August 2008

WD VelociRaptor

10K RPM 2.5” and 3.5” Enterprise SATA

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VelociRaptorTM

Only 10K SATA drive available!

Highest areal density shipping (290Gb/in2)

35% faster performance than RaptorTM

35% less power consumed than RaptorTM

Capacities: 300 GB, 150G, 74G (BTO)

Designed for Enterprise Reliability Performance Compatibility Low Power and Thermals

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2 Form Factors

BLFS Model 2.5” 15mm Form Factor Backplane Compatible

HLFS Model Std 3.5” Form Factor Backplane Compatible

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2.5” Enterprise Applications

BLFS Model Enterprise Servers with 2.5”

SAS/SATA slots

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Modular Servers

Rackmount Servers

1U

2U

Blade Servers

$/GB savings vs. 10K RPM 2.5” SAS

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3.5” Enterprise Applications

HLFS Model Std 3.5” Form Factor Backplane Compatible Enterprise servers and storage arrays

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Rackmount Servers

1U

2U

Blade Servers

Storage Arrays

Superior performance and power consumption vs. 7200 RPM SATA

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Product Specs

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  WD VelociRaptor Features  Models & Capacity 300 GB, 150G, 74GBuffer Size 16 MBInterface SATA 3 Gb/sReliability  

MTTF 1.4M hrsWarranty 5 yearsPerformance  

Seek Time (Read) 4.2 ms Seek Time (Write) 4.7 ms Read IOPS (QD=1) 134Sustained Data Rate 126 MB/sTime to Ready 10 sec maxAverage Latency 3 msPower ConsumptionRead/Write 5.9WIdle 4.7WRandom Seek 6.2W

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Bare Drive Comparison

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WD VelociRaptorBLFS Model

Competitor S10K RPM SAS

Test: Ambient temperature running 100% random writes

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VelociRaptor vs SAS

Sequential Read

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Enterprise server running IOMeter with write cache off

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VelociRaptor vs SAS

Random Read

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Enterprise server running IOMeter with write cache off

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VelociRaptor vs SAS

Sequential Write

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Enterprise server running IOMeter with write cache off

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VelociRaptor vs SAS

Random Write

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Enterprise server running IOMeter with write cache off

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Model Number Summary BLFS (July)

Targeted at Enterprise applications (full Enterprise validation) Ships as bare 15mm 2.5” drive Will not fit nor function in a notebook computer (requires 12V power)

HLFS (August) Targeted at Enterprise applications (full Enterprise validation) Ships in a 3.5” mounting frame designed for Enterprise backplanes

GLFS (EOL in September, customers transition to HLFS) Targeted at WS/DT performance applications (Wintel validation) Ships in a 3.5” mounting frame designed for cabled systems

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WD Roadmap (10K RPM)CQ2’08 CQ3’08 CQ4’08 CQ1’09

Raptor

36G

74G

150G

CQ2’09

300G WD3000GLFS

150G

300G

WD1500BLFS

WD3000BLFS

August

WD740BLFS (BTO)74G

150G

300G

74G

WD1500HLFS

WD3000HLFS

WD740HLFS (BTO)

Transition to HLFS

10K RPM SATA Roadmap

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CQ2’08 CQ3’08 CQ4’08 CQ1’09 CQ2’09