Western Digital sent out
a press release announcing it will be shipping its WD RE2 (RAID Edition) 750
GB hard drive this month. The new 750GB Caviar RE2 has the same 7200RPM
spindle speed, 16MB of cache, and support for 300MB/s Serial ATA transfer speeds
with Native Command Queuing as the 750GB Caviar SE16. However, the RE2 is tuned
for operation in RAID arrays, it's covered by a five-year warranty, and it's
rated for a mean time between failures of 1.2 million hours. For reference, the
SE16 is only covered by a three-year warranty. Western Digital says the
suggested retail price for the 750GB Caviar RE2 is $265, which is about $65 more
than the 750GB Caviar SE16.
