If its any help, The Register has an article on these drives:<br><a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/27/review_internal_hard_drive_wd_caviar_green_2tb/">http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/27/review_internal_hard_drive_wd_caviar_green_2tb/</a><br>
<br>Their take on the rotation speed:<br>"...complete with IntelliPower motor control which means that some drives in the product range may have a rotational speed of 5400pm while others may operate at up to 7200rpm. "<br>
<br> <br>So who knows - the next long Beowulf thread may be on firmware hacking of Green drives to make them rotate faster - and how various people have found this reduces the reliability/increases the power draw/causes the drive array to take a jump to the left and a step to the right.