[CUBE] Seagate Barracuda IV vs. V

[Toby Leung]

This is from seagate:

From: Disc.PreSales.Email.Support at seagate.com
Date: Mon Nov 11, 2002  8:02:00 AM US/Pacific
To: jstobias at uclink.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: |||ATA|How much quieter are the


  In response to you inquiries regarding Barracuda Ultra ATA IV and
  Barracuda V are 7,200-rpm hard drives accoustic, we must tell you that
  both models have Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motors which makes them 
the
  world's only virtually silent hard drives.  The Barracuda V is a new 
model
  and it will be the best combination of performance, acoustics and
  reliability.   There are no significant differences other than the
  Barracuda V has a slower transfer rate so it can RAID. The RAID 
controller
  cards had trouble with a 50 Mega Bytes per Second transfer so it is 
slowed
  down to 44MB/sec.


  Regards,

  Ahiezer B.
  Disc Presales


about the 8mb buffer. Seagate is producing or will produce an 8mb 
barracuda V with a serial ATA interface. This interface isn't 
compatible with the cube.

Hope this helps.





On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 03:13 AM, K Peex1 wrote:

> Can anyone explain the differences between the Seagate Barracuda IV 
> model (Manufacturer Part# ST380021A) and the Seagate Barracuda V model 
> (Manufacturer Part# ST380023A)? Both are 80 GB.
>
> And does it make any difference to our Cubes? I assume the difference 
> is Ultra ATA and "non-ultra" ATA?
>
> Did Seagate ever make "special edition" Barracudas with an 8 MB buffer?
>
> Dell home has the IV 80 GB for US $83 and the V model for US $88 with 
> free shipping.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Kevin
>
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