[CUBE] Seagate Barracuda IV vs. V

[Joakim Skog]

I've got a Barracuda V with 8 Mb cache. I haven't installed it yet, so I
can't give you any benchmarks, but I hope to have time to do it soon. The
model number on the drive is ST3120024A and I hope to see a (small)
performance gain compared to my 80 Gb Barracuda IV when working in ProTools,
for example.

/Joakim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Toby Leung" <jstobias at uclink.berkeley.edu>
To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: [CUBE] Seagate Barracuda IV vs. V


> 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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