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WD NOW SHIPPING HIGH CAPACITY 320 GB ENTERPRISE-CLASS HARD DRIVES
WD Caviar RE drives feature Time Limited Error Recovery (TLER), which helps prevent drive fallout caused by standard extended desktop hard drive error-recovery processes. Prior to WD's development of TLER, hard drive fallout when using desktop drives in RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) applications was a common experience among systems integrators and storage manufacturers. By addressing the differences between single-user and multi-user workloads, WD Caviar RE drives implement RAID-specific TLER, which improves drive compatibility with RAID controllers resulting in markedly improved system reliability. WD Caviar RE drives also feature one million hours MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure), offering systems builders and storage system manufacturers high reliability in high-duty cycle applications, where continuous performance is essential...
Full press release at:
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/company/releases/PressRelease.asp?release={A0F7728F-4522-4918-8EE1-FB1F40B89C5F}
