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WD ships Thunderbolt powered HDD

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/27/2014 04:47 PM | source: | 2 comment(s)
WD ships Thunderbolt powered HDD

WD has just released the My Passport Pro which is the first portable HDD that grabs data and power via the Thunderbolt interface. The aluminium housing can embed two HDDs that support RAID 0 and RAID 1. There are two volume sizes available, 2TB or 4TB for $299.99 and $429.99, respectively.

WD today introduced My Passport Pro, the first portable, Thunderbolt powered dual-drive solution, providing creative professionals and enthusiasts high performance and capacity in a truly mobile solution. For Mac systems, My Passport Pro has user-selectable RAID functionality to deliver needed performance for the most demanding applications in the field, without the need for power adapters or extra cables. My Passport Pro is available in 2 TB and 4 TB capacities.

“The only Thunderbolt dual-drive solution that’s bus-powered, WD’s My Passport Pro enhances the workflow of mobile creative professionals by providing fast transfers and data protection for the large amounts of digital content they generate outside the studio,” said Jim Welsh, executive vice president of branded products and worldwide sales, WD. “From photographers, videographers and musicians to graphic designers and architects, people who depend on portable storage for their livelihood will find My Passport Pro defines a new level of performance, reliability and especially portability.” 

“Thunderbolt™ technology makes new approaches possible for high-performance workflows,” said Jason Ziller, Intel’s Director of Thunderbolt Marketing. “By combining dual storage drives on a portable, bus-powered device, the My Passport Pro from WD is a uniquely powerful storage solution with high capacity for today’s demanding users.” 

Directly powered via the integrated Thunderbolt cable — a design unique to WD — performance of My Passport Pro clocks in at speeds up to 233 MB/s, providing super-fast transfer, edit and backup capabilities. Another key feature of the dual-drive My Passport Pro is its user-selectable RAID function, which lets users choose data striping (RAID 0) for high performance or mirroring (RAID 1) for data redundancy, depending on the user’s needs. Superior to both FireWire 800 and USB 3.0, the integrated Thunderbolt technology of My Passport Pro makes video manipulation quick and easy—with the ability to copy a 22 GB high-definition video file in half the time typically required by a USB 3.0 drive working in RAID 0 format. 

Consisting of two 2.5-inch hard drives housed in a sleek aluminum enclosure, My Passport Pro is thoroughly shock-tested for extra durability to perform reliably when working on the go.



WD ships Thunderbolt powered HDD




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sverek



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#4790329 Posted on: 03/28/2014 04:17 AM
Since when HDDs are capable of transferring more than 625 MB/s?

Even 4 HDDs in Raid0 can't go above USB3 data transfer rate.

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#4790423 Posted on: 03/28/2014 11:01 AM
Yup it seems real world performance of usb 3.0 and thunderbolt is pretty darn similar on normal disk drives. And with SSD it is negligible while at times being bit faster...

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