Specifications

team motorcycles. They
even include the Ducati
Corse logo on top of the
drive and the red tail light
that illuminates whenever
the drive is inserted into the
USB port of a computer . The drive comes in 4 and
8 gigabytes (GB) with read and write speeds of 20
megabytes per second -- the fastest of the SanDisk
portfolio of consumer USB drives. The 4GB drive has
a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $125 in the
United States (www.sandisk.com/Ducati.) There are
also Ducati CompactFlash
and SD cards.
The SanDisk® Vaulter™
Disk is a ash-based PCI
Express (PCIe) module
tucked away inside a
consumer laptop, represents
a new system approach to
high performance and high
capacity data storage. Enabled by predened SanDisk
software scripts it controls the distribution of storage
data between itself and a high-capacity hard disk
drive (HDD). All personal data and program les are
stored on the HDD, while in parallel the Windows
operating system (OS) is stored on Vaulter Disk. ash-
based PCI Express module, both laptop and desktop
computer manufacturers are able to harness the speed
of embedded ash memory for frequently accessed
les while continuing to use a spinning hard drive
for bulk storage of less frequently accessed data. The
Vaulter Disk requires only enough memory to host
the computer’s operating system and selected optional
user data that is beneted by the faster access time
using ash memory. The hard drive stores les, user-
generated content and applications that do not require
or benet from faster seek times. The two drives
operate in parallel, thereby increasing the overall
speed and performance of the PC. It will be offered to
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) early next
year in capacities of from 8 gigabytes (GB) to 16GB.
Seagate www.seagate.com
The Seagate® Momentus® 5400 PSD Hybrid Drive
combines a hard drive and ash memory into a single
device. Duplicating the most commonly used hard
drive data onto the non-volatile cache for instant
access provides faster boot-up and performance.
Hybrid drives offer many of the benets of solid-state
drives at a fraction of the cost. It extends
battery life, increase the longevity of
your storage and improve productivity
with almost instant boot up and data
access. Best tted for laptops. Key
Advantages:
Fully supported by Microsoft •
Windows Vista ReadyDrive
Data is fully protected on the drive at all times.•
No changes to system or motherboard design •
are needed
Faster Boot Time•
Extend laptop battery life when spin motor •
powers off and drive
System operates out of the ash memory.•
Save more than 50 percent of drive power •
consumption
Key Attributes:
256-MB ash memory•
80, 120, 160GB capacities•
Acoustics of 2.3 bels at idle and 2.9 bels •
during seeks
Internal data rate of 44 MB/s•
SATA 1.5Gb/s interface•
Perpendicular recording technology•
5-year limited warranty in distribution•
Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.2 drives are hardware-
based, full disk encryption products
that keep personal and company data
protected from unauthorized access.
Full disk encryption (FDE) moves
the task of data encryption directly
to the hard drive. With no noticeable
performance impacts, FDE encrypts
data as it is being written and decrypts
data as it is being read. Inside the
drive is a complete computing system, including
a CPU used for data encryption and decryption.
FDE is transparent to the user and independent of
the operating system; users don’t need to turn the
encryption feature on and cannot turn it off.
FreeAgent™ Desktop Drive comes with up to 500
glorious gigabytes. Simply plug in the power and the
USB 2.0 cable and you’re ready to go. Includes a ve-
year limited warranty. FreeAgent Model # Price
250GB ST302504FDA1E1-RK $ 100 •
320GB ST303204FDA1E1-RK $ 130 •
500GB ST305004FDA1E1-RK $ 170•
Maxtor (owned by Seagate) OneTouch 4 Mini is a
portable hard drive weight less than 6 ounces, with a