Gadgets and Gizmos

Samsung launched 1TB RAID HDD

Samsung Electronics has unveiled a 3.5 inch, 1 terabyte capacity serial advanced technology attachment hard drive targeting the enterprise storage and surveillance applications. The hard disk drive (HDD) has platters with 334GB capacity each operating at 7200 rpm with a 16 or 32 MB cache, 175 Mbps media transfer rate and NCQ for random I/O performance.

According to Samsung, the F1R drive is designed for applications such as database, e-mail servers, web servers, super computing, software development, data warehousing, surveillance, call centre and near line/backup storage systems. Samsung has improved recording stability via PMR recording and data integrity, and reliability through full-extent dynamic Flying-On-Demand (FOD) control.

This advanced FOD control technology ensures enhanced read/write sensitivity by dynamically lowering the fly-height in read or write mode while maintaining a consistent and higher fly-height across the disk in standard mode.

“The dramatic increase in digital content is driving the need for greater storage capacity across the board,” said Andy Higginbotham, director of hard drive sales and marketing, Samsung Storage System Division.

“With our new F1R, we are entering the enterprise marketplace in full force by offering best-in-class performance and low power consumption.” The Samsung Spinpoint F1R is more suited towards use in video surveillance and similar environments with critical features such as high reliability in heavy-duty, 24/7 operations, low power consumption, improved performance, high capacity, and A/V streaming firmware command set.

In addition, you gain the benefits of low heat generation and power consumption, high durability and stability in extreme environments (low/high temperatures, high humidity), stable performance for prolonged operation periods, and large storage capacity for extended recording time.