WD Introduces Hard Drive 1 TB 10,000 RPM

WD VelociRaptor

Western Digital launched the latest hard drive has a capacity of 1 TB. WD VelociRaptor hard drive is named is designed for high-performance PCs, Mac computers and professional workstations.

WD VelociRaptor take advantage of enterprise-class mechanics to provide resistance so that it can work continuously (24 hours a day, 7 days a week), with a high workload. The product is claimed to be the hard drive 10 thousand rotation per minute (RPM) with the largest capacity at this time.

"With the demand for greater capacity continues to increase, 1 TB WD VelociRaptor drives are new to the best combination of speed and storage for users who need high-powered hard drive," said Darwin Kauffman, Vice President and General Manager Enterprise Storage WD release received in Compass . com.

Hard Drive 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor has IcePack cover and mounting frame size of 3.5 inches and an integrated heat sink. Allows the customization of the factory mounting the drive into a 3.5-inch system bay and keeps the drive cool when installed in a desktop system.

Features of the WD VelociRaptor hard drives include:

• Interface SATA 6 Gb / s and 64 MB cache
• Advanced Format Technology to get the capacity up to 1 TB.
• Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (Raff) to optimize operations and drive performance when used in multi-drive chassis that are susceptible to vibration.
• NoTouch ramp load technology - The recording head is not touching the disk media to ensure that the recording head and media are not easy to wear as well as the protection of the drive at the time of transfer.
• Halogen-free design that meets RoHS requirements that are environmentally friendly.

WD VelociRaptor Hard Drive is available at distributors, resellers, and e-teller has a warranty for 5 years. The recommended retail price (MSRP) for the WD VelociRaptor 1 TB is 390 U.S. dollars. As for the 500 GB version is 245 dollars and 250 GB version for $ 185 dollars.