Maxtor to Ship Ultra 320 SCSI Drives in Nov.

[Bozo Galora]

Ultra320 SCSI HDDs from Maxtor

Posted 10/24/01 at 11:52 am by Rat

Today Maxtor announced their new Atlas 10K III hard disk drive family supporting Ultra320 SCSI and featuring 10,000rpm spindle rotation speed. Offered in 18GB, 36GB, and 73GB capacities, Maxtor's Atlas 10K III boasts an average seek time of 4.5ms and 18GB/platter density.
The hard disk drives will start shipping in limited quantities in November, and mass shipments are scheduled for Q1?02. the prices haven?t been yet revealed.

 

[damien6]

I don't care what standard they decide to name/support it. The million dollar questions are, exactly how fast is it and will it be the X15 killer? Anyone care to guess?

 

[Random Variable]

The Seagate Cheetah X15-36LP already supports Ultra320 SCSI.

 

[bozo1]

The drive will be no faster than the current Ultra80/Ultra160 drives out there. Potential bandwidth is higher if you got a bunch of drives talking on the same bus at once.