Western Digital Working on 20,000 RPM Raptor Drive

[malware]

Sources close to bit-tech.net and the hard drive industry have revealed information that Western Digital is working on a 20,000 RPM Raptor hard drive to counter SSD drives. Just like the company's latest 10,000 RPM VelociRaptor (300GB, SATA 3Gb/s, 16MB Cache), the 20,000 RPM unit will come in a 2.5-inch form factor with custom 3.5-inch enclosure. Other details are still unknown, since the drive is still in development stage. No release date has been unveiled, too.

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[intel igent]

20,000RPM!

me want!

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

20K rpm ...

my ears, my wallet.

 

[JrRacinFan]

20k rpm? Sheesh, I wonder how WD is going to keep the temps down on these. Sounds very inviting though.

 

[psyko12]

Me want me want although this gonna burn a hole on my pocket.

 

[magibeg]

At such a high RPM i wonder what the failure rate of these babies will be. Theres going to be so much more force involved now.

 

[csendesmark]

20000 RPM ... impressive!!!

 

[intel igent]

people don't forget that there have been 15k RPM drives on/in the market for quite some time (they just happen to use SCSI interface vs SATA) so i think the jump to 20k isn't really all that harsh

 

[newtekie1]

Very nice, if the price is right, this will definitely give SSD some competition.

 

[tkpenalty]

maglev bearings?

 

[Weer]

Very nice, if the price is right, this will definitely give SSD some competition.

Shows how much you know about SSD's

An SSD makes this drive so useless, that only people who get excited by the 20k-figure would even think about buying it.

 

[HTC]

Shows how much you know about SSD's

An SSD makes this drive so useless, that only people who get excited by the 20k-figure would even think about buying it.

Unless it has more GB and / or is less expensive ...

 

[Weer]

Unless it has more GB and / or is less expensive ...

Price/performance wise, it's futile, as I've said.
Price/capacity wise, just get a 7200RPM drive.

 

[regan1985]

i think its gonna be to little to late and as its new and WD its going to be overpriced and i cant see it hitting off as most of us know the new tech is just round th corner!

 

[HTC]

Price/performance wise, it's futile, as I've said.
Price/capacity wise, just get a 7200RPM drive.

It depends on how deep ones pockets are: if priced right and with good capacity, it will give SSDs a run for their money.

 

[karlotta]

hello! a 20,000 rpm hdd will run circles around current SDDs. Really isnt any SDD faster that a Raptor now. There are alot of paper SDD that havent came out yet but are fast... whatever. And they cost way to much. Like a 20,000 rpm raptor... way to much.

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

maglev bearings?

muffler bearings?

 

[intel igent]

muffler bearings?

that'd be a turbo

 

[GJSNeptune]

No no. They're working on 20k RPM Raptor drives, as in raptor-shaped platter-shooters.

 

[Steevo]

A high capacity SAS drive, like a 400GB at 15K can SUSTAIN 160MBps reads, and only has a 3-4ms seek time. This is finally a Raptor worth getting excited about.

 

[BigBruser13]

See this hard drive http://www.compsource.com/ttechnote.asp?part_no=ST3300655SS20PK&vid=394&src=F

 

[niko084]

20k rpm? Sheesh, I wonder how WD is going to keep the temps down on these. Sounds very inviting though.

I'm not even worried about temps how about motor and bearing life...

 

[twicksisted]

Me want me want although this gonna burn a hole on my pocket.

heheh... watercooling loop & heatsink lol... imagine
that would be seriously cool looking

 

[twicksisted]

See this hard drive http://www.compsource.com/ttechnote.asp?part_no=ST3300655SS20PK&vid=394&src=F

thats a serious pricing error lol.
that drive is only about £200-£300

Edit: make that £400
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...15K.5 300GB SAS 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3300655SS)

 

[Steevo]

Yeah it is. YOu can buy a 400GB for $700 or less.