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Our long-delayed Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 review has finally arrived! Confusingly enough, Maxtor ships these drives featuring three different platter sizes. Though we can't tell you how to get the density of your choice, we can tell the difference, if any, in performance. Read on!

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Review

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Any thoughts on why this occured?

Well I have to say this, the d740x is better than these drives by far, i wonder if i can still find them? The IBM does seem to be better for everything though, even over the 2000JB series. ANyway, i think that maxtor should be diligent to deliver the 250 MB plus 2 series, or else I am gonna sue them, real big.

mann

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The DM+9 significantly outperforms the D740X in all SR benchmarks. How can one reach the conclusion that the D740X is better? CompUSA and Best Buy are closing out the 120 GB model (labeled as 100 GB + 20 GB free).

Regarding a lawsuit against Maxtor, are you a SI that had a date-specific contract that they did not fulfill?

http://forums.storag...opic.php?t=8183

Curiosity: did SR do away with the "Safe Buy" standard? If not, I'm curious as to why this drive did not receive that distinction.

Eugene: what firmware versions are the different drives using?

I see that the seek time is quoted as <=9.4ms - it says that on the website now as well. Previously the website and datasheet said <9ms.

My 3-head 6Y080L0 measures 8.3ms, while my 2-head version measures 9.5ms.

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Sounds like Maxtor is buying actuators from the "parts of the month club".

I'm very disappointed in the seek performance of my DM+9 60GB single-platter model, measured access time of 13.3-13.5ms using HDTach, my 30GB 75GXP two-platter model scores around 12.2-12.3ms.

I think these drives are akin to the Seagate Barracua IVs - quiet, FDB motors, but trailing the pack in terms of performance. Basically, designed to be quiet and cheap to make. Mine also gets quite warm during heavy activity - 57C as measured by MBM 5's SMART HD temp sensor, up from a 45C idle, during a formatting or surface-scan operation.

Is it just me or has Maxtor got about 200 different harddrive models out at the moment, with a whole range of crap and unintuitive names? Let's hope at least one of the 200 new models is more interesting than this one!

Dave

Well Virtual Larry, at least you are near specifications, cause I move from 2 60G to another 2 ones and only get 16msec; from there I changed the 2 60G and got a pair of 80G and voila!, now I have the astonishing value of 15msec.Great Maxtor!! Just within specifications!! Not to mention the recognizable sound of click click just when the drive is in the mood...