Western Digital enters the enterprise-class hard drive market.Byline: jeevan@cpidubai.com (Staff) Consumer hard drive company Western Digital Corp. announced it is entering the market for enterprise-class data center drives with its first serial-attached SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. (SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. ) hard disk product.<p>The WD S25 is a 10,000 rpm, 2.5-inch, hard drive that has up to 300GB capacity and is aimed at high-I/O performance applications in enterprise servers and enterprise storage applications.<p>The WD S25 has both 3Gbit/sec. and 6 Gbit/sec. SAS interfaces and a sustained sequential data read rate of 128 MB/sec. and a 1.6 million-hour mean time between failures rating.<p>"Our entry into the traditional-enterprise market continues the strategic expansion and diversification of WD's broad market and product portfolio, and significantly increases our addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be revenue opportunity," John Coyne, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Western Digital, said in a statement. Copyright 2009 IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) Middle East. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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