IBM Deskstar 5 Family
Another big, fast IBM drive, full of high-tech. There were two versions, 4.3 and 6.4GB. Both were big sellers in their time.
Like most IBM drives, these were aimed towards the higher end of the market: IBM rarely bothered making small, cheap little drives. These provided good value for money, but they were big, fast drives that sold to people buying high-spec systems. The Deskstar 5 faded quietly away around December '97, outclassed by newer models.
Reluctantly, I have pretty much given up hope of seeing one come back into the workshop, so we may never see a picture for this entry — the drive illustrated is a Deskstar 4.
| Performance | 1.07 | Reliability | AA1 |
| Data rate | 119.5 Mbit/sec | Spin rate | 5400 RPM |
| Seek time | 9.5ms | Buffer | 476k |
| Platter capacity | 2.16GB | Interface | mode 4 |
| Read channel | PRML | Head technology | MR |
| DHEA-34330 | 4.32GB | 4 heads | *** |
| DHEA-36480 | 6.48GB | 6 heads | *** |