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Re:Multiple Western Digital 5400RPM drives are actually 7200... by tssva on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @11:32AM (#24354204)
They don't actually claim it is running at 5400 RPM. They claim performance is in the 5400RPM performance class. In other words it will perform similar to a drive running at 5400RPM. Nowhere do they mention that it runs at 5400RPM.
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Re:Multiple Western Digital 5400RPM drives are actually 7200... by mijoharas on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @03:19PM (#24356840)
I stand corrected, you're right. Ref from link

> Looking at the spec sheets provided by WD, it seems they don't really list the rotational speed

I still think it's somewhat disingenuous, but my comment above was wrong.

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Re:Multiple Western Digital 5400RPM drives are actually 7200... by srtjstjsj on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @01:09PM (#24355289)
According to the linked post, "5400rpm class" was a lie too.
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