Western digital company already proposed HDD with 2 Tb volume on base of four 500 Gb plates, typical for the articles form factor 3.5 the rotation speed 7200 rp/min they did not reach. The presence of 64 mb buffer did not help since many wait for analogous in characteristics HDD, but with the rotation speed 7200 rp/min.
Yesterday western digital company released the 3.5 inches HDD which combined the volume 2 Tb and the rotation speed 7200 rp/min using four plates with 500 Gb volume and 64 mb buffer , WD presented immediately two versions: Caviar black for the desktop consumer segment and RE4 for corporate segment. Last HDD differs in terms of time to time failure 1,2 ml hours, and also in terms of support to some technologies, directed to an increase in the device reliability .
Both HDD are equipped with SATA-600 interface, two-processor controller and twin heads positioning system .The deliveries of model caviar black with 2 Tb volume (WD2001FASS) in the retail network already began on the recommended price $299. The model RE4 (WD2003FYYS) with identical volume will be supplied to the OEM computers producers . The guarantee period for both models is five years. Related Products :
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