Wester Digital has recently introduced its new line of Raid Edition 3 (RE3) enterprise drives. The new RE3 drives were build upon their RE2 predecessors with higher speeds and better reliability. The drives have the same 7,200-RPM spindle speeds, 16MB cache sizes and 300MB/s Serial ATA interfaces.
WD's third-generation high capacity enterprise SATA hard drives enhance vibration and shock tolerance and deploy new electronics to increase performance approximately 20% and by as much 60% in high-vibration environments. 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.
The WD RE3 500 GB (model WD5002ABYS), 320 GB (model WD3202ABYS) and the 250 GB (model WD2502ABYS) hard drives are available now at the suggested retail prices of $119 for WD RE3 500 GB, the 320 GB is $89 and the 250 GB is $79 USD. The WD RE3 drives are covered by a five-year limited warranty.
via Tech Report
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