WD announces 2.5-inch hard drives

Mumbai

Aug 8, 2008

WD announced the WD VelociRaptor 10,000RPM enterprise SATA hard drives in an
enterprise-class 2.5-inch form factor for blade servers and 1U and 2U rack
servers. The newest WD VelociRaptor hard drive is built for business-critical
applications with enterprise-class mechanics and packs up to 300GB of capacity
into the enterprise small form factor bays, while consuming 35 percent less
power than the previous-generation WD Raptor drive.

“WD is bringing to enterprise customers what PC enthusiasts already
appreciate about the WD VelociRaptor: a combination of high performance and high
capacity for hard drive storage,” said Sharad Srivastava, Director Sales-India
and South Asia, Western Digital. “WD's new WD VelociRaptor, designed
specifically for the enterprise in an energy efficient 2.5-inch form factor,
gives system OEMs and end users a new storage option to consider to meet growing
storage requirements.”

WD VelociRaptor 2.5-inch hard drives are designed and manufactured to
enterprise-class standards to provide high reliability in high duty cycle
environments, resulting in the highest available reliability rating of any SATA
drive at 1.4 million hours MTBF.

“In the server market, demand for high performance drives continues to
shift from the 3.5-inch form factor to the enterprise 2.5-inch form factor,”
said Sharad. “The new 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor drive is the only drive
available that can offer server customers the flexibility of integrating SATA
technology while benefiting from server-class performance and reliability,”
added Sharad.