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VelociRaptor VR200M 6Gbps Spec Sheet (PDF)
150GB: 3.5-inch (WD1500HLHX) 2.5-inch (WD1500BLHX)
300GB: 3.5-inch (WD3000HLHX) 2.5-inch (WD3000BLHX)
450GB: 3.5-inch (WD4500HLHX) 2.5-inch (WD4500BLHX)
600GB: 3.5-inch (WD6000HLHX) 2.5-inch (WD6000BLHX)
Passmark Ranking: http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd_lookup.php?cpu=WDC+WD6000BLHX
New feature:
Pre-emptive Wear Leveling (PWL) Designed to ensure reliability for applications that perform a high number of incoming commands.
Claims up to 15% speed increase over previous generation Velociraptors.
Interface: SATA 3 Gb/s -> SATA 6 Gb/s
Max Host <-> Drive transfer rate: 126MB/s -> 145MB/s
Buffer: 16MB -> 32MB
Avg Latency: 3ms -> 3ms
Avg Read Seek: 4.2ms -> 3.6ms
Avg Write Seek: 4.7ms -> 4.2ms
Track-to-track Seek: 0.7ms -> 0.4ms
Load/unload cycles: 50,000 min -> 600,000 min
Idle acoustics: 29 dBA -> 30dBA
Seek acoustics: 36dBA -> 37dBA
150GB: 3.5-inch (WD1500HLHX) 2.5-inch (WD1500BLHX)
300GB: 3.5-inch (WD3000HLHX) 2.5-inch (WD3000BLHX)
450GB: 3.5-inch (WD4500HLHX) 2.5-inch (WD4500BLHX)
600GB: 3.5-inch (WD6000HLHX) 2.5-inch (WD6000BLHX)
Passmark Ranking: http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd_lookup.php?cpu=WDC+WD6000BLHX
New feature:
Pre-emptive Wear Leveling (PWL) Designed to ensure reliability for applications that perform a high number of incoming commands.
Claims up to 15% speed increase over previous generation Velociraptors.
Interface: SATA 3 Gb/s -> SATA 6 Gb/s
Max Host <-> Drive transfer rate: 126MB/s -> 145MB/s
Buffer: 16MB -> 32MB
Avg Latency: 3ms -> 3ms
Avg Read Seek: 4.2ms -> 3.6ms
Avg Write Seek: 4.7ms -> 4.2ms
Track-to-track Seek: 0.7ms -> 0.4ms
Load/unload cycles: 50,000 min -> 600,000 min
Idle acoustics: 29 dBA -> 30dBA
Seek acoustics: 36dBA -> 37dBA