Na kraju testa ovog giganta možeo samo utvrditi kako tehnologija
tvrdih diskova ipak ide naprijed, premda vrlo sporo u usporedbi s recimo grafičkim karticama ili procesorima. Rast performansi nije baš tako velik koliko bi mi to željeli, no tu je osjetno povećanje kapaciteta. Vertikalni
zapis donosi velike prednosti u gustoći zapisa po pločama, pa tako Hitachi na svojem Deskstaru 7K1000 ima ploče kapaciteta 200GB. Tehnologija vertikalnog zapisivanja podataka omogućava još veću gustoću podataka, pa možemo očekivati da će kapacitet modernih diskova još rasti. U testovima
je vidljivo kako je ovo vrlo brz disk, no ipak je to jedna od najsporijih
komponenti u računalu. Rješenje ovog problema u budućnosti dolazi u obliku Solid State diskova
koji će, nadamo se, znatnije pojeftiniti i donijeti veće brzine, te ćemo se zauvijek riješiti vremena traženja (seek time),
latencija i ostalih ograničenja koja su karakteristična za
današnje diskove. Do tada, ako vam treba veliki kapacitet i spremni ste to
adekvatno platiti (cca. 2700 kn u našim dućanima) ovaj disk vam bezrezervno
preporučamo.

Conclusion

At then of our Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 review we can safely conclude that HDD manufacturing technology is still going forward, albeit at pretty slow pace in comparison to other computer components like graphics cards or CPUs. Performance gains are not so big as we would like them to be, but we also have pretty nice boost in capacity. Perpendicular recording technology brings very good data density so Hitachi had no problem implementing 200GB platters on new generation of Deskstar hard drives. Of course, this is not the limit of perpendicular recording technology so we expect hard drives of even bigger size in the future. Altough our tests revelealed that Deskstar 7K1000 is a very fast hard drive, it is still one of the slowest components in modern computers. Future solution to this problem are Solid State drives which will greatly reduce seek time and practically eliminate latencies, both unavoidable problems which are tied with coventional hard disk drives. Until then, if you need very large and pretty fast hard disk to store your data, and you are willing to pay premium price for it (about 2700 kn in croatian computer stores), we can wholehartedly recommend you new Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.