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03:13 - Thursday 11 October 2007 by Patrick Schmid
Source: THG – Keywords: wd, caviar, gp
Categories: Hardware

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Manufacturer Western Digital
Model Caviar GP
Model Number WD10EACS
Capacity 1,000 GB
Spindle Speed 5,400 to 7,200 RPM
Other Capacities 500, 750 GB
Platters 4
Cache 16 MB
NCQ Yes
Interface SATA/300
Warranty 3 years

Test Setup

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 Hard 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
ICP 5085BL 8-Port SAS/300
Networking Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics Subsystem On-Board Graphics
ATI RageXL, 8 MB
System Hardware
Performance Measurements Atto Diskmark
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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turcca 11/10/2007 05:59
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turcca

Nice review, but again I am missing the noise statistics. For me, the loudness and consumption are much more important than some 10% more speed.

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