Engineered for maximum speed! WD VelociRaptor, the newest member of our unique class of 10,000 RPM SATA hard drives, combines a SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB cache to deliver performance that’s up to 35 percent faster than its speedy older brother.
Killer Speed – Built on the performance bloodlines of WD Raptor®, these 10,000 RPM
drives, with a SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB cache, deliver mind-bending
performance. Not only are they 35 percent faster than the previous generation
WD Raptor drives, but they also beat out all other competitors in the field.
Rock-solid Reliability – Designed and manufactured to mission-critical enterpriseclass
standards to provide enterprise reliability in high duty cycle environments. With
1.4 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high
capacity SATA drive.
Double the Capacity – State-of-the-art technology packs twice the capacity per disk
compared to its older brother WD Raptor resulting in up to 300 GB of
high-performance storage space in this enterprise-class 2.5-inch drive. (Not compatible
with notebook computers)
IcePack™ Mounting Frame – The 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor is enclosed in a 3.5-inch
mounting frame with a built-in heat sink that keeps this powerful little drive extra cool
when installed in a 3.5-inch drive bay.
SecurePark™ – Parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin
down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk
surface resulting in improved long-term reliability and increased drive protection when
the chassis is moved.
Pre-emptive Wear Leveling (PWL) – Designed to ensure reliability for applications that
perform a high number of incoming commands.
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF™) – Optimizes operation and performance
when the drives are used in vibration-prone, multi-drive chassis.
Buffer to host 3 Gb/s
Host to/from drive 126 Mbytes/s sustained
Track-to-track seek 0.7 ms (average)
Rotational speed 10,000 RPM
Latency 3 ms average
Read cache Adaptive
Write cache Yes
Buffer 16 MB
Drive ready time 7 sec. average
Load/unload cycles3 50,000 minimum