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human
Why has 7200 RPM been the standard rotation speed for hard drives for over 10 years?

With all of the advancements in solid state technology, platter density, data transfer protocols, and vibration/heat mitigation, why is the typical hard drive still rotating at 7200 RPM after all these years? The WD Raptor series was introduced back in 2006 and operated at 10k RPM. Granted that line is marketed for the enthusiast; however, why hasn't this technology trickled down as the new standard? I would think that conventional hard drives would need every advantage they could get to compete with SSDs.

Your thoughts and wisdom?
gpt
It's not a technology limitation so much as 7200 RPM is a sweet spot between performance and power consumption/heat/noise in the consumer market.

You can find enterprise level drives that run at up to 15,000 RPM.