WD today announced its entry into the traditional enterprise market segment with volume production shipments of its first 10,000 RPM, 2.5-inch" SAS interface hard drives. The WD S25 provides up to 300GB of high-performance storage suitable for both mission-critical enterprise server and enterprise storage applications, such as high-I/O-driven applications and configurations, as well as data centers and large data arrays.

The WD S25 delivers ultra-high performance with its 3 Gb/s and 6 Gb/s SAS interfaces and a sustained sequential data rate of 128 MB/sec. In addition to all the speed required to service any enterprise need, the WD S25 also provides a 1.6 M hour MTBF rating.

No word on pricing.

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