WD Speeds SATA

April 22, 2008: Channelling Jurassic Park, Western Digital has announced its new VelociRaptor, dubbing it the world’s fastest SATA hard drive.

The VelociRaptor is WD’s next generation 10,000 RPM SATA series of drives, and has been designed with enterprise-class deployment in mind. WD says the VelociRaptor has been modified specifically for PC and Mac enthusiasts and professional workstations, and at 300GB comes with twice the capacity of the last generation plus a 35 percent performance.

The drive is enclosed in WD’s “IcePack” - a 3.5-inch mounting frame with a built-in heat sink that keeps the drive extra cool when installed in a high-performance desktop chassis.

“We created WD VelociRaptor hard drives to lead PC enthusiasts into the next era of PC and Mac storage performance and satisfy their insatiable thirst for computing speed,” said Tom McDorman, vice president and general manager of WD's enterprise business unit.

“The new WD VelociRaptor delivers the greatest performance and reliability of all SATA hard drives currently on the market.”

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