1st 10,000RPM SATA Desktop HD from WD!

[jadison]

Western Digital launched their first Serial-ATA hard disk and they’ve really pulled all stops on this one. The Western Digital Raptor is an enterprise class Serial-ATA harddisk sporting an impressive 10,000-rpm spindle speed, a MTBF of 1.2-million hours, a 5.2-millisecond average seek time and a 5-year warranty. If that doesn’t get you excited the 8MB of cache and the availability in March might just do the trick. -- brought to my attention by HardwareAnalysis

- Built for speed, the WD Raptor has 10,000 RPM rotational disk speed and 5.2 ms average data seek times.
- Built for reliability, it has a rugged, enterprise-class mechanical platform with high-end bearings and actuator.
- Built to last, this Enterprise SATA (ESATA) hard drive is made for years of high-performance operation around the clock. MTBF has been calculated at 1.2 million hours.
- Built with a backing, WD Raptor ESATA hard drives carry Western Digital's five-year warranty.
- Built for value, WD Raptor is priced nearly a third lower than Parallel SCSI enterprise hard drives. -- check out the full details on Western Digital's Brand-Spankin new SATA HD HERE!

Even at that capacity, I'd still love to have one running in my system.

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