoint F3 Hard Drives
Quieter, lower power, 30% better performance - yay :D
Whoa! Samsung is taking over the world! Ruling with monitors, HDDs, quickly rising with RAM, TVs, Phones, Ice-cream flavours, you name it, they got it?:twitch:
also, you dont have to worry about taking a RAID hit on performance, worry about having drives made for RAID as they cost more, or the recovery process of rebuilding which isnt always successful either if you use software to automatically mirror the data from one to the other
Any reason to use GoodSync instead of RAID-1? I like Goodsync, but use it for syncing to external drives.
reads and writes can have marginal increases in performance but can also take hits based upon RAID 1 and it doesnt have to initialize upon startup. it syncs up once a day at 5am. this just keeps things simple
Yes, waiting for prices with tech can be futile, but when prices are dropping at such a rapid rate, it's worth the wait. Besides, it's an emerging tech still, so there are still kinks here and there, and after a while when the prices are also good, those kinks would have been ironed out.
Besides that, SATA3 - 6Gb/s is about to sweep through the industry, so it's better to wait and buy a SATA3 SSD at a lower price, with less bugs and more capacity.:roll:
Sure it will take a few years - but SSD *will* overtake mechanical drives (as we know them - the HRD drives may change things)
now is a great time to switch. I get to sell my velociraptor while it still holds some value to reimburse the purchase. if I waited another year I would lose another half of its former value. atleast this way I can look at it like an awesome upgrade for $75 instead of $150+