Hitachi heeft een press release losgelaten waarin ze de DK32DJ-72 hardeschijf aankondigen. Deze hardeschijf is 1 inch hoog en heeft 73,9GB aan ruimte, 2x zoveel als de vorige grootste 1 inch hoge hardeschijf. De schijf zal beschikbaar komen met SCSI en 2 Gb FCAL interfaces en zal in het eerste kwartaal van 2001 op de markt gezet worden:
BRISBANE, Calif., www.hitachi.com, October 26, 2000 - Leading the market in capacity and performance, Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, (NYSE: HIT), today announced the industry's highest capacity 1-inch high hard drive at 73.9 gigabytes (GB), the DK32DJ-72. This hard drive delivers two times the current storage capacity within a compact footprint, giving manufacturers the leading edge technology to build larger and more robust systems for network storage in less space.
The DK32DJ-72 hard drive will be commercially available in both SCSI and 2 Gb FCAL interfaces for Hitachi's OEM customers in Q1 2001.
The Hitachi DK32DJ-72 hard drive delivers this unprecedented increase in storage capacity within today's standard power consumption level of 11 watts. The DK32DJ-72 hard drive consumes 27 percent less power than today's 1.6-inch high 72 GB drives. Customers are able to easily incorporate the DK32DJ-72 hard drive into existing systems without re-engineering the drive chassis or modifying the power supply.
[...] The DK32DJ-72 hard drive is ideal for applications that require intense data processing and network reliability such as SANs, network attached storage, RAIDs, and other high-end network requirements.