Price Guides August 2004: Optical and Magnetic Storage
by Adam Rader on August 7, 2004 10:23 AM EST- Posted in
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Hard Drives: SCSI
With drives such as Raptors giving SCSI such a solid run for its money these days, it is often easy to forget that SCSI's real shining occurs when it is being used for server applications, such as databases or large storage arrays. On top of performance, SCSI drives tend to offer the best warranties and support and since they are often used for mission-critical applications, this is certainly a very good bonus.For this guide, Fujitsu wins the battle for being the most cost-effective among the choices available for 10,000RPM drives. Both their 73GB and 36.7GB Ultra320 drives are available for prices with which most businesses, and even some enthusiasts, should be happy . In the case of 15,000 RPM drives, Hitachi is on top with their 36.7GB drive while Fujitsu strikes again with their 73GB 15,000RPM drive.
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PrinceGaz - Thursday, August 12, 2004 - link
DVD manufacturers use the same decimal GB that hard-drive manufacturers doDVD = 4.7 decimal GB = approx 4,700,000,000 bytes = approx 4.38 binary GB
DVD DL = 8.5 decimal GB = approx 8,540,000,000 bytes = approx 7.95 binary GB
They really are 4.7GB single-layer and 8.5GB dual-layer (not 9.4GB) capacity.
KristopherKubicki - Saturday, August 7, 2004 - link
PriceGaz, actually they are double capacity. A normal DVDR is advertised as 4.7GB (Hence DVDR-5) but it really can only hold 4.38GB or something like that.Kristopher
PrinceGaz - Saturday, August 7, 2004 - link
On page 2, DVD burners "Keep in mind, however, that this drive does not play nicely with DVD-DL, so don't expect to cram 9.4 gigs onto a DVD without some major compression on your behalf."Dual layer actually only stores 8.5GB, not 9.4GB (its not double the capacity of single layer).