WD StableTrac

[zebong]

Hi to all,

Find this info :

The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking, during read and write operations.
(2 TB models only)

http://www.wdc.com/en/flash/index.asp?family=stabletrac


I was thinking that the plattes dont make the 1 movement.

Would like to know any comments in this :

Regards

[Doomer]

can you re-phrase your question?

[zebong]

WD says that a standard drive can make vibration in normal work.

I was a little bit suprise because i am making some platter exchange in Seagate and sometimes i can have a little vibration, and other times when the vibration is a little high i am having problems in cloning the disk.

Is this normal situation just in WD drives, and the new models 2TB have this problem solved by the WD engineres.

[N.C.]

Zebong,

My opinion is this:
This is only "bullshit".
This is only a marketing technique.
Yes, the 2 side tightening helps to stabilize the rotation, but in 2TB drive is because the WD can't solve this in onther way.
So they are "forced" to use the 2 screw and they needed to say something and this way the best solution: figure out something interesting name and call this as new technology - wich have all the IBM, maxtor and more drives back in the '00.

Janos

[drc]

Right, sounds like all this means is they started putting a screw through the spindle from the top (WHAT A TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH)