20,000 RPM HDDs
Published by Bogdan Alex, on June 8th, 2008, in the categories: Hard Drives
Understanding the imminent threat imposed by the SSD solutions, Western Digital is strongly determined to bring 20,000 RPM Raptor HDDs to the market as soon as possible.
Although they won’t match the storage capacities of HDDs anytime soon, IT analysts point out that the SSD solutions are going to be affordable in the next 12 to 18 months. This situation plus the fact that, for the time being, performance is more of a concern than storage capacity made Western Digital reconsider its future plans.
Dailytech informs that the upcoming HDD line-up will be similar with the newly released VelociRaptor, coming in 2.5” drives with a custom 3.5” housing built around it. Other details on these drives are not yet known. However, rumor has it that the drive will be ‘silent,’ despite the tremendous speed of the platters. In order to achieve this, WD is supposed to make big changes to its housing technology, which will now not just act as a heatsink, but also as a noise cancelling device. Another important aspect is the inclusion of some sort of vibration dampening technology, because at 20,000 RPM your drive could be taking off pretty fast, leaving you and your PC with a fat lip.
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6 Comments on “20,000 RPM HDDs”
Richard said on 11/25/2008:
I have always favoured the WD Raptor serise over any SSD drive.. and this 20k RPM is looking awsome. Although, i expect the prices to be stupidly high when they first come out :(
ocularb0b said on 11/25/2008:
Jeezum crow when that thing fails it's gonna blow a freakin hole in the side of your 'puter dude
Zach said on 12/20/2008:
Cute.
Will Hall said on 03/23/2009:
I used to use the raptor series drives a few years back never had anything but good experiences with them. I would choose a 20,000 RPM drive over an SSD if the price were comparable.
Toz said on 03/23/2009:
They should admit SSD will quickly replace mechanical disks. With 20.000 RPM heat problems will happen and failures will follow. SSD are still getting faster, safer, bigger and cheaper.
James Smith, João Pessoa, Brazil said on 10/07/2009:
Western Digital, as usual, is behind the curve by quite a lot. SDDs are what all storage devices will be in the near future.
Instead of wasting resources on more mechanical complexity, they might consider that the SDD train is leaving the station. Get on baord or get off the platform.