Western Digital Velociraptor WD3000BLFS Hard Drive

Western Digital (www.wdc.com) brings his new Velociraptor WD3000BLFS on the U.S. market.

WD Velociraptor drives offer high speed, low energy and low Wäremeabgabe – ideal for blade servers, workstations, servers and entry systems, superior performance their users want. Available in 2.5-inch format for use in professional applications as well as for installation in high-performance desktop computers in a 3.5-inch mounting frame.

Main features
Highest speed – Building on the tradition of WD Raptor ®, provide these drives with 10,000 rpm, a 3 Gb / s SATA interface and 16 MB cache a breathtaking pace. They are not only 35% faster than the WD Raptor drives of the previous generation, they beat all rivals from the field.

Absolute reliability – Designed and manufactured to enterprise-class standards to ensure maximum reliability in environments with a high duty cycle to offer. With a mean time between failure of 1.4 million hours, these drives have the highest reliability of all SATA drives with high storage capacity.

The dual capacity – Modern technology brings in comparison to the older brother, WD Raptor twice the capacity on a plate under. This allows up to 300 GB of storage capacity with high performance in this professional 2.5-inch drive.

Small Size – This ultra-fast 2.5-inch HDD is designed for blade servers and other professional memory configurations designed. (Not for use in laptop and notebook computers designed)

Ultra-cool operation – The WD Velociraptor consumes 35% less energy than previous-generation WD Raptor.
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (Raff ™) – Optimizes operation and performance when the drives in systems with multiple drives, vibration-prone should be used.

NoTouch-Rampload ™ technology prevents contact between the recording head and the disk surface. This ensures a much less wear and tear of the recording head, as well as better protection of the drive during transport.