From: "Geo." 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
message news:464c81a2$1{at}w3.nls.net...

> Even so, Hitachi needs five platters and ten heads to hit 1TB. Having that
> many heads can have an impact on issues like noise and power draw. For
> example, the 750GB version of the drive is rated at 30dB while seeking;
> the 1TB sibling generates 32dB.

I've been reading a lot about the new drive technology, this drive should
be 4TB with that many platters. It's a beta unit, I wouldn't buy one.

The other thing they should be doing is raid5 inside the drive, 5 platters
means 4 for data and one as the checksum, increase the reliability because
as the author said, backup is a heck of an issue.

Geo.

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