Western Digital world’s fastest SATA hard drive

April 22, 2008 · Filed Under Technology News 

Western Digital world’s fastest SATA hard drive

Western Digital has the world’s fastest SATA hard drive, a 10,000-rpm model aimed at the enthusiast PC and professional workstation markets.

The new WD VelociRaptor 2.5-inch hard drive provides up to 300 Gbytes capacity, and is based on the company’s enterprise-class drive technology.

The drive itself, at 2.5 inches, runs cooler than our previous generation Raptor and runs at the same temp as most drives in this form factor.

The data throughput is about 50 percent faster than a 7,200 RPM drive, and it actually consumes less power than the slower WD, what they call their ‘GreenPower’ drives.

Other features include disk-parking and vibration-reduction capabilities, characteristic of most mobile drives.

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