Seagate (http://www.seagate.com) has released the Barracuda Green hard drive, which it describes as “the industry’s highest performance eco-friendly 3.5-inch desktop drive for low-power personal computers, multi-drive home networking systems and external storage.”
The Barracuda Green hard drive spins at 5900 RPM and sports Seagate’s SmartAlign technology, which purportedlyl enables all the benefits of the new 4K sector standard while simplifying drive installation by eliminating the need for utilities often required to ensure optimum drive performance. The Barracuda Green hard drive delivers whisper-quiet acoustics and helps reduce system costs associated with the fans and power supply devices often required for power-hungry systems, says Dave Mosley, Seagate executive vice president of Sales, Marketing and Product Line Management.
Barracuda Green hard drives also support Seagate Think Green programs. The drives are offered in capacities of 2TB, 1.5TB and 1TB; however, pricing hasn’t yet been announced.