Western Digital's VelociRaptor Drive Packs Killer Speed

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When it comes to hard drives, size and speed can make a real difference in performance and usability, and Western Digital thinks its new VelociRaptor hard drive is a winner in both areas. The new WD VelociRaptor is an enterprise-capable drive with twice the capacity and a 35 percent performance boost over Western Digital's existing family of Raptor hard drives.

According to Tom McDorman, VP and general manager of Western Digital's enterprise business unit, the VelociRaptor drive delivers better performance and reliability than all other SATA hard drives currently on the market. While the VelociRaptor is well suited for low-end servers and workstations on the business side, it also packs a performance punch designed for PC power users with a thirst for speed and storage performance.

Fast and Furious

The VelociRaptor is a 300GB hard drive that spins at 10,000 rpm, with a three Gb/s interface and a 16MB cache. In terms of reliability, Western Digital says the drive has a mean time between failures (MTBF) rating of 1.4 million hours. That, says Western Digital, is the highest available reliability rating of any SATA drive.

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Do you have one of these?

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No.

I might someday, but right now I'll just stick with my free 250 GB ATA's.