Op verzoek van Quantum schreef Storage Review een review van de Quantum Atlas 10K II met final firmware. Eerder werden door Storage Review al 2(!) reviews gepost van een Atlas 10K II met oudere firmware revisies. Met de meest recente firmware blijkt de 10K II in alle tests als winnaar naar voren te komen in de 10.000rpm Ultra160 klasse. Vergeleken met de 15.000rpm Seagate Cheetah X15 is de Atlas 10K II nog steeds trager in de IOMeter test. De Quantum Atlas 10K II werd sinds zijn aankondiging eind december door nogal wat leveringsproblemen geplaagd, maar volgens Quantum is de drive nu eindelijk leverbaar. De prijs ligt circa tweehonderd gulden onder die van de Cheetah X15:
n conclusion, the Atlas 10k II's improvements in its IOMeter scores over its prior units allow it to lay claim to just about every SR benchmark, low or high-level, as the 10k champ. We realize the drive has suffered a somewhat maligned history due to our testing of multiple samples as well as the drive's scarce availability… nonetheless, sweeping figures like these are hard to ignore. The Atlas 10k II is the fastest 10k RPM drive around.Speaking of availability, the drive has been shipping "in volume" since early June. Unfortunately, a general scarcity of parts that have been plaguing the industry as a whole combined with strong demand from OEMs has kept the Atlas 10k II from appearing in mainstream channels alongside offerings from Seagate and IBM. The rather steep estimated price of $949 likely reflects this shortage. Hopefully the supply problem will ease up as time passes. Once its pricing is in line, the Atlas 10k II is the drive to get.
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