Introduction:
The economy is crazy, and everyone is trying their best to make products “green” for our use. All of us can do our part, even hard drives are now green. Western Digital, a long-time hard drive manufacturer, releases their 1TB Green Caviar drive to the public with the intent of a large capacity drive that focuses on low power consumption. Today, we check it out.
Western Digital’s Overview:
As hard drive capacities increase, the power required to run those drives increases as well. WD Caviar Green drives make it possible for energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.
- Reduced power consumption – WD has reduced power consumption by up to 40 percent compared to standard desktop drives with the combination of WD’s IntelliSeek™, NoTouch™, and IntelliPower™ technologies.
- Helps enable eco-friendly PCs – WD Caviar Green drives yield an average drive power savings of 4-5 watts over standard desktop drives making it possible for our energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation. This power savings equates to reducing CO2 emission by up to 13.8 kilograms per drive per year – the equivalent of taking a car off the road for 3 days each year*. By using environmentally-conscious PCs with our WD Caviar Green drives on board, large organizations with many desktop computers can minimize their carbon footprint and save real money on electricity costs.
*Assumes that a car produces 1.60 CO2 pounds per Kwatt/hours/year. Calculation of automobile emissions depends on the car’s g/km emission levels and km/year of driving.
- Cool and quiet – GreenPower™ technology yields lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics for ultra-quiet PCs and external drives.
- Perfect for external drives – External drive manufacturers can eliminate the need for a fan in a high-capacity product with a WD Caviar Green drive, the coolest and quietest in its class.
- IntelliPower – A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance.
- IntelliSeek – Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration.
- NoTouch ramp load technology – The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.
- Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) – Employs PMR technology to achieve even greater areal density.
- Low power spin-up – WD Caviar Green drives consume less current during startup allowing lower peak loads.
- Advanced power technology – Electronic components deliver best-in-class low power consumption for reduced power requirements and increased reliability.
- Ideal For –
Environmentally friendly PCs and external storage requiring lower power consumption and cool, quiet operation.
Other information about this hdd can be found on this page.
Take a look at it!
Big and green and not the hulk.