Seagate Unveils 3 New Notebook HD
Seagate Technology once again is going to give the competition sleepless night with its new cost effective, data encrypting mega performing 2.5-inch notebook PC hard drives which not only boast of perpendicular recording technology but also offers consumers a whopping capacity of up to 160GB. Told you Seagate is hell bent on eliminating the competition! These new drives include the Momentus 5400 PSD, Momentus 5400.2 FDE and Momentus 7200.2. Let’s now look at these new hard drives and see what they have to offer:
The Momentus 5400 PSD will kick out all your battery woes out of the window as it takes an out of the box approach by combining a flash memory and a top notch HD into a solitary hybrid device. Voila you have a high performing notebook which doesn’t drain the life out of your battery before you even get started. This feat achieved by the Seagate 5,400-RPM drive duplicating hard drive data onto a large 256MB non- volatile cache and according to the company it extends battery life by 50%.
If you have security issues then you’ll lap up the new Momentus 5400.2 FDE as its been designed to protect the computer from unauthorized access and the onboard 5,400-RPM drive's hardware-based full disc encryption keeps all the hackers and kleptomaniacs out! The drive performs all cryptographic operations and key management in the drive it self and the owner himself can access data by providing a password. It provides AES 128-bit encryption and fully supports Trusted Platform Module.
If you are speed junkie then the Momentus 7200.2, the world’s highest-capacity 2.5-inch notebook drive is the perfect companion to your notebook. It impresses with its 7,200-RPM spin speed, 8 Megabytes of cache and up to 160GB of capacity. This drive will be compatible with a whole gamut of products including notebook PCs, workstations, RAID enclosures, and small form factor desktop PCs. This drive is a toughie and can withstand up to 900 Gs of non-operating shock and 350 Gs of operating shock. Because of the SoftSonic fluid- dynamic bearing motors and QuietStep ramp load technology it consumes less power.
All the drives, Seagate Momentus 5400 PSD, Seagate Momentus 5400.2 FDE and Seagate Momentus 7200.2 will be available by the first half of calendar 2007 and will be available in 40GB to 160GB capacities. http://www.seagate.com/
Seagate Momentus 5400 PSD
Faster boot-up and resume - Once a notebook is powered up, the hard
drive's platters must spin up before boot-up can begin. Booting straight
from the flash cache eliminates this delay. Likewise, Seagate hybrid
drives resume operation from hibernation up to 20 percent faster than
traditional models since frequently accessed data is written to the flash
cache before a system goes to sleep.
Lower power consumption - Seagate's Momentus 5400 PSD hard drives reduce
power draw by up to 50 percent and extends battery life - especially
important in mobile applications - by reducing platter spin time.
Greater reliability - Reducing platter spin time extends drive life by
reducing the power-on hours.
Higher performance - Hybrid technology uses the non-volatile cache to
improve drive performance and will offer an even bigger jump in speed
with Microsoft Vista since the new operating system takes advantage of
the full 256MB cache.
Seagate Momentus 5400.2 FDE
Highest level of data protection (AES 128-bit encryption) for data at
rest.
Encryption speed that matches the throughput of the drive interface to
preserve system performance.
Superior system performance and battery life to software-based disc
encryption.
Quick erase, or scrubbing, of drives that are repurposed or retired.
Preboot authentication gives users secure access to their notebook data.
Full Trusted Platform Module (TPM) support for local cryptographic key
backup and archive, providing key management capabilities for individual
users to large organizations.
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