Special Features:

Fanless aluminum heat sink; rotational speed: 7200 rpm; cache: 16mb or greater; interface: 1 x esata 3gbits port, 2 x firewire 800 ports, 1 x firewire 400 port, 1 x hi-speed usb 2.0 port (usb 1.1 compatible); interface transfer rates, firewire 800: up to 800 mbits/s, firewire 400: up to 400 mbits/s, hi-speed usb 2.0: up to 480 mbits/s; burst transfer rates, firewire 800: up to 75-85 mb/s, firewire 400: up to 35-40 mb/s, hi-speed usb 2.0: up to 30-35 mb/s

Properties:

An electromechanical item which accepts and systematically retains digital input data in such a manner as to facilitate the rapid recovery of stored information. The item may or may not consist of disk(s) some of which are removable, hard, removable disk packs, fixed disks, or removable flexible, each surface coated with a material susceptible to spot magnetization, integral writing, a drive motor and its mechanical linkage, and data translating heads for impressing on or removing from the disk surface data in digital form. the item is a component of an electronic computer. see also, magnetic drum, data storage; core memory unit.