|
|
 |
|
|
Pages: 1
IBM 120GXP Review
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)
Posted by: TotalRecall
After the overwhelming community support, Storage Review is back in full force! They appear to be back and as strong as ever and are pumping out a review of IBM's next flagship product, the 120GXP:
In a strange turnaround from the days of old, IBM is one of the last major players (along with Samsung) to introduce a 7200 RPM drive based on 40-gig platters. When moving from 15- to 20-gig disks, IBM abandoned its unique five-platter architecture in favor of a more conventional three-disk design, hence the regression in size when comparing the older flagship 75GXP to the newer 60GXP. The 120GXP continues with three platters yielding a flagship capacity of 120 GB- not bad considering that all competitors excepting only Western Digital have pulled back to two-disk designs. IBM specs the 120GXP's access time at 8.5 milliseconds. A 2-megabyte buffer rounds out the offering.
The drive will be available in 40, 80, and 120 Gb capacities. IBM hopes to drift from the failure rates of the 60 and 75 GXP in their newest model, and in IBM style the drive has a 3 year warranty. Check out the review here.
|
|
|
|
|
