Storage Solutions Seagate Barracuda 3TB **1TB Per Platter Launched**

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New Seagate Barracuda XT Specs 3TB (1TB Platter)

Capacities from 250GB - 3TB

250GB - 16MB cache (ST250DM000)

320GB - 16MB cache (ST320DM000)

500GB - 16MB cache (ST500DM002)

750GB - 64MB cache (ST750DM003)

1TB - 64MB cache (ST1000DM003)

1.5TB - 64MB cache (ST1500DM001)

2TB - 64MB cache (ST2000DM001)

3TB - 64MB cache (ST3000DM001)



SATA 6Gb/s

Spindle Speed - 7,200 RPM

Average read - 156 MB/s

Max read - 210 MB/s

4096 bytes per sector

Six heads, three disks

Power - Operating 8.0W, Idle 5.4W, Standby .75W

OptiCache, AcuTrak and SmartAlign Technolgies
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Bottom Line

Overall, the new 3TB Barracuda XT moves in the right direction and certainly whets our appetite for upcoming higher capacity hard drives based on 1TB platters. The new Barracuda XT offers faster speeds than the prior version through most of our benchmarks and is many ways is the fastest 7200RPM 3TB 3.5" hard drive on the market. Couple that with the improved power profile and Seagate has a great option for those craving capacity and performance from a hard drive.
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Conclusion

We admittedly had some high expectations for this new hard drive and boy did Seagate deliver throughout our testing. One word comes to mind: domination. In many benchmarks it was light years ahead of the competition, routinely handing embarrassing defeats to Western Digital Blacks and previous generation Barracudas alike. This really is a genre defining product and could usher in a new dawn for spindle-based storage if Seagate sees fit to cascade 1TB platter technology down into lower price points.
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Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB Review (1TB Platters - ST3000DM001) | StorageReview.com

Seagate Barracuda 3TB Review; A 1TB / Platter Monster is Unleashed

 
How come they released it when they dont have productions in hand?

Or some serious cartelling going on or there is some other market for production other than THAILAND?
 
China is the main production country for Seagate while for WD its Thailand....

Seagate though gets major components from Thailand. The current price rise is mainly due to speculation in response to lower productions attributed to floods in Thailand. The actual impact would be seen later when fresh imports are available in the market. Right now its only older stock selling at higher price, thus importers are making a killing...
 
Its majorally due to stopage in importings of goods due to Diwali & other festivals & as soon as shipments will be there we can expect a drop in prices.( as told by one of common friend working at NP).
 
ankxxs said:
Its majorally due to stopage in importings of goods due to Diwali & other festivals & as soon as shipments will be there we can expect a drop in prices.( as told by one of common friend working at NP).
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Does he know about the Flooding situation in Thailand... I sincerely hope that this is the case... but prices in other countries are also skyrocketing... Anybody noticed the newegg prices for 2TB WD Green... Scary.. :O

Newegg.com - western digital 2TB
 
Will the legacy motherboard SATA controllers recognize these type of platters..? LGA775 types.
 
Surely they will recognize them, but you will not be able to use a drive larger than 2.2TB as boot drive.

Also, IMO they are going the wrong way, but larger capacity drives should be green drives mainly. There is no need of 7200rpm drives in larger capacity.
 
vivek.krishnan said:
Surely they will recognize them, but you will not be able to use a drive larger than 2.2TB as boot drive.

Also, IMO they are going the wrong way, but larger capacity drives should be green drives mainly. There is no need of 7200rpm drives in larger capacity.
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But its still only 8W, which is about max 1~2w higher than those so called green drives at 5400~5900 rpm. those 8w is nothing compared to the proccy and gpu tdp (65~125w and gpu upto 200W+).
 
vivek.krishnan said:
Surely they will recognize them, but you will not be able to use a drive larger than 2.2TB as boot drive.

Also, IMO they are going the wrong way, but larger capacity drives should be green drives mainly. There is no need of 7200rpm drives in larger capacity.
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dOm1naTOr said:
But its still only 8W, which is about max 1~2w higher than those so called green drives at 5400~5900 rpm. those 8w is nothing compared to the proccy and gpu tdp (65~125w and gpu upto 200W+).
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Also, not everyone likes having a few drives in their system. Many prefer a single drive for boot and storing data. Many systems demand a single hdd too.
 
@HailStonE

Seagate just phased out green drives and is retaining only the Barracuda range, also there is no more Barracuda XT HDD for desktop. The Barracuda XT (portfolio) will be the new name for Hybrid drives, and does not fall under the regular HDDs. So, whatever you have written applies to Barracuda and not Barracuda XT as you have mentioned and quoted from StorageReview.com .

This video should explain why there is not much of an advantage in using green drives anymore.

 
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Anand reviews the ST3000DM001 - AnandTech - Seagate's New Barracuda 3TB (ST3000DM001) Review

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The new 3TB Barracuda is a bit faster in sequential performance than the old Barracuda XT, at lower power consumption. In typical desktop workloads I think it's fairly safe to say that you wouldn't notice the difference between the Barracuda and Barracuda XT.

As our SSD tests showed us however, when really pushed the new Barracuda performs somewhere in between the old Green and the XT. Seagate appears to have optimized the drive's behavior for lower power rather than peak performance. If you want the absolute best performance out of a 3.5" drive, stick with the XT or wait for the new hybrid version.
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