Western Digital has today officially launched its first 7,200RPM 2TB hard drives in the form of the desktop-orientated Caviar Black and the enterprise-specific RE4.
The Caviar Black, first hinted at back in June and pictured below, is a high performance alternative to the existing Caviar Green.
The drive features four 500GB platters, a 7,200RPM spin speed, 64MB of cache, a dual-state actuator and a dual processor - all combining to provide what Western Digital claims to be the "ultimate performance in a maximum-capacity drive".
For the workstation market, there's also the 2TB RE4. Aimed at those who require "superior reliability", the drive provides features such as Active Power Save, a multi-axis shock sensor, pressure sensors, time-limited error recovery and a 1.2 million hours MTBF.
Sounds expensive, and they are. The 2TB Caviar Black is shipping now with an MSRP of $299 (expect to see it in the UK at around £200), while the 2TB RE4 is in the process of being qualified by OEMs.
