WD LAUNCHES 4TB EXTERNAL HARD DISC

Mumbai
The Times of India

External storage Solutions Company Western Digital on Tuesday introduced what it claimed is the world's first 4-terabyte capacity dual-drive hard disc.

Named My Book Studio Edition II dual-drive storage system, the 4 TB HDD is targeted at professionals and filmmakers and is priced at Rs 39,000.

This drive is designed to seamlessly work with Apple's Mac computers and provide an ideal blend of high performance and power conservation. The new My Book Studio Edition II dual-drive storage systems will be available at select retailers across India.

Compatible with Apple Time Machine automatic backup feature and formatted for Mac computers, the new 4 TB My Book Studio Edition II external storage system’s dual-drive RAID 0 configuration and high-speed interfaces promise to deliver high performance for creative professionals, workgroups, small offices and anyone looking for fast data transfer.

The system offers four interfaces: eSATA and FireWire 800 for maximum performance as well as FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 for maximum flexibility. WD’s hard drives also come with its GreenPower Technology for power savings.

“Whether in the studio or at home, I use WD drives to backup & store my work. The WD My Book Studio drive is safe, fast and extremely reliable. Creative Professionals like me require huge capacity drives to store my work & My Book Studio performs this task to perfection” says Bollywood editor Ashmith Kunder.

“The new My Book Studio Edition II is the best choice for creative professionals who require massive capacity and extra-fast performance,” said Sharad Srivastava, Director, India and South Asia, Western Digital.

“With 4 terabytes of capacity, photographers, graphic artists, videographers, and home video enthusiasts alike will have the space they need to store hours of high definition videos as well as the performance they need for demanding video editing applications,” he said.

Lightning-fast eSATA or FireWire 800 interfaces combined with RAID 0 (Striped) yields the speed users’ need for: fast, smooth video editing; rendering complex 3D objects or special effects; and saving huge blocks of data in record time.