When are 10,000RPM IDE Drives Coming Out?

[Citadel535]

I am looking to get a new hard drive but I heard that 10,000RPM ones are on the horizon. Anyone know when we will be able to buy them?

 

[jor888]

2003 good luck waiting.

 

[DarkManX]

havent been anounced yet, so not any time this year thats for sure.

 

[chuckieland]

i though they have it made already
just waiting for all the scsi hd to go 15000rpm first before release the 10000rpm ide
so scsi sale won't get hurt

 

[Citadel535]

Hmmm. Storage Review is seeming to hint that they are coming soon.. Should I just get a 7200RPM?

 

[GoSharks]

they wont be coming anytime soon. i dont think they are going to show up until the 15000 rpm scsi drives move more into the mainstream scsi market

 

[zzzz]

On a related issue, is the serial ATA standard ever going to be implemented anytime soon?

 

[bearmeat]

I think if one is gonna wait for a 10k rpm IDE drive you might as well wait for the serial ATA to catch on. Serial ATA seems like it will offer more for the wait. Finally no more fat cables to deal with.

 

[Noriaki]

10kRPM IDE drives are minimum 1 year off.

They won't use them until 15,000 RPM SCSI drives are standard.

Right now Segate has one model of 15,00RPM and IBM has one.

They are still pretty cream of the crop even for SCSI.
When SCSI has 15,000RPM as standard issue, then IDE will bump up to 10,000RPM.


Edit: After all if IBM released a 10,000RPM IDE drive that would cut into their 10,000RPM SCSI drive sales quite heavily I would imagine (obviously there are still advantages to SCSI, but nothing as drastic as the raw speed).

So they have to make sure their high-end products significantly beat their mainstream so that they can justify (and get) the cost premium

 

[GoSharks]

damn, thats the word i was looking for. standard.

 

[ProviaFan]

Finally no more fat cables to deal with.

My standard ATA cables aren't fat...I modded them

 

[bearmeat]

cuz you "dealt" with them