Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS 6Gbps SATA-III HDD

[adrianlee]

On 21 September 2009 Seagate Technology will be the first and only manufacturer to offer a SATA-III 6Gbps hard drive product with the large 64MB cache buffer as the 2TB Barracuda XT ST32000641AS is unveiled. Both combined improvements to burst rate and sustained bandwidth will mark a substantial improvement to the design of Hard Disk Drive (HDD) storage products, and the new technology is expected to give Solid State Drive (SSD) components some serious competition. The Seagate Barracuda XT series is designed for performance enthusiasts such as gamers, as well as small server systems. Additional enthusiast tools, such as the free Seagate SeaTools software, allow users to custom-define firmware parameters to enable performance features such as 'Short Stroke' and noise reduction. In this preview article, Benchmark Reviews reveals some of the improvements introduced with the Seagate Barracuda XT 6Gbps SATA-III ST32000641AS hard drive.

The new 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS is priced at $299 for launch, and offer a 4-platter 368 Gb/square inch aerial density which is sure to please storage-hungry applications. Seagate's own in-house testing has shown a 47% performance improvement over standard Barracuda drives in non-linear video editing. Early adopters of the SATA-III (6.0GBps) interface will enjoy a new high-bandwidth high-capacity solution, while enthusiasts and gamers will appreciate the 64MB cache buffer; the largest DRAM buffer on any commercial hard drive ........
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=369&Itemid=46

[hj_dragon]

wow so fast release Sata III, any MB with SATA III supported.
When will it be arriving in SG market?

[tidus792]

Check dailytech post on it. It mentions that Asus will be releasing a controller that has 6gb speeds.

While it's unlikely they'll be that much faster, it does signal the new wave of harddrives.

[THX RAW]

Maybe 4 hdd at raid 0 then hit 6gbs.

[elu]

SATA 3.0 more geared for the SSD era I guess. It'll be a long way before mechanical drives can even saturate the increased bandwidth the new standard provides.