As the performance flagship for Quantum in the mainstream desktop market the Fireball Plus KA has to compete with similar offerings from rivals Seagate, Maxtor, and Western Digital. Quantum's advantage against their opponents has traditionally been to offer very similar, if not superior, levels of performance in their products at lower prices than the equivalent drives from others.

That's a recipe for success in any market, and the Fireball Plus KA aims to continue that winning strategy.

The exact product specifications of the Fireball Plus KA reveal its performance orientated components, let's look at the white sheet on the drive now:

Form Factor Interface Formatted Capacity Recording Surfaces ATA Logical Cylinders Heads Sectors Average Seek Time Track to Track Full Stroke Avg. Rotational Latency Rotational Speed Internal Data Rate Data Transfer Rates: UDMA/66 UDMA/33 PIO Mode 4 DMA Mode 2 Buffer Size Physical Specification: Width Length Height Weight

3.5" Low Profile ATA/4, UltraDMA/66 13,699MB 6 16,383 16 63 8.5ms .8ms 15ms 4.17ms 7,200rpm 235Mb/sec Max. 66.6MB/sec. 33.3MB/sec. 16.6MB/sec. 16.6MB/sec. 512KB 4.0" 5.75" 1.0" 1.26lbs.