IBM HD 30GB EIDE 8.7ms 7200rpm 30GB Ultra-ATA/100 internal hard drive

HD 30GB EIDE 8.7ms 7200rpm IBM has refreshed its line of EIDE hard disk drive (HDD) upgrade options for IBM PCs, IntelliStation workstations, and entry-level Netfinity servers with the new 30GB ATA/100 Hard Drives. The new 30GB 7200 rpm drive launches an incredible new performance level for EIDE drives with the following:
• Fifth generation 7200 rpm EIDE drive design
• Packaging 15GB of data per disk platter using advanced disk and giant magnetoresistive head technologies
• Delivering 18 to 36 MBps of sustained data; rates unheard of in 1999 even for 10,000 rpm Ultra160 SCSI drives
• Improvement in typical average read seek times to 8.7 milliseconds
• New 100 MBps instantaneous data transfer rate through implementation of the latest Ultra ATA/100 EIDE drive interface protocol.