Seagate Barracuda LP Hard Drives Offer Capacity, Lower Power Consumption

By Geoff Duncan April 23, 2009

Seagate Barracuda LP Hard Drives Offer Capacity, Lower Power Consumption

Storage maker Seagate is looking to win over the hearts (and wallets) of eco-concious desktop computer users with its new Barracuda LP line of 3.5-inch desktop hard drives. Available in 1, 1.5, and 2 TB capacities, the drives spin at 5,900 rpm and the company claims they can consume as little as half the electricity of a typical desktop hard drive—although, over the entire life of the drive, Seagate is only claiming up to a 44 percent reduction in energy consumption. What’s more, up to 70 percent of the materials used in the drive can be recycled.

“Growing demand for power-efficient computing systems is not just a data center phenomenon as more builders of external storage devices, desktop PCs, and home networking systems work to provide customers with products that combine power-efficiency with rock-solid performance,” said Seagate’s VP pf personal systems marketing and strategy Joan Motsinger, in a statement. “Seagate is pleased to deliver a new low-power product line in our Barracuda family that enables system builders and end users alike to attain a higher level of environmental friendliness while cutting costs.”

The drives sport an SATA interface, 32 MB of on-board cache, and an average latency of 5.5ms. The drives can peak at transfer rates of 300 MB/s, although sustained transfers will be about 95 MB/s; the 1.5 and 2 TB units consume an average of 5. Watts at idle, while the 1 TB version consumes just 3 Watts.

Seagate hasn’t announced shipping dates for the Barracuda LP series, but pricing should start at $118 for the 1TB version, moving up to $156 and $358 for the 1.5 and 2 TB versions.

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