Western Digital announced today the availability of its WD RE internal 3.5-inch hard drive, which offers up to 4TB of storage space.
This new drive is available in either the SAS or SATA interface standards. The former is used in enterprise/business products such as servers, while the latter is also used in consumer products, such as desktop computers. While WD says the new drive combines capacity with enterprise-class features, the fact that a SATA version of the drive is also available means that consumers can also benefit.
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As far as specs go, the new drive has a 6Gbps SAS or SATA III interface and 64MB of cache, and spins at 7,200rpm. Unlike the WD VelociRaptor, which is tuned for top performance, the WD RE is mostly intended for... [Read more]
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