Terabyte Test Drive
A terabyte disk drive stores one million million bytes of data. The Register posting Four 1TB hard drives on test tests and rates 4 drives.
The results are:
Product Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000
Verdict The Hitachi set a decent benchmark for performance as a standalone drive.
Rating 70%
Product Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ
Verdict It’s a straight fight between the Seagate and Samsung, and on balance we favour the Sammy despite its higher price.
Rating 85%
Product Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340NS
Verdict The Seagate delivers sterling performance with the minimum of fuss, yet it is the cheapest of the drives on test.
Rating 80%
Product Western Digital WD1000FYPS RE2-GP
Verdict We’re all in favour of reducing our dependence on electricity but the RE2-GP lagged behind in every one of our tests.
Rating 60%
Bottom Line
All four Terabyte drives in this round-up offer a colossal amount of storage at a very reasonable price. The Hitachi is showing its age but still delivers decent performance, but we were less convinced by the green power saving features of the Western digital. If you want high performance – and who doesn’t? - it’s a straight fight between the Seagate and Samsung, and on balance we favour the Sammy despite its higher price.
Read the posting for details and performance graphs.
…John
