SUPER SAS HDD ROUNDUP

Seagate Cheetah 15K.4

So now we come to the Cheetahs, long revered as the fastest of the fast.  First, we have the 15K.4.

Manufacturer's Specifications:

Like the Fujitsu, this drive offers 73GB of storage but with a smaller 8MB cache, yet much faster 15K spindle speed.

Here are the results:

RAID-0:

RAID-1:

Not surprising for a Cheetah, but impressive nonetheless.

Results will be tabulated against the other drives in the end...