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Manufacturer Hitachi Hitachi
Family Travelstar 7K200 Travelstar 5K250
Model Number HTS722020K9SA00 HTS542525K9SA00
Capacity 200 GB 250 GB
Rotational Speed (RPM) 7,200 RPM 5,400 RPM
Other Available Capacities 80, 100, 120, 160 GB 80, 120, 160 GB
Platter 2 2
Interface SATA/150 SATA/150
Cache 16 MB 8 MB
NV Cache Size - -
NCQ Yes Yes
Warranty 3 years 3 years

Test Setup

200 GB at 7,200 RPM or 250 GB at 5,400 RPM? The faster drive is more expensive.
System Hardware
Processor(s) 2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core)
3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache
Platform Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604)
Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005
RAM Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.)
2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings
System Drive Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB
120 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100
Mass Storage Controller(s) Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)
Promise SATA 300TX4
Promise FastTrak TX4310
Driver 2.06.1.310
Networking Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics Subsystem On-Board Graphics
ATI RageXL, 8 MB
System Hardware
Performance Measurement c’t h2benchw 3.6
PCMark05 V1.01
I/O-Performance IOMeter 2003.05.10
Fileserver-Benchmark
Webserver-Benchmark
Database-Benchmark
Workstation-Benchmark
System Software & Drivers
OS Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 1
Platform Driver Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025
Graphics Driver Default Windows Graphics Driver

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