Review 2008

Western Digital a anuntat lansarea seriei de hard-disk-uri VelociRaptor, care este urmatoarea generatie de hard-disk-uri de 10,000 RPM SATA "Raptor".

Acest hard-disk a fost special conceput pentru entuziastii Mac si PC, dar si pentru workstation-uri profesionale. Destinat spre a fi hard-disk-ul high-performance favorit al acestor grupuri, WD VelociRaptor vine cu o capacitate dubla si o performanta cu 35% mai mare decat generatia precedenta.

Tehnologii incorporate

Killer Speed - Built on the performance of the WD Raptor, these 10,000 RPM drives, with SATA 3 Gb/s interface, and 16 MB cache deliver mind-bending performance.
Rock-solid Reliability - WD VelociRaptor drives are designed and manufactured to business-critical, 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.
IcePack Mounting Frame - The 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor drives are enclosed in a 3.5-inch enterprise-class mounting frame with a built-in heat sink that keeps this powerful little drive extra cool when installed in high-performance desktop chassis.
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF) - Optimizes performance when the drives are used in vibration-prone, multi-drive chassis.
SecurePark - Parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface, resulting in improved long-term reliability and increased drive protection when the chassis is moved.