Hitachi GST pushes its Deskstar HDD to 2TBs

by Stevie Smith - Aug 6 2009, 17:00

Claiming to have achieved an “industry first”, as such announcements often do, Hitachi GST has unveiled its new Deskstar 7K2000 external hard disk drive, which provides PC users with a whopping 2TBs (terabytes) of data storage.

According to Hitachi, the undeniably roomy 3.5-inch hard drive offers 7200 RPM performance, a 32MB cache, a 3Gbit/s SATA II link, and duly marks “a new milestone” in HDD technology geared to meet the insatiable capacity needs of modern desktop users.

“The demand for higher capacity disk drives is being fuelled by the persistent growth of digital information generated by consumers and organizations alike,” outlined John Rydning, HDD research director at IDC.

“With the introduction of the industry’s first 7200 RPM, 2TB HDD, Hitachi GST is building a tradition of time-to-market leadership for delivering the biggest and fastest disk drives for capacity-hungry PC users,” he added.

Following on from Hitachi’s similarly first-to-market 1TB Deskstar 7K1000, which launched in early 2007, the new 2TB variant arrives with industry-standard 512-byte sector formatting, increased shock protection via a patented ramp load/unload design, and Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC) during the read/write process.

The Deskstar 7K2000 also includes power-saving innovations such as the Hitachi Voltage Efficiency Regulator (HiVERT) and boasts 10 percent idle power savings over previous drive generations, while savings are boosted to 120 percent when viewed on a watt-per-GB basis.

In joining the ranks of the 2TB desktop HDD club alongside the likes of Western Digital and Seagate, Hitachi GST’s Deskstar 7K2000 will hit retail before the end of the week with a price of around $330 USD.

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