Western Digital 3TB Media Drives

Western Digital 3TB Drives Out Now

Media centric HTPC applications and portable storage devices call for hard drives to eschew raw performance for power efficiency, noiseless operation and storage size. Western Digital has released two new drives catering to this segment in the form of 2.5TB and 3TB Caviar Green drives.

Running at 5400 RPM, these drives claim to consume less power and are best suited for secondary storage solutions to complement faster, more power hungry drives housing the operating system. WD has achieved 3TB footprint with four platters of 750GB areal density each. The drives also incorporate Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)-compliant Host Bus Adapter (HBA), enabling performance optimisations like Native Command Queuing and increasing OS compatibility for the same.

The drives, using Sata 3Gb/s interface, are expected to be available by the year-end in India along with a three-year limited warranty. The prices are expected to be Rs. 8,300 for the 2.5TB hard drive and Rs. 10,700 for the 3TB one.

Raidon launches new USB 3.0 disk array storage devices

Raidon has released new one to four bay, USB 3.0 disk array storage devices. (Just remember that Apple isn’t officially supporting USB 3.0 at this time, so the devices will run at USB 2.0 speeds on Macs.)

However, Raidon has also released two types of USB3.0 PCI Express Cards to both desktop and notebook users for external storage expansion. They will apparently work with MacBook Pros and Mac Pros.

Two Very Small Flash Drives Unveiled by Super Talent

Super Talent Technology,a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced two new drives to their successful Pico Series, the Pico Mini C and the Pico Mini D.

USB flash drives have become an indispensible PC peripheral; there's just no better way to take your data from one PC to another. Having a USB flash drive close at hand has become critical for personal productivity. The new Pico Mini C and D were designed to be small enough to carry with you at all times. Each design comes with a clever and convenient way to protect the electrical contacts when not in use.

"The Pico Mini C and D are an exciting addition to our wildly successful Pico series. Our customers love the convenience and durability of these designs. Now we have two more industrial designs to meet the needs of these customers.", CH Lee COO of SuperTalent