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WD RE4-GP
Enterprise SATA Hard Drives


Faster and greener




Faster performance
Reduced power consumption
Lower cost of ownership




This new generation of WD RE-GP drives
takes advantage of the performance
improvements offered in our WD RE3
family of drives and adds advanced power
management technology to deliver a faster,
greener solution for large-scale data centers.
WD RE4-GP
Enterprise SATA Hard Drives



Product Features

Faster lower total cost of ownership IntelliSeekTM StabletracTM
Massive 64 MB cache, dual Large data-hungry organizations such Calculates optimum seek speeds Secures the motor shaft at both ends
processors, and increased areal density as financial institutions and web service to lower unnecessary power to reduce system-induced vibration and
yield twice the processing power results providers may realize up to $10 savings consumption, noise, and vibration. stabilize platters for accurate tracking,
up to a 25% performance improvement per drive per year in electricity costs during read and write operations.
over the previous generation. (U.S.). A large data center with 10,000 IntelliParkTM
drives could realize up to $100,000 in Delivers lower power consumption RaID-specific time-limited error
Greener saving per year. by automatically unloading recording recovery (tlER)
Improvements in our power-conserving heads during idle to reduce Pioneered by WD, this feature prevents
technologies -- IntelliSeek, IntelliPark, 24x7 reliability aerodynamic drag, and by disengaging drive fallout caused by the extended
and IntelliPower -- deliver improved With 1.2 million hours MTBF, these read/write channel electronics. hard drive error-recovery processes
power consumption over our previous drives have the highest available common to desktop drives.
generation of WD RE-GP drive. reliability rating on a high-capacity drive.
active Power management
WD drives with WD GreenPower Rotary acceleration Feed
Improved rotary vibration IntelliPowerTM TechnologyTM monitor work load Forward (RaFFTM)
A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, and automatically invoke idle mode
tolerance Optimizes operation and performance
transfer rate, and caching algorithms whenever possible to further reduce
Optimized drive mechanics, system when the drives are used in vibration-
designed to deliver both significant unnecessary power consumption. Drive
characterization, and process validation prone multi-drive systems such as rack
power savings and solid performance. recovery time from idle mode is less
yields unmatched performance in high mounted servers.
vibration environments. than one second, providing seamless
power management between the drive
and the host controller.




Product Specifications
IntERFacE FoRm FactoR SPIn SPEED cachE
SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5-inch IntelliPower 64 MB


moDElS caPacItIES lImItED WaRRanty
WD2002FYPS 2 TB 5 years
WD1502FYPS 1.5 TB




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