New 750GB and 1TB HDD's from Western Digital
Posted on 28/08/08 15:58 by geno 888                             
New 750GB and 1TB HDD's from Western Digital
Western Digital is a well known manufacturer of hard disks, whose products portfolio includes also a series of enterprise products purposely suited for demanding server and storage application environments.

The RE3 series includes now two new models, the 750 GB and 1 TB WD RE3 SATA hard drives, featuring 32 MB cache, enhanced vibration and shock tolerance, and a new electronics to increase performance approximately 20 percent and by as much 60 percent in high-vibration environments.

WD RE3 drives feature also 1.2 million hours mean time between failures (MTBF), native command queuing (NCQ), time limited error recovery (TLER), and an extensive and enhanced testing process to ensure long-term reliability for demanding enterprise applications.

Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the WD RE3 1 TB is $249 USD (about €170) and the 750 GB is $199 USD (about €135).

More details can be found in the official announcement.

 

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By Randomus, Thu 28 Aug 2008 19:07

It seems like 1TB is quickly becoming the new plateau for hard drive manufacturers to reach when launching new products!  I recently bought a 250GB HDD from a local store for something like $49!

 

I like it!

By Stella's Groove (guest), Wed 3 Sep 2008 13:26

1tb drives were initially not made very reliable or fast.. reducing performance (5400 rpm) to get a grip on the parallel write technology. Now that Seagate, and WD got Stella's groove back (7200+rpm, 2.5" spec) we will see some nice drives in 2009 similar to what should have been release from the getgo.. at 1tb+

 

Also 1.5tb drives should make a splash this Christmas!

 


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