Western Digital 20,000 RPM Raptor

[Swansen]

Its on the same platform as the recently released 300gb VelociRaptor, which is a 2.5 HDD in a 3.5 enclosure. Hard drive manufactures are worried about the market share that SSD's will take away from them, as they are expected to be affordable in the next year or so.

bit-tech.net | Western Digital working on 20,000 RPM Raptor

 

[Big B]

Holy cow! 20,000 RPM is crazy. I was wondering if we'd see something past 15,000 RPM SCSI drives, but that's been answered.

 

[Swansen]

yeah, but i wonder at what cost, i have to imagine that its going to use more energy than 7,200 rpm drives, and obviously more than SSDs. Also, i know Raptors are suppose to last longer than traditional HDDs, but 20,000 rpms is really fast, so it makes me wonder. I dunno, ether way, its still really cool, and thats all just speculation.