I pity anyone who ordered a Yikes or Sawtooth and got that drive. FireWire drives are two to three times more costly than internal IDE drives yet they aren't as fast as the Barracuda and others. Then I timed how long it took to duplicate it on the same drive. Then I timed how long it took to duplicate it on the same drive. The ATTO disk benchmark was run using Express-Pro Tools 2.2 benchmark test with 8MB maximum file size and system disk cache disabled.
Sustained Rate is displayed in the charts.
Peak rates can be impressive but do not reflect typical drive performance.