Originally Posted By: mlord
Originally Posted By: tanstaafl.
Is there an advantage to the 64MB cache drives other than read/write speed?

They're a half generation newer than the older 32MB/cache drives, with bugs fixed and theoretical reliability improved. Apparently they are variable spin-speed, too.

Oh.. the main difference is that they have 500GB platters inside, instead of 333GB platters. Scuttlebutt has it that they're actually the same 333GB platters as the older generation, and the higher capacity comes from using the 4096-byte native sector size, rather than the traditional 512-byte native sector size.


Edited by mlord (11/07/2010 12:40)