Soham Raninga, Aug 03, 2004 0000 hrs IST
The highest capacity desktop hard drive has finally arrived in the local market. This 400 GB monster
Good performance, High storage capacity, Decent price
Average seek times, Heats up big time
I have been referring to this one in a number of reviews for quite some time and now it's here for real. The highest capacity desktop hard drive has finally arrived in the local market. Primarily meant for power hungry high-end digital media applications, this 400 GB monster will also suite system administrators requiring a huge amount of space for server and database applications and backups. It doesn't mean that a power user or a gamer is not targeted here; this one is there for the taking as long as you got the dough to own it.
Hitachi is the first one to launch the 400 GB 3.5" desktop hard drives and they come in two variants, one with the traditional Parallel ATA interface and the other with the Serial ATA interface. The specifications for both the drives are the same except for the slightly faster transfer rate in the SATA model. We received the SATA variant from Hitachi and what follows is our experience with the highest capacity desktop hard drive.
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Would it be possible to have the price of Hitach 400 GB SATA 7K RPM Internal HDD
SAM SINGH | Hisar | 26/04/07 07:13 PM | Report abuse Reply
Anonymous | unknown | 16/06/06 06:26 AM | Report abuse Reply
can u send me the price of sony 1GB Memory Stick?
sourav samanta | kolkata | 05/02/06 09:46 PM | Report abuse Reply
Can u send me the price of ur product in Indian Money.Better dispaly the product price in Indian Money.Moreover tell me the the places tht u hav distributed ur Product for sale.Thank U
Najeeb | Chennai | 19/06/05 03:33 PM | Report abuse Reply
hi.. any news on how much it'll cost and where i could get one in delhi - need to install on a pm 2.5 g5
avinash | delhi | 25/05/05 08:15 PM | Report abuse Reply
can u send me the price of 400GB HD
sourav samanta | kolkata | 27/01/05 11:50 PM | Report abuse Reply
its amazing and would like to know prices and hardware software support for the drive
Iqbal shaikh | Nasik.Maharashtra.India | 06/12/04 03:10 PM | Report abuse Reply
Its fabulous would love to know the price of the drive
Biswarup | New Delhi | 07/09/04 12:54 PM | Report abuse Reply
now we can have big raid space comming up first it shoul be tested for it also on server's in RAID configuration
charles | mumbai | 26/08/04 10:03 AM | Report abuse Reply
Can Me Send Me Price Details
Loganathan | chennai | 25/08/04 07:49 AM | Report abuse Reply
good news
Mohammed Iqbal | calicut - Kerala - India | 24/08/04 12:29 PM | Report abuse Reply
will it be available in India too. And if so what will be its cost in Indian Currency.keep sending me such info about the latest tech in the world.
Ramesh | Jha | 24/08/04 10:22 AM | Report abuse Reply
Its a wonderfull HDD if oyu can send me more details about this drive that would be wonderfull
Pavan | Singh | 13/08/04 08:38 AM | Report abuse Reply
It have got in addition 8MB Buffer and 150 MBPS with three yrs. warrenty.
H.Chatterjee | Bangalore | 18/08/04 11:38 AM | Report abuse
will it be available in India too. And if so what will be its cost in Indian Currency.keep sending me such info about the latest tech in the world.
Siddhesh.Naik | Mumbai India | 14/08/04 04:51 PM | Report abuse Reply
D/R Siddhesh, First thanks for showing the interest on 400Gb SATA HDD from HITACHI.Cyberstar Infocomm Ltd/ is the Dis. for India for Hitachi.YOu can contact our MUMBAI office at navin@cyberstarindia.com/sachin@cyberstarindia.com/hillol@cyberstarindia.com/rajeev@cyberstarindia.com.Mumbai ph No-31122283-MR.Navin MIshra-Sales Manager.or Sachin-31122285
H.Chatterjee | Bangalore | 18/08/04 10:07 AM | Report abuse
ITS A SUCH A WONDERFULL DRIVE , WIICH WE USED IN A LARGEST STOREG AREAS
JAYESH | MUMBAI | 10/08/04 06:04 PM | Report abuse Reply
This is a novelty of little practical use. 3*160gb drives will cost far less and can be used in a raid array to deliver superior perf depending upon the application. And dont flame me saying that in ten years 1TB will b the norm.Muhahahahahaaa...
Siddharth Mish | Delhi | 03/08/04 07:06 PM | Report abuse Reply
can u send me price details email hemal109@indiatimes.com
hemal | mumbai | 05/08/04 04:46 PM | Report abuse
lol'z sid and brendon ... hv u ever thought of connectivity ??? and 1 major factor ... The Milestone !!! guys @ hitachi know tht the freakin hdd gets heated up alot ... and is an avg performer ... but then ... man ... ITS A FIRST FREAKIN 400 GB HDD !!! and i also agree tht 2 or 3 drives configured in raid would give a better performance !!!
Ashish Mulik | mumbai | 05/08/04 03:36 AM | Report abuse Reply
Yeah Sid I agree. Even two 200 GB SATA hard disks are abt 16000 and raiding them will give better performance at lower price
Brendon | Mumbai | 03/08/04 09:08 PM | Report abuse Reply