SAMSUNG 1.5 Terabyte "EcoGreen" F2EG Hard Disk Drive

[The Edge]

Samsung launches ecology with a new type of hard disk center toward the lower consumption. This model F2EG EcoGreen offers a storage capacity of 1.5TB three 500 GB platters each.

In addition to using only three platters, which necessarily reduces overall consumption of the disk, this new F2EG uses a technology called EcoTriangle, enabling the disc to function while consuming 40% less energy at rest and 45% less of energy operation of reading and writing. The disc release of the much less heat, and produce less noise, says Samsung. Ideal for external use in NAS, internal or even in small computers salon.

Two other models of 500 GB and 1 TB are available, with 16 or 32 MB buffer according to the storage capacity. They will connect to SATA-II interface. The 1.5TB model is announced to 149 dollars retail price.

[Fabian]

Hello , Read the Press Release in Reference to this Topic

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, today announced its new EcoGreen F2EG hard disk that delivers a massive 1.5TB of capacity with 500GB per disk. With increased recording density and reduced number of disks, the EcoGreen F2 drive is more power efficient by supporting a capacity up to 1.5TB with 3 disks.

“Lower platter count means less power to start the motor, less power to continuously spin the motor and a lighter head-stack which takes less power to seek,” said Andy Higginbotham, director of HDD sales and marketing for the Samsung Semiconductor Storage Division. “With fewer heads and disks, the F2EG hard drive has a lower probability of head-disk failures, enabling customers to build more reliable systems.”

As hard disk capacity increases from an increased number of disks, so does power consumption. However, Samsung’s F2EG drive offers low power consumption by using EcoTriangle, a low-power, low-heat, low-noise operation technology. With its advanced design and fewer components, the F2EG drive is 40% lower in power consumption in idle mode and 45% lower in reading/writing mode than competitive drives. Samsung’s Eco-Triangle technology offers more energy efficient and high performance hard drive options to manufacturers of home media PC, external HDD, set-top box, and personal NAS.

In addition to the European Union (EU)’s Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Regulations, Samsung’s F2EG drive complies with many other environmental regulations.

Samsung’s EcoGreen F2EG drive, which is suitable for both external hard disks and desktop PC, incorporates 500GB/1TB/1.5TB capacity, 16MB/32MB buffer memory, and 3.0 gigabytes per second (Gbps) Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) interface. The F2EG hard drive, employing advanced PMR technology, achieves greater aerial density and improves transfer performance as well.

The F2EG family of drives is currently being shipped to major OEM businesses. The 1.5TB HDD is available at $149.00 MSRP.

[BARAK]

Hello , 1TB version is particularly "cold" and not noisy in any case, I am amazed. I put mine on the table, and after an hour of transfer, without further cooling the natural evacuation of heat by gravity, it is very cold to the touch, it should be 30 ° C no more.Hope this Will Be Good Enough.

[ADAN]

Hello , Well I am still a little wary of Samsung, being faithful to Hitachi for a long time, but I ask myself from time to time to try the question of Samsung SD.This is normal with 3-4 trays and all read / write heads that increases the rate of breakdown potential.