400 GB Barracuda 7200.8 are now shipping
Seagate launched shipments of its new 400 GB 3.5" Barracuda 7200.8 hard drives. Comparing to the previous Barracuda 7200.7 series, one plate now stores 133 GB (33% more). The new series include Serial ATA models (200/250/300/400 GB) and Ultra ATA models (250/300/400 GB). The former support NCQ and are intended for gaming systems, workstations, entry-level media and SATA servers.
Judging by the series name, the new hard drives support 7200 rpm speed, 8 ms seek time and 95 MB/s throughput. The initial buffer size is 8 MB; it will be incresed up to 16 MB for 250 GB and higher-capacity models.
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