Maxtor MaXLine II 250 GB 5A250J0 Review

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March 30th, 2004


Summary

Maxtor MaXLine II drives are ultra-reliable enterprise-class disk drives with better speed and density than tape or optical solutions for superior near-line storage. Maxtor uses a proprietary process to engineer, build and test a select group of drives that achieve enterprise-class MTTF of greater than one million hours. MaXLine II drives are ideal for demanding, full-time enterprise applications where cost per GB and storage density are critical parameters. They offer 5400 RPM spin speeds, capacities of 250 and 320GB, <11ms average seek time, a choice of Maxtor-developed Ultra ATA/133 or serial ATA interfaces and a 2MB buffer.MaXLine II drives are a better choice for many applications that have historically utilized tape, optical media, SCSI or Fiber Channel drives. MaXLine II drives are already proven as the heart of network attached storage systems from major original equipment manufacturers.

Specs

Specifications
 AVERAGE SEEK TIME  11 ms
 BUFFER SIZE  2 MB
 CAPACITY  250 GB
 CONNECTOR  40 pin IDC
 CYLINDERS  16383
 DATA TRANSFER RATE  133 MBps
 DIMENSIONS (WXDXH)  4 in x 5.7 in x 1 in
 FORM FACTOR  3.5" x 1/3H
 HEADS (PHYSICAL)  8
 INTERFACE TYPE  DMA/ATA-133 (Ultra) Fast Drives
 MANUFACTURER WARRANTY  3 years warranty
 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION  Maxtor MaXLine II - hard drive - 250 GB - ATA-133
 SPINDLE SPEED  5400 rpm
 TYPE  Hard drive - internal
 WEIGHT  1.3 lbs


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