Western Digital (WD) has announced that it is now shipping WD VelociRaptor hard drives. The new hard drive is modified, specifically for PC and Mac enthusiasts and professional workstations.

The hard drive is packed with 300 GB of storage capacity into a 2.5-inch enterprise form factor. This is enclosed in the IcePack, a 3.5-inch mounting frame with a built-in heat sink - a customization that fits the drive into a standard 3.5-inch system bay, and keeps this drive extra cool when installed in a high-performance desktop chassis.

Sharad Srivastava, Sales director (India & South Asia) of Western Digital, says, “Demand for ever-higher PC performance continues to increase, and WD is the leader in this category with the WD Raptor. We created WD VelociRaptor hard drives to lead PC enthusiasts into the next era of PC and Mac storage performance and satisfy their insatiable thirst for computing speed”.

The 10,000 RPM drives with SATA 3 Gb/s interface have 16 MB cache. According to the company, the drives maintain enterprise-class standards to provide enterprise reliability in high duty cycle environments. The design results in the highest available reliability rating of any SATA drive at 1.4 million hours MTBF. Its Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF) - optimizes performance when the drives are used in vibration-prone, multi-drive chassis.

Yet another feature, SecurePark, parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures that the recording head never touches the disk surface, resulting in improved long-term reliability and increased drive protection - when the chassis is moved.

These drives are priced at Rs.16500 for 300 GB and are available through select WD’s distributors in India. They are also available at select retail stores and online retailers.


Source: http://www.channeltimes.com/India/Business_Network/WD_Presents_VelociRaptor_Hard_Drives/551-89676-883.html

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