Western Digital releases 2TB Enterprise-class Drive

[NoStateofMind]

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One of the first new products released at the NAB show in Las Vegas today is from Western Digital. They are officially launching the new RE4-GP Enterprise-class hard drive series with capacities up to 2TB. WD has implemented a dual controller design, 64MB cache, 500GB per-platter design, and a reported 25% reduction in power requirements compared to earlier drive designs. All of this will set you back a cool $329.99, but availability should be later this week. The full press release and additional specifications are located below. Review samples are arriving shortly, in the meantime, take a look at the numbers and let us know what you think.

 

[zylander]

I just noticed this on their site tonight but its listed under their energy saving category. Is it safe to say that these are going to be just as reliable as the RE3?

 

[alcoholbob]

I wonder how much of 32MB of cache will offset the lower (variable) RPMs.

 

[faxon]

Originally posted by: Astrallite
I wonder how much of 32MB of cache will offset the lower (variable) RPMs.

this is something i would like to see in a benchmark just for the sake of it. i am looking at building a file server out of whatever rig i have that it will work best in when i actually do it, and 4 or more like these would be really nice to have in RAID5 together

 

[Elixer]

Originally posted by: Astrallite
I wonder how much of 32MB of cache will offset the lower (variable) RPMs.

I rather doubt the variable claim to RPMs. It should be a fixed RPM, but who knows what it will end up being?