Low-power Barracuda drives by Seagate

Seagate launched the Barracuda LP (Low Power) hard drive. The disks have up to 2Tband rotation speed from 7,200RPM to 5,900RPM. This and other optimizations will help cut the active power use by as much as half versus regular drives. The company also claims that the LP series uses about 25 percent less power than competing hard drives. The storage is meant both for home and work uses. It is claimed to be useful for energy-efficient PCs or home storage servers, where drive speed isn’t as important, or in workplace servers that depend less on frequent disk access.

Models come in capacities of 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB, though every model uses SATA II and has the same 32MB of cache to help offset the drop in rotation speed. No price available yet.
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