WD maximizes enterprise storage with 4TB RE SAS, RE SATA hard drives

MANILA, Philippines - WD, a subsidiary of Western Digital Corp. and a leader in the mobile, desktop, high-capacity enterprise and consumer markets for hard drives, has announced that it is further expanding its enterprise-class storage offerings with the release of new WD RE SAS and WD RE SATA hard drives in capacities up to 4TB, the largest on the market today.

Available immediately in 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and 4TB capacities for nearline SAS and 2TB, 3TB and 4TB for SATA, the 3.5-inch WD RE SAS and WD RE SATA hard drives offer the powerful combination of enterprise-class features and superior capacity to meet the growing demands of conventional business-critical environments as well as the high-capacity and performance requirements of cloud and scale-out computing.

“Given the insatiable need for storage capacity across all market segments, WD is offering both SAS and SATA interfaces for the WD 4TB RE hard drives to best support both private and public clouds,” said Doug Pickford, senior director of business marketing for WD’s enterprise business unit.

“WD continues to pioneer the capacity-optimized 3.5-inch market segment, in particular, and the WD RE SAS and SATA 4TB drives are designed, tested and optimized for enterprise storage and applications, enabling 33 percent greater capacity than previously available drives and up to 2.4PB of raw capacity in a single enterprise rack,” Pickford added.

Covered by a five-year limited warranty, the 3.5-inch WD RE SAS and WD RE SATA hard drives are available through select retailers and are distributed by EA Global Supply Chain Solutions Inc. and Iontech Technologies Inc. in the Philippines.