So what the hey with all the Seagate lines?

[thirteenthcor]

I've been recently expanding my storage and going through some major changes on how my system handles storage. (if you haven't been able to tell by all my posts).

I've noticed that Seagate runs a few different HDDs in the 7200 RPM bracket:

The Barracuda ST(?)
The Barracuda XT
The Constellation ES

Now, I know the Constellation ES is an Enterprise Level server drive, and that the generic 7200 Barracuda (ST2000DM001) is a consumer-level drive, but what the heck is the Barracuda XT? I've seen it around for as much as 240 dollars and as little as 130 (depending on where you look). There seems to be a lot more data on the ST2000DM001 than the XT (ST32000641AS)

I also saw in a Tom's Hardware article that Seagate is shutting down the XT and Green lines.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagate-barracuda-desktop-hdd-hard-drives,13880.html

So the short is:

What is the XT, and should I steer around it?

 

[thirteenthcor]

After 2 days of searching, turns out the XT's are outdated in terms of revision tech, and the new ST2000DM001 7200s are impressive, with over 165M/s average and bursts up to 200!

Platter density is apparently the big factor here, as the XT used 6 or 800 gig platters and the ST2000DM001 uses 1TB platters.

http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_barracuda_3tb_review_1tb_platters_st3000dm001

 

[geekapproved]

The XT is a laptop hd, they don't make it smaller for asthetics.

You think after 2 days of research you would have noticed it's only 2.5"?

 

[thirteenthcor]

The XT is a laptop hd, they don't make it smaller for asthetics.

You think after 2 days of research you would have noticed it's only 2.5"?

You should do your research before posting.

Seagate makes XT drives in both 3.5 and 2.5; The Barracuda and the Momentus, respectively.

I would suggest that you attempt to post intellectually substantial information on a technical forum such as this one, instead of making vapid, sarcastic mis-observations.