Western Digital Increases WD Gold Hard Drives’ Capacity by 25 Percent
August 02 2016 - 6:57AM
Business Wire
WD Gold Enterprise-class Hard Drives Now Offer
up to 10TB Capacity
Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC), a world leader in
storage solutions, today announced a new, high-capacity
configuration of up to 10TB for its award-winning WD Gold™
datacenter hard drives. Designed for modern enterprise storage
systems, WD Gold 10TB datacenter hard drives feature HelioSeal®
helium-technology for high capacity, power efficient storage for
datacenter environments.
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WD Gold 10TB Datacenter Hard Drives
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WD Gold datacenter hard drives are designed for a broad range of
applications – including small- to medium-scale enterprise servers
and storage, and rack-mount datacenter servers and storage
enclosures. WD Gold 10TB datacenter hard drives feature an
optimized design over the existing WD Gold 8TB drives that helps
reduce TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of servers and storage systems
through an 8 percent operating power reduction while delivering 25
percent more capacity. This benefits IT administrators challenged
with keeping up with growing storage demands on limited
budgets.
“It is Western Digital’s ongoing goal to provide superior
reliability and compelling value to our enterprise customers,” said
Brendan Collins, vice president of product marketing, Western
Digital. “WD Gold drives are a key component of the overall WD
portfolio, providing power efficient, capacity-optimized storage
for a wide range of high workload applications. The new 10TB
capacity enables customers to efficiently deploy higher density
storage solutions.”
WD Gold 10TB datacenter hard drives provide:
- Improved power efficiency –
HelioSeal Technology delivers lower power with an increase in
capacity. Power efficiency (watts/TB) during operation is improved
up to 26 percent over the WD Gold 8TB drive.
- Better performance – Up to 21
percent sequential performance improvement over WD Gold 8TB
datacenter drives
- High reliability – WD Gold
drives incorporate best-of-breed design, manufacturing and test
processes to achieve one of the highest reliability ratings in the
industry – 2.5 million hours MTBF (8TB and 10TB offerings)
- Dedicated Premium Support Line –
Western Digital offers a 24/7 premium support line for WD Gold
drive customers and can be reached at U.S.: (855) 559-3733;
International: +80055593733.
WD Gold 10TB hard drives (model number WD101KRYZ) are currently
available at select U.S. distributors, resellers and through the WD
Store. More information about the WD Gold hard drives and terms of
the limited warranty may be found on the company website at
www.wd.com.
About Western Digital
Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) is an industry-leading
provider of storage technologies and solutions that enable people
to create, leverage, experience and preserve data. The company
addresses ever-changing market needs by providing a full portfolio
of compelling, high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused
innovation, high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products
are marketed under the HGST, SanDisk and WD brands to OEMs,
distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and
consumers.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including statements concerning current and future product
improvements and features, and their benefits to customers. There
are a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause these
forward-looking statements to be inaccurate including, among
others: volatility in global economic conditions; business
conditions and growth in the storage ecosystem; impact of
competitive products and pricing; market acceptance and cost of
commodity materials and specialized product components; actions by
competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our
development and introduction of products based on new technologies
and expansion into new data storage markets; risks associated with
acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures; difficulties or delays in
manufacturing; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the
company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"), including the company's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May
9, 2016, as well as SanDisk's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May
2, 2016, to both of which your attention is directed. We do not
intend to update the information contained in this release.
Apps, services, and other features are subject to change based
on your location, software version, device model, and third party
service providers.
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, HelioSeal, and WD Gold are
registered trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation
or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other
marks that may be mentioned herein are the property of their
respective owners. Pictures shown may vary from actual products.
Not all products may be available in all regions of the world. As
used for storage capacity, one gigabyte = one billion bytes; one
terabyte = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies
depending on operating environment.
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WD Press RelationsHeather Skinner,
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Blair, 949-672-7834robert.blair@wdc.com
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