Western Digital Works On The Next VelociRaptor

[WC Annihilus]

"The next addition to the Raptor drive legacy brings yet another capacity increase."

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[Rastalovich]

Jeez that's a tough one. They'd have to be pretty darn quick and yet suitably cheaper than ssds as the article says. (seen=scene)

Do wonder that perhaps they bother trying a SATA6 controller and a proper cache.

[JN]

Sounds quite promising tbh. While I like SSD's, they are still a bit of a pain in the arse to keep at optimal performance even with garbage collection and all the other gubbins.

[splinter]

hope there is going to be a big drop in the price of the current 150gb and 300gb velociraptors

[skunkmunkey]

Still running on my trusty raptor X, so the new ones may be a possibilty for my mod