Specification
WESTERN DIGITAL RAPTOR WD740GD 74GB SATA 10000 8M HARD DRIVE - WD740GD
- Product Description: WD Raptor WD740GD - hard drive - 74 GB - SATA-150
- Type: Hard drive - internal
- Form Factor: 3.5" x 1/3H
- Dimensions (WxDxH): 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.5 cm
- Weight: 0.7 kg
- Capacity: 74 GB
- Interface Type: Serial ATA-150
- Data Transfer Rate: 150 MBps
- Average Seek Time: 4.5 ms
- Spindle Speed: 10000 rpm
- Heads (Physical): 2
The exploding growth of enterprise data storage puts tremendous pressure on IT managers who must accommodate ever-greater volume with ever-tighter budgets. This increased need for enterprise storage coupled with the decline in IT budgets creates a need for reliable low-cost solutions. Enter Serial ATA (SATA) a new interface developed with enterprise storage in mind. Some hard drive companies design desktop-class hard drives with the SATA interface but WD is going one better. To meet the demands of enterprise storage Western Digital is the only company to combine an enterprise-class hard drive with the SATA interface to meet all the demands of the enterprise environment - reliability performance and reduced cost.
Serial ATA is poised to replace Parallel SCSI in the mid-range but only if there\'s a drive that can meet the performance and reliability requirements of that market. That drive is the WD Raptor! The WD Raptor is a new class of hard drive that matches SCSI performance and reliability and provides simplified connectivity all at 30 percent less cost than Parallel SCSI drives.
