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Hard disks - some technical data of 2,5" 12,5mm/12,7mm hard disks

No guarantee for all the data to be correct!
(I don't if all of them really work witd the aero)

Note: this page is no longer updated, but it can be taken as source of information about second-hand hard disks.
DriveCapacity [MB] works with the Aero? recommended price [US-$]Comments RPMCache [kB] Random Access [ms]Read min/avg/max [MB/s] Write min/avg/max [MB/s] weighted average [MB/s] Noise idle [dBA/Sone]Noise seek [dBA/Sone]
Hitachi
DK221A-34340 ? 95 ??
DK223A-81775 ? 450012825,9/25,4 0,97/1,57/1,770,94/1,58/1,761,0932,6/1,543,2/3,2
IBM
DBOA2720[720] yes170
DSOA-20810775 yes 40009621,6/21,7 2,61/3,37/4,211,97/3,24/4,212,4235,4/1,741,4/3,0
DSOA-210801033 yes 40009621,5/21,5 2,58/3,39/4,302,30/3,36/4,272,4436,1/1,740,6/2,8
DMCA-214401378 yes 40009620,5/17,5 3,01/3,98/4,992,11/3,63/5,002,7334,4/1,539,1/2,5
Maxtor
251350AT MobileMax1287 ?249 20,9/16,7 1,61/2,73/3,571,49/2,61/3,572,0931,8/1,140,1/2,4
Quantum
Daytona 256[256] yesone of tde original Aero's drives 4500128
Europa 540AT518 yes 38008524,4/24,4 1,25/2,08/2,551,10/1,98/2,551,5731,9/1,240,9/2,9
Seagate
ST-9352A340 110
ST-9420AG420 120
ST-9840AG840
ST-91340AG1350
Toshiba
MK1824FCV[353] yes
MK1926FCV778 yes250 420012825,6/36,2 1,02/1,45/1,801,30/2,11/2,971,4135,6/2,042,0/3,3
MK1002MAV1083 yes255 128
MK1301MAV1296 325 420012827,0/23,3 1,58/2,96/3,432,32/2,97/3,431,9635,4/1,745,8/3,7
MK2103MAV[2100] yes
Western Digital
WDAL2540 Caviar Lite515 yes125 450012819,8/19,7 1,70/2,60/3,561,20/2,39/3,561,9031,2/1,132,8/1,3
table 1 - some 2,5" 12,5mm/12,7mm Hard disks

DriveSeek (Average) [A]Performance Idle [A] Low Power Idle [A]Standby [A]Sleep [A]
IBM
DMCA-214400,490,34 0,150,060,01
DSOA-210800,460,28 0,140,050,01
Maxtor
251350AT MobileMax0,380,33 0,180,040
Toshiba
MK1301MAV0,470,42 0,140,060,02
MK1926FCV0,480,48 0,180,060,03
table 2 - power-consumption
More informations about hard disks for the Aero are available from Christian's Aero harddisk upgrade list on Philip Wilk's Aero page.
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