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  Seagate Barracuda LP 2 TB: Power Saving Drive

  Jayesh Limaye, Aug 03, 2009 1336 hrs IST

  This energy-efficient drive boasts of 44% power saving

  Silent, cool, energy-efficient

  Very expensive, not very fast

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Reducing energy consumption has been gaining increasing importance and hard drive manufacturers, who had primarily been focusing on performance, have finally started manufacturing drives with power saving features. After Western Digital, now it is Seagate that has launched a 2TB desktop hard drive (ST32000542AS) with power saving features. Known as LP or low power, this drive boasts of lower power consumption by spinning at a lower RPM of 5,900, which also means that it will perform slower. We have this 4-platter drive with us and we will try to find out if the lower speed is too much of a compromise on performance.

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