About five years ago, I installed a Seagate Barracuda 2.2GB drive in one of our NetWare servers. That was the fastest, largest drive I'd ever seen up to the time. And, the drive set me back about as much as the 180GB drive costs now. I'll check out the new Barracuda 180 when it makes it to through the distribution chain. Seagate's new drive will be a half-height product, so it will fit just fine in a server's case, but may not hang properly in a standard PC case.
Most drives are low-profile, about an inch or so thinner.
Additionally, all Seagate drives are shipped in the new SeaShell. Tested by major OEMs, SeaShell reduces the force of a 12-inch drop by a factor of 10 over standard ESD packaging. Data Defense features ensure maximum data integrity, making it possible to avoid data loss while running system applications. Diagnostic Defense includes SeaTools, Web-Based Tools, and Drive Self Test utilities that analyze system events in order to assist the user to diagnose or predict potential malfunctions. Leave your comments on the message center .