Western Digital has finally come to my rescue. Really folks – they have. I’ve been worried about maxing out my HP MediaSmart EX470 Windows Home Server but thanks to the newly announced WD 2 Terabyte Caviar Green hard drive, I can now upgrade my 1TB SATA HDDs to 2TB SATA HDDs – yes.. double the capacity for music, videos, and photos!

These new 2 terabyte Western Digital Caviar Green hard drives are based on 500GB/platter technology with 32MB caches. Features of the new drive include:

• Reduced power consumption by up to 40 percent compared to standard drives using a combination of WD IntelliSeek, NoTouch, and IntelliPower technology
• Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) technology
• IntelliPower – fine tunes the balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver both power savings and performance
• IntelliSeek – calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration
• StableTrac – motor shaft secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking during read/writes
• Low power spin up
• 3Gb/s SATA interface

Now the down side – these 2 TB Western Digital drives will set you back roughly $300 dollars (MSRP is $299). Considering 1TB drives are around $100 dollars these days, that’s a bit of a premium.. but these are hard drives of course which means prices will come down fast.

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