Review: Tech Report
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TODAY, THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY two classes of 3.5" Serial ATA hard drives available to consumers: drives designed for desktops, and those targeted at the enterprise. Desktop drives make up the bulk of the market and tend to favor lower noise levels and faster performance with sequential transfers, while enterprise drives generally have quicker access times, longer warranties, and better performance with multi-user and multitasking loads.
For most folks, picking a desktop drive is the most logical choice. However, PC enthusiasts have long tapped enterprise-class hardware in search of a better performance. In fact, last year we named Western Digital's enterprise-oriented Caviar RE2 the best hard drive of 2005.
Aug 9, 2006, 06:46 AM
