Why does Seagate refuse to make 10k rpm non SCSI drives?

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Antonius

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I have always been a champion of Seagate and have never used anything else, as I knew some people with bad WD experiences in the 90s (one bad experience with computer parts always colors you for life doesn't it?). My experience with Seagate has never been anything but stellar, but I am seriously contemplating a 10k VRaptor drive for my next system. They are pretty fast from what I have seen and people have good experiences with them, so I am thinking about giving them a shot. I just wish Seagate made a similar drive that was not SCSI (if Seagate makes a standard SATA 10k rpm drive equivalent and I am wrong, please let me know).
 
I've had nothing but stellar luck with WD. Been buying every generation of Raptor since they came out. Love my VRaptors... love my WD6400AAKS....

Just do it.

WD owns the 10K SATA niche. Why mess with that? What is Seagate gonna do that WD couldn't/hasn't?
 
Return on investment. Seagate probably don't think that they'll make much of a profit, if any, given the relatively small market and also the fact that Western Digital have such a strong presence with the Raptor series.
 
The reason I have heard over and over through the years is that the other drive makers leave the 10K plus drives for their SCSI lines to sell. Since WD does not make SCSI drives, they sell the 10K Raptor line.

They may also feel that the 10 k and 15 k drives are just too noisy for mainstream desktop use. Hence they sell them as SCSI drives for server use.

Don
 
Hmm..all very true responses I think.......doesn't make me any happier though. Damn you Seagate! :D
 
alan.p said:
Return on investment. Seagate probably don't think that they'll make much of a profit, if any, given the relatively small market and also the fact that Western Digital have such a strong presence with the Raptor series.
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Oh, cmon. The Raptor line has to be one of the most profitable line of HDs ever. It's just market dynamics that keeps the trough open and uncrowded for them this long. There is nothing about them that makes them any more expensive to produce than any other HD. Other than the 5 year warranty.

I am truly surprised that no one has pursued them yet.

Don
 
10K consumer drives are catering to a small nich, not enough market for it. WD is already consuming the market in this segment, adding a second dog is great for the consumer, but bad for the businesses.

Besides, if you want real performance, go with SAS drives, this is where seagate will leave wd in the dust.
 
+1 on SAS -- I have had every generation WD Raptor, but rencently switch to 2.5 SAS Seageate SAVVIO drives. So far I could not be happier with the performance, low heat and noise. Only downside you need a good controller $$$.
 
We use raptors at work in some of our workstations but almost all of the high end stuff is SCSI/SAS. Like everyone else says, 10000 RPM consumer drives are a niche market.
 
DeathFromBelow said:
We use raptors at work in some of our workstations but almost all of the high end stuff is SCSI/SAS. Like everyone else says, 10000 RPM consumer drives are a niche market.
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Only cause they are relatively small drives that are very expensive.

With a little competition, you could put 1 TB 10K drives with 32MB cache for less than 200 bux.

Don
 
d00d a 10k WD6400AAKS would be sick that platter density as that speed would be insane.
 
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