privateapples Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 I saw that seagate is comming out with a 7200.12 hard drive but I really never noticed the ".10 - .11 - .12" what exactly do they mean? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkrow21 Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 I'd actually like to know this as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) Its just their naming scheme, 10-11-12. The baracuda .10 had the record for 250GB on a single platter I believe. The .12 has the record highest area density, something like 350 gigabits per inch or something... (500 GB single platter drives/ 1TB dual platter) High Density speed demons essentially... Edited January 8, 2009 by Andrewr05 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 i believe that is the revision number, and higher is newer i think lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkrow21 Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 Oh man, I thought 7200.10 meant that the drive spun at seven thousand two hundred and a tenth RPM, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 .12 represents the twelfth generation of the Barracuda drives. These were just announced this week and, as Andrew05 said, represent the highest areal density of any drives currently on the market. That means Seagate can squeeze 500GB onto a single 3.5" platter. This allows them to produce a 1TB with only two discs, versus three discs in the 7200.11 1TB versions. That also boosts the sustained data transfer rate to 160MB/s on the latest generation as opposed to 115MB/s on the 7200.11 models. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 .10 is 250gb a platter, .11 is 320gb and .12 i think is 500gb per plattter. basically the larger the hard drive the more platters but the fact comes in when you have a .10 750gb its 4 platters, and a .11 would be 3 platters. this in turn means faster reads and writes. so the main point is new=better=faster. .10=80mb read .11=110mb read .12=120+? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 .10 is 250gb a platter, .11 is 320gb and .12 i think is 500gb per plattter. basically the larger the hard drive the more platters but the fact comes in when you have a .10 750gb its 4 platters, and a .11 would be 3 platters. this in turn means faster reads and writes. so the main point is new=better=faster. .10=80mb read .11=110mb read .12=120+? Read my post above yours. 7200.12 has a sustained throughput of 160MB/s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateapples Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 Awesome! Thanks guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 now there REALLY is no reason to get a Veloci anymore . (though I already was fooled). My 7200.11 seagate 1TB can keep up pretty good with my Veloci Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 Well, there is, because the access times for the .10/.11/.12 are pretty similar. Raptors still dominate the market in terms of access latency (in terms of conventional hard drives). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc[WSU] Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Yep, they're just newer releases of the drive. i.e. 7200.7 was a SATA1 drive, while 7200.9 was the first SATA2 of the line, etc. They all float. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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