Overview
The Western Digital Caviar RE is an internal hard drive storage solution. This 120GB enhanced drive is intended for server applications and is not recommended for use in desktops. Ideal for enterprise-class environments, this hard drive is designed to deal with the always-on, high duty cycle RAID systems. Welcome to a win-win scenario, you get the quality and performance of a drive engineered to thrive in a high-intensity RAID system for the price of a desktop hard drive. WD Caviar RE drive provides enhanced reliability in a 24x7, continuous duty cycle environment.
Key Features
- Time-limited error recovery (TLER) – improves compatibility with RAID adapters; prevents drive fallout caused by the extended hard drive error-recovery processes common to desktop hard drives
- 1 million hours MTBF – meets enterprise-class reliability standards
- 8MB cache – provides a higher percentage of cache hits and significantly faster time to data than industry-standard 2 MB versions
- Fluid Dynamic Bearings (FDB) – improve hard drive reliability; reduce heat, vibration and noise
- Data Lifeguard Tools – software utility that works in conjunction with the embedded Data Lifeguard features to make hard drive installation, management, and diagnostics simple and worry-free