The hard disks western digital raptor after their release in 2003 solidly filled niche in the HDD segment , intended for enthusiasts. The rotation speed , equal to 10 000 rp/min, did not leave to the competing desktop HDD any chances. Uniting two Raptors in disk RAID 0, increased user detachment in the speed.
The owners of this series HDD could complain only about the high prices level and small capacity. Recently, on the market appeared SSD, which does not have such deficiencies . What WD company does think about the future of velociRaptor ? WD develops a hard disk velociRaptor fifth generation, which will reach 600 Gb volume with the use of two magnetic sheets, and 300 Gb volume with the use of one magnetic sheet. WD promised the capacious buffer volume 32 or 64 mb., the rotation speed will be equal to 10 000 rp/min.
The strong side Of velociRaptor new generation against numerous SSD will be the successful relationship of price and volume: HDD with 600 Gb will be proposed for $250.