Description: This Western Digital Raptor X is a 150GB, workstation class hard disk drive.Compared to other workstation class hard drives on the market, it is expensive at around $420.Its maximum internal data transfer rate (how fast it can actually read data from the disk surface) of 102 MBps is moderately fast, compared to the typical hard drive.Its burst transfer rate is 150 MBps.This is a 10000 rpm drive and has a 16MB buffer.
Pros: Has a 16MB buffer.This is larger than the average hard drive on the market today, but is to be expected for a hard drive of this price.
Cons: None noted, given available product data.
Suitability: A workstation class hard drive, suited for enterprise level data storage and transfer.
Value: In general, this hard drive's features are as expected for this price.
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Western Digital Raptor X (150GB Hard Drive) 
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