Seagate will begin shortly shipping in volume its first 1 TB Barracuda 7000 series, for desktops (Barracuda 7200.11) and enterprises (Barracuda ES.2). They deliver a 105MB/s sustained transfer rate, as well as a low power rating of 8 watts at idle. They also feature 7,200-rpm spin speeds, average seek times of 8.5ms and caches up to 32MB. Seagate's newest hard drives pack 1TB of data on four discs. The 1TB Barracuda 7200.11 will cost USD 399.99.
