WD ®, a Western Digital company, today announced the new WD Black 2 ™, a 2.5-inch 120 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) with a 1 TB hard disk (hard disk drive, HDD) to a high-performance dual-drive solution brings together. The new WD Black 2 Dual Drive is connected via a single cable and fits in a standard 9.5 mm slot. It is particularly suitable for end-users and service providers, notebooks, desktop PCs, small form factor and all-in-one systems upgrade both with SSD-level performance as well as with HDD Capacity want.
The WD Black 2 has been designed for PC enthusiasts, creative professionals, gamers and PC hobbyists and offers increased capacity, performance and reliability. At the same time, it offers users the flexibility to choose how and where their data is stored. By the WD Black 2 brings the benefits of both Flash and also combines magnetic platters and the data usage from SSD to HDD, it comes up with an improved length of life of the SSDs. Users have better control over their data, thus reducing the need and cost of cloud-based storage together with the other functions.
The new Dual Drive by WD is free of caching algorithms and benefits from a SATA 6 Gb / s interface speed. It fits seamlessly into a slot with 9.5 mm and 2.5-inch form factor with older SATA connections and is therefore with popular PC operating systems from Windows XP to Windows 8.1 compatible. "Our customers appreciate our solid-state hybrid technology, but they also look for a better control option in order to know exactly where their data is stored," said Rich Rutledge, senior vice president of WD Storage Technology Business Unit. "The WD Black 2 Dual Drive is the direct result of our interaction with our customers and our WD Lab initiative. The WD Lab program is an exclusive test site for large customers and technology guide from existing and new WD storage products. "
WD Black 2 Dual Drives are available through select resellers and distributors and offer a limited five-year warranty. The suggested retail price for the 2.5-inch 120 GB SSD plus 1TB HDD WD Black 2 Dual Drive (Model Number: WD1001X06XDTL) is 299,00 €.
Source: Press Release
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