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WD VelociRaptor drives offer maximum speed, low power consumption, and cool operation perfect for blade servers, performance enthusiast systems, workstations,and low-end servers. Available in a 2.5-inch form factor for use in enterprise applications or designed into a 3.5-inch mounting frame for installation in high-performance 3.5-inch enabled systems and chassis.
Product Benefits
Killer Speed – Built on the performance bloodlines of WD Raptor®, these 10,000 RPM drives, with a SATA 6 Gb/s interface and 32 MB cache, deliver mind-bending performance.
Not only are they up to 15% percent faster than the previous generation
WD VelociRaptor drives, but they also beat out all other competitors in the field.
Rock-solid Reliability – Designed and manufactured to mission-critical
enterprise-class standards to provide enterprise reliability in high duty cycle environments.
With 1.4 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high capacity SATA drive.
Double the Capacity – State-of-the-art technology packs twice the capacity per drive compared to the previous generation of WD VelociRaptor, resulting in up to 600 GB of high-performance storage space in this enterprise-class
2.5-inch drive. (Not compatible with notebook computers)
Small form factor – This ultra fast 2.5-inch hard drive is engineered to fit into blade servers and other enterprise storage configurations.
(Not designed for use in laptop or notebook computers)
Ultra-cool operation – Consumes less idle power and uses similar active power as the previous generation WD VelociRaptor, while offering double the capacity and higher performance.
IcePack™ mounting frame - The 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor is enclosed in a back planeready 3.5-inch enterprise-class mounting frame with a built-in heat sink that keeps this powerful little drive extra cool when installed in high-performance desktop chassis.
(WDxxxxHLHX models only)
NoTouch™ ramp load technology – The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.
Pre-emptive Wear Leveling (PWL) – Designed to ensure reliability for applications that perform a high number of incoming commands.
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF™
– Optimizes operation and performance when the drives are used in vibration-prone, multi-drive chassis.
Environmentally Conscious – In addition to being RoHS compliant, this generation of WD VelociRaptor also provides a “Halogen Free” design.