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IBM is introducing the sixth generation of IBM Ultrastar 10, 000 rpm disk drives. The IBM Ultrastar 146 Z10 drive family offers high quality and superior performance. These drives feature more powerful processors and read/write channels to excel in server-class environments. To achieve maximum I/O performance, the drives combine fast seek times, large 8 MB multi-segmented buffers, a sophisticated command queuing algorithm, hardware automation, and superior data rates (825 Mbps). Ultrastar 146 Z10 drives include a servo technology (Rotational Vibration Safeguard "RVS "), employed to counteract the effects of rotational vibration that commonly occur in multi-drive cabinets. They also employ a fifth-generation giant magnetoresistive (GMR) head technology to double areal density from previous generation drives (26.3 Gbits/sq.in.) and boost performance. In addition, highly efficient No-ID sector formatting enables more data to be stored per disk. Average price £439
IBM continues its tradition of mobile storage leadership with the IBM Travelstar 40GN hard drives. The IBM Travelstar 40GN hard drives use proven IBM technology such as TrueTrack Servo, IBM Drive Fitness Test (DFT), and Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.), as well as a thermistor, an adaptive control device that helps maintain high performance and fast seek times at high environmental temperatures. Average price £131
Today's servers and high-end workstations distribute more information to more people than ever before, and the data these servers and workstations must handle has grown increasingly complex. From collaborative workgroup applications to image processing, video editing to data mining, on-line transaction processing (OLTP) to on-line analytical processing (OLAP), today's data-intensive applications all require disk drives that provide higher capacity, faster performance, and greater reliability. Designed specifically to meet the needs of your advanced, data-intensive applications, the IBM Ultrastar family of hard disk drives provides users with a wide range of storage solutions for nearly every data-intensive application. Average price £282
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