Friday, November 27, 2009

New ToughDisk 3500 SATA Rugged Hard Disk Released

Today, organizations are looking for data storage facilities in extreme environments such as manned or unmanned aircraft, naval vessels and ground vehicles, according to company officials. These organizations will need features such as speed of data transfer, storage capacity, and tolerance for harsh conditions and manhandling in their data storage devices.

The demand for high capacity storage disks are constantly on the rise and there seems to no end to the desires of customers when it to comes to storage spaces. Looking to cater to this huge demand from customers and companies alike, EMS Technologies has launched ToughDisk 3500 SATA Rugged Hard Disk.

According to EMS Technologies officials, the company has increased the storage capacity of the new TD3500 SATA hard disk by more than 50 percent from 640 GB to 1 TB. Company officials claim that the product offers improved performance under the vibration conditions compared with the previous product.

“Our newest version of the TD3500 SATA hard disk was developed to meet the growing demands for rugged data storage required by new applications in in-flight Internet connectivity, in-flight video on demand, and military surveillance applications,” said Kin Seto, vice president of business development and marketing for EMSFormation. “We are providing more value to our customers by improving performance and storage capabilities without an increase in price.”

The TD3500 SATA hard disk is meant for rough usage and performs optimally in temperature, altitude, shock, vibration, humidity, and dust conditions. It can be used as a drop-in, commercial off-the-shelf, replacement of conventional 3.5” low-profile drives as it contains industry standard 3.5” form factor and Serial ATA interface. It can be used with high-endSAS controllers as well as with any of the ubiquitous embedded SATA ports.

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Source:  TMCnet.com

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