WD® Introduces Its Fastest My
Book® External HDD System Ever
My Book® VelociRaptor™ Duo Combines Extreme
Speed of Two 1 TB 10,000 RPM Hard Drives with Revolutionary Thunderbolt™
Technology
IRVINE,
Calif., Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WD®, a subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation
(NASDAQ: WDC), and a world leader in external storage and connected home solutions, is combining two high-speed
technologies to produce one of the fastest and most robust dual-storage
systems ever offered. Supported by the Mac OS X operating system, the new My Book®
VelociRaptor™ Duo dual-drive storage system becomes the ultimate
storage drive for performance hungry Mac computer users and creative
professionals.
My
Book VelociRaptor Duo provides ultimate speed and performance with two 1 TB
10,000 RPM WD VelociRaptor drives along with two Thunderbolt™ ports. The 2 TB
dual-drive storage system is ideal for editing high resolution video, 3D
rendering, graphic design, and other demanding digital media applications. This
boost in performance delivers solid state drive (SSD) -like data transfer rates
of up to 400 MB/s for greater work-flow productivity. The dual-drive storage
system offers RAID 0 for performance or RAID 1 for protection; and the twin
Thunderbolt ports offer daisy-chaining multiple My Book VelociRaptor Duo drives
and other high performance peripherals without impacting data transfer speeds
or performance. The My Book VelociRaptor Duo also comes complete with a
Thunderbolt cable in the box and is user-serviceable.
Photographers,
graphic designers and post-production professionals can conduct several high
intensity tasks such as video editing and 3D rendering, while completing
other graphics-intensive projects. My Book VelociRaptor Duo customers will now
have the ability to transfer 22 GB full-length HD movies in less than 65
seconds, 2000 5 MB pictures in less than 33 seconds and over 500 5 MB songs in
less than 8 seconds.
"The
My Book VelociRaptor Duo is the fastest and most reliable high performance
consumer storage device on the market today," explains Jody Bradshaw,
senior director of WD's consumer storage solutions group. "Creative
professionals now have access to a super-charged storage drive that will keep
pace with even the most demanding projects. Daisy-chaining multiple My Book
VelociRaptor Duo devices together offers even greater speed, more capacity and
flexibility."
While
RAID 0 maximizes the drive's speed and capacity, RAID 1 support allows users to
create a second copy of their digital content on the drive for added
protection, security and peace of mind. The drive also provides a JBOD (just a
bunch of disks) option for users running a Windows® operating
system on a Mac.
Additional
features found on the My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage system
include out-of-the-box compatibility with Apple Time Machine and HFS +
Journaled for Mac computers; capability for multi-stream workflows; and a
3-year limited warranty.
Price and Availability
The My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage system is
currently available at select U.S. retailers and online at
www.wdstore.com, starting at $899.99 MSRP USD. Additional
information can be found on the WD website at http://www.wd.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=860
