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Storage Review, a <a href=http://www.storagereview.com/welcome.pl/http://www.storagereview.com/SafeBuy_winners.html> questo indirizzo, </a> ha pubblicato la lista dei dispositivi che hanno ottenuto il fregio di "safe buy" (acquisto sicuro). Questo particolare "titolo" viene assegnato dall staff a quei modelli che si sono distinti per qualità, includendo in questo vago concetto sia le prestazioni che il prezzo, oltre a molte altre cose. <br><br>Ovviamente tutto è rapportato alla categoria di appartenenza del dispositivo. Ad esempio, un hard disk da 5400giri può essere considerato ottimo e fregiarsi del titolo di "safe buy", pur essendo inferiore come qualità e prestazioni ad un 7200 giri di qualità media, che non si è distinto nelle prove. Per quanto riguarda il criterio di giudizio possiamo affermare che ci sembra obiettivo, senza timori reverenziali nei confronti dei grossi marchi. Abbiamo preso in considerazione i modelli testati nel 2001, corredati da un nostro commento.<br><br>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><i><b>Seagate Barracuda ATA IV</b>
    -     September 18, 2001</i></font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>"…the 'Cuda IV is a viable option: 80
GB, competitive performance, whisper quiet operation, and last but not least,
a reasonable price."</i></font>
</ul>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><i><b>Fujitsu MAN-LP</b>     -
    August 20, 2001</i></font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>"…solid scores in IOMeter File Server
and Database indices put it ahead of the competition from Maxtor and Seagate.
The MAN is a solid choice for applications where expense and/or heat put 15k
RPM drives out of the equation."</i></font>
</ul>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><i><b>Western Digital Caviar WD1000BB</b>
    -     August 7, 2001</i></font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>"It delivers the best overall single-user
performance one can get from an ATA drive along with respectable performance
in entry-level server situations"</i></font>
</ul>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><i><b>Seagate Cheetah X15-36LP</b>
    -     July 19, 2001</i></font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>"In conclusion, the X15-36LP delivers
mightily on all fronts: the lowest access times, the highest transfer rates,
the highest WinBench 99 scores, and the highest IOMeter scores that we've yet
recorded. That it does so with lowered noise floors is all the more impressive."</i></font>
</ul>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><i><b>Maxtor Atlas 10k III</b>    
-     July 11, 2001</i></font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>"…a stellar performer. It delivers the
highest performance to date for a 10,000 RPM drive coupled with the quietest
idle noise around."</i></font>
</ul>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><i><b>IBM Ultrastar 36Z15</b>    
-     June 20, 2001</i></font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>"the Ultrastar 36Z15 easily delivers the
best workstation performance we've measured to date. It shatters WinBench 99
WinMark records as well as perfoming solidly in our IOMeter Workstation Index."</i></font>
</ul>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><i><b>Western Digital Caviar WD800BB</b>
    -     May 17, 2001</i></font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>"when it comes to workstation usage, the
WD800BB provides formidable competition for IBM's Deskstar 60GXP. It's
superior in the WinBench 99 Disk WinMarks, it comes very close in the IOMeter
Workstation Index, and it offers something that the 60GXP doesn't: 20 gigs
more capacity."</i></font>
</ul>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><i><b>Seagate Cheetah 73LP</b>    
-     May 10, 2001</i></font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>"the Seagate Cheetah 73LP manages to set
records in every high-level test we use."</i></font>
</ul>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><i><b>IBM Deskstar 60GXP</b>     -
    March 29, 2001</i></font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>"The 75GXP, after all, managed to fend off
all comers and retain its long-standing StorageReview.com leaderboard slot.
The 60GXP stands poised to take its place."</i></font>
</ul>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><i><b>Seagate Cheetah 36XL</b>    
-     March 13, 2001</i></font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>"the Cheetah 36XL does an admirable job in
improving the performance (and, as one hopes from reduced part counts,
reliability) of Seagate's celebrated line."</i></font>
</ul>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><i><b>Western Digital Caviar WD600AB</b>
    -     February 26, 2001</i></font>
<ul>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>"Though it doesn't quite offer the IOMeter
results of the IBM Deskstar 40GV nor the 80 gig capacity of the Maxtor
DiamondMax 80, the 600AB delivers much of the strengths of both. It's a winner."</i></font>
</ul>
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