Western Digital Raptor 74GB Hard Drive

Western Digital’s Enterprise Serial ATA hard drive, the WD Raptor, is built for speed, with 10,000 RPM rotational disk speed. Designed for years of high-performance operation around the clock with an MTBF of 1.2 million hours. Backed by Western Digital's five-year warranty. And built for value, priced up to 30% less than SCSI hard drives. Retail kit includes: cable, utilities diskette and installation instructions.

10,000 RPM rotational disk speed

8 MB cache

5.2 ms average data seek time

1.2 million hour MTBF at 100% duty cycle

Rugged, enterprise-class mechanical platform with high-end bearings and actuator

5-year warranty The Serial ATA interface - designed for the enterprise

Reliability — With CRC and other key reliability features, Serial ATA provides additional protection against data loss in mission-critical applications

Performance — High-throughput SATA technology serves up huge files quickly, maximizing system utilization and enhancing productivity.

Availability —Users with the greatest need for high uptime and effective failure protection can count on SATA to keep their data close at hand and available.

Data Integrity — Serial ATA technology provides additional measures of data accuracy and freedom from data corruption.

Scalability — SATA supports the user's ability to build onto an existing system, in terms of both performance and capacity, while preserving valuable storage investments.

Interoperability — Serial ATA leverages industry standards by providing an enterprise solution that's interoperable with other storage network elements, systems and applications. Applications

Mid-range to high-end SAN and NAS applications

Department and mid-range servers

Dual processor workstations

High-performance gaming machines