WD VelociRaptor – The Only 10,000 RPM SATA Hard Drive On The Market

WD VelociRaptor WD® announced that it is now shipping WD VelociRaptor® 450 GB and 600 GB hard drives, the next generation of its 10,000 RPM SATA family of hard drives. The new WD VelociRaptor hard drive is designed for blade servers, high-performance PCs, Mac® computers, professional workstations, as well as 1U and 2U rack servers that require a balance of high performance and capacity. As the only 10,000 RPM SATA hard drive on the market today, and a favorite amongst enthusiast and enterprise groups, the WD VelociRaptor hard drive now comes packed with twice the capacity and up to 15% performance increase over the previous generation.

The most popular hard drive for high-performance enthusiasts who demand the ultimate SATA drive, the WD VelociRaptor hard drive is built with enterprise-class mechanics that provide 24×7 durability under high-performance demands and packs up to 600 GB of capacity into a 2.5-inch enterprise form factor. The WD VelociRaptor drive is also available in the IcePack™* enclosure, a 3.5-inch mounting frame with a built-in heat sink – a factory customization that fits the drive into a standard 3.5-inch system bay and keeps this powerful drive extra cool when installed in a high-performance desktop chassis and 3.5-inch HDD form factor enterprise chassis.

“WD is a leader in the performance and reliability of enterprise SATA hard drives, Demand for performance combined with an increase in capacity continues to rise and WD is the leader in this category. WD customers can rely on the new WD VelociRaptor to deliver high performance under the harshest conditions, while continuing to keep user data safe.”  – said Tom McDorman, vice president and general manager of WD’s enterprise business unit.

Features of WD VelociRaptor hard drives include:

  • Killer speed– SATA 6 Gb/s interface and 32 MB cache enhance the next generation 10,000 RPM WD VelociRaptor making it up to 15% faster than the award-winning previous generation.
  • Monstrous capacity – WD VelociRaptor SATA drives are available in capacities up to 600 GB, double the capacity of the previous generation.
  • Rock-solid reliability – Designed and manufactured to mission-critical enterprise-class standards to provide enterprise reliability in high duty cycle environments. With 1.4 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high capacity SATA drive.
  • Ultra-cool operation – Consumes no more power than the previous generation WD VelociRaptor while offering double the capacity and higher performance.
  • IcePack mounting frame – The 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor is enclosed in a backplane-ready 3.5-inch enterprise-class mounting frame with a built-in heat sink that keeps this powerful little drive extra cool when installed in high-performance desktop chassis.
  • Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF™) – Optimizes operation and performance when the drives are used in vibration-prone, multi-drive chassis.
  • NoTouch™ ramp load technology – The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.
  • Environmentally conscious – In addition to being ROHS compliant, this generation of WD VelociRaptor is also a halogen-free design.

Price and Availability:

WD VelociRaptor (model WD4500HLHX and WD6000HLHX – 3.5-inch version with IcePack) hard drives are available now at select distributors and resellers. WD VelociRaptor 2.5-inch hard drives (model WD4500BLHX and WD6000BLHX) are under evaluation with OEM customers and will be available through select commercial distributors within this quarter. Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the WD VelociRaptor 450 GB (model WD4500HLHX) is $299 USD and the 600 GB (model WD6000HLHX) is $329 USD. WD VelociRaptor Online Stores

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Protecting Data from Severe Weather

You can protect your data by following some simple precautions. With that said, even the most well-protected hard drives can crash, fail, quit, click, die… you get the picture. So here are a few tips for how to respond when extreme weather does damage your computer equipment.

1. Summer heat can be a significant problem as overheating can lead to drive failures can result. Keep your computer in a cool, dry area to prevent overheating.

2. Make sure your servers have adequate air conditioning. Increases in computer processor speed have resulted in more power requirements, which in turn require better cooling – especially important during the summer months.

3. To prevent damage caused by lightning strikes, install a surge protector between the power source and the computer’s power cable to handle any power spikes or surges.

4. Invest in some form of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), which uses batteries to keep computers running during power outages. UPS systems also help manage an orderly shutdown of the computer – unexpected shutdowns from power surge problems can cause data loss.

5. Check protection devices regularly: At least once a year you should inspect your power protection devices to make sure that they are functioning properly.

Responding to Data Loss Caused by Severe Weather

1. Do not attempt to operate visibly damaged computers or hard drives.

2. Do not shake, disassemble or attempt to clean any hard drive or server that has been damaged – improper handling can make recovery operations more difficult which can lead to valuable information being lost.

3. Never attempt to dry water-damaged media by opening it or exposing it to heat – such as that from a hairdryer. In fact, keeping a water-damaged drive damp can improve your chances for recovery.

4. Do not use data recovery software to attempt recovery on a physically damaged hard drive. Data recovery software is only designed for use on a drive that is fully functioning mechanically.

5. Choose a professional data recovery company to help you.

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Computer Forensic Tool: F-Response

F-Response: The First Truly Vendor Agnostic Solution for Remote Forensics and eDiscovery

In the alibi or the enterprise inner investigation, how to completely do the physical data extraction from a running computer? How to do computer forensic on the running Mac OS, Linux, Window, the three different computer operation system? How to do computer forensic to the running server? How to do research on any computer in the local area network? With the F-Response software, all of these are possible. F-Response uses a patent-pending process based on well documented industry standards to create a secure, read-only connection between the examiner’s computer and the computer under inspection.

F-Response can be used with any kind of computer forensic tools. You may know that any error operation may change the source data, but F-Response connection is completely read-only, functioning much like a software write blocker, to make sure the data safe.

F-Response is available under the following three different licensing options which are designed to appeal to independent examiners, consultancies, and corporations:

The F-Response Field Kit Edition is a value priced single user version of the F-Response patent-pending software suite. An F-Response Field Kit, when physically connected to the remote computer, will give you access to all the physical drives on that remote computer via the network. Best of all the Field Kit is licensed for one year and priced at less than one typical hour of consulting time!

The Consultant Edition of F-Response was built and designed around the needs of larger and geographically distant consulting teams. Using F-Response Consultant Edition you will be able to simultaneously access multiple computer physical storage devices with a single Consultant Edition software key. F-Response Consultant Edition is an excellent choice for First Responders and Incident Response teams

The Enterprise Edition of F-Response is the service based (Non GUI) version, which is uniquely designed for Managed Services consulting and internal corporate wide deployments. F-Response Enterprise Edition provides all the features of F-Response Consultant Edition, streamlined for large network deployment, with a scriptable installation and is designed to support either an internal corporate investigations team or a managed services appliance. Best of all, F-Response Enterprise is not licensed on a seat basis.  One license of F-Response Enterprise provides unlimited usage on an unlimited number of client installations for a full year.

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Western Digital PCB (IDE Full Model)

Buy Western Digital PCB(Printed Circuit Board) on HDDZone.com with low price, fast shipping and top-rated customer service! All kinds of Western Digital PCB for your Data Recovery Needs!

WD IDE full board PCB 2060-001003-001
Board Number: 2060-001003-001
Main Controller IC: WD70C20-SW
HDD Motor Combo IC: L6262 2.6
WD IDE full board PCB 2060-001102-003
Board Number: 2060-001102-003
Main Controller IC: WD70C23-GP
WD IDE full board PCB 2060-001128-005
Board Number: 2060-001128-005
Main Controller IC: WD70C22 GP ST1.3
HDD Motor Combo IC: L6278 1.2(E)
WD IDE full board PCB 2060-001159-006
Board Number: 2060-001159-006
Main Controller IC: WD70C22-GP ST2.0/WD70C22-GP ST1.3 HDD Motor Combo IC: L6278 1.7E
WD IDE full board PCB 2060-001173-004
Board Number: 2060-001173-004
Main Controller IC: WD70C22-GP ST2.0/WD70C22-GP ST1.3 HDD Motor Combo IC: L6282 3.2E
WD IDE full board PCB 2060-001175-000
Board Number: 2060-001175-000
Main Controller IC: WD70C23-GP ST2.3
HDD Motor Combo IC: L6278AC
WD IDE full board PCB 2060-001177-000
Board Number: 2060-001177-000
Main Controller IC: WD70C23-GP ST2.3
HDD Motor Combo IC: L6278AC
WD IDE full board PCB 2060-001189-003
Board Number: 2060-001189-003
Main Controller IC: WD70C22-GP ST2.0/WD70C22-GP ST1.3 HDD Motor Combo IC: L6278 1.7E
WD IDE full board PCB 2060-001265-001
Board Number: 2060-001265-001
Main Controller IC: WD70C26-GP ST2.1
HDD Motor Combo IC: L6283 1.3
WD IDE full board PCB 2060-001266-000
Board Number: 2060-001266-000
Main Controller IC: WD70C26 ST2.1
HDD Motor Combo IC: L6283 1.3

Note: Hard drive failures are NOT always caused by circuit board failure. In most cases, you should exchange the BIOS chip before you swap the PCB. You should have certain technique.

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Hard Drives And Flash Data Recovery

Today’s high capacity hard disk drives store its drive parameter and service information in flash memory on the circuit board that is specific to that disk drive. This makes disk data recovery all the more complicated since you cannot just swap the board out.

Flash Data Recovery has taken on a whole new meaning with the higher capacity hard disk drives on the market. If you have a hard disk drive that has a blown circuit board doesn’t try to swap it out in hopes of doing your own data recovery because it won’t work.

The only option in these cases is to find a donor circuit board, harvest the required parts and install them in the bad circuit board. This is just another reason you have to be careful when choosing a data recovery professional. It is difficult to perform this task without destroying the circuit board.

The latest hard disk drive circuit boards are highly complicated and employ “Surface Mount Technology” to install the components. When one of these components needs to be replaced it requires a highly skilled re-work technician otherwise the circuit board can be destroyed making data file recovery impossible.

Buyer Beware!

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