WD Shipping RE3 SATA Hard Drives

Addressing the growing enterprise market for highly reliable high-capacity storage, WD(R) (NYSE:WDC) today announced it is now shipping the new WD RE3 SATA hard drives, the company's latest generation of "RE" family drives. As data centers become larger and more complex, WD's third-generation high capacity enterprise SATA hard drives enhance vibration and shock tolerance and deploy new electronics to increase performance approximately 20 percent and by as much 60 percent in high-vibration environments.

"WD has continued to leverage its extensive experience gained from previous generation enterprise drives, as well as our enterprise-class WD VelociRaptor(TM) drives, to develop a hard drive perfectly suited for servers, network attached storage and storage networks," said Tom McDorman, vice president and general manager of enterprise storage solutions for WD. "WD's RE3 family offers the best combination of enhanced features, superior reliability, and optimum performance for enterprise applications."

In line with the WD RE drive heritage, WD RE3 drives feature 1.2 million hours MTBF, native command queuing (NCQ), time limited error recovery (TLER), and an extensive and enhanced testing process to ensure long-term reliability for demanding enterprise applications.
WD RE3 Features

Dual processor, RAFF(TM) technology, IntelliSeek(TM) technology, Multi-axis shock sensor,
RAID-specific, Time-Limited Error Recovery (TLER), Third-generation dynamic fly height, Thermal extended burn-in test, NoTouch(TM) ramp load technology.