WD offers up to 8 TB of storage in its new units for video surveillance applications

The new line of storage solutions with HelioSeal technology offers higher performance, capacity, extra reliability for surveillance applications, NAS devices and personal storage.

Available on the market during the first half of this year, the new high-performance storage solutions, with drives of 8 TB capacity, of Western Digital include My Cloud personal storage devices, My Book external hard drives and the ranges of internal hard drives WD Red, WD Red Pro and WD Purple.

As noted by this company, this development responds 'to the demand from companies', small businesses and consumers seeking storage systems for NAS', surveillance and external desktop applications with more capacity to centralize and store all their content'.

Specifically, las nuevas capacidades incluyen los dispositivos de almacenamiento personal My Cloud (My Cloud Mirror, My Cloud EX2 Ultra); los discos duros externos My Book (My Book para Mac, My Book Duo y My Book Pro), y las gamas de discos duros internos WD Red, (Pro y Purple). Besides, cada solución incorpora la tecnología HelioSeal para ofrecer mayor rendimiento y eficiencia en cada una de las funciones para las que están diseñado estos modelos.

Como asegura Brendan Collins, vicepresidente de marketing de producto de Western Digital, “estamos comprometidos a que todas nuestras soluciones ofrezcan alto rendimiento, alta capacidad y alta calidad. No importa para qué mercado o uso, tenemos una solución para todos los públicos, ya sea para pequeños negocios, partners de canal, empresas o consumidores finales. Our goal is to offer the best and most competitive solutions to the market.
The capacity increase to 8 from 16 TB (in the case of systems with two units of 8 TB in RAID 0) applies to the following WD products:

External hard drives:

• My Book / My Book for Mac: an external hard drive solution that offers full backup and storage options with USB connectivity.
• My Book Duo / My Book Pro: dual external hard drive solutions, now with up to 16 TB capacity, with ultra-fast storage in RAID-0 and a complete backup, extra storage through its USB port and Thunderbolt connectivity.
• My Cloud / My Cloud Mirror: personal storage devices so that the user has their own private cloud just by connecting it to the router.
• My Cloud EX2 Ultra: como parte del rango de productos para profesionales creativos de esta gama, es un sistema de almacenamiento en red de máximo rendimiento con dos bahías.

Discos duros internos:

• WD Purple: diseñados para sistemas de videovigilancia de alta definición en entornos 24/7, compatibles con infraestructuras de 1 until 8 discos duros y 32 cameras.
• WD Red: optimizados para NAS (sistemas de almacenamiento conectado en red) of 1 until 8 bays, tanto para uso personal y doméstico como para pequeña empresa.
• WD Red Pro: diseñado para sistemas NAS de hasta 16 bays, optimizado para pequeñas empresas y negocios.