Western Digital launches new solutions designed for the media industry

Ruben Dennenwaldt, Head of Product Marketing and Marketing Operations EU/CIS en Western Digital, presents in this video interview some of the new features that the manufacturer has released at IBC 2023 such as SanDisk Professional G-Drive Project and G-RAID Mirror.

Western Digital continues to bet on its professional storage line SanDisk y SanDisk Professional for new Thunderbolt products that provide the capabilities and reliability the media and entertainment industry needs.

These solutions offer a high level of efficiency, performance, reliability and scalability necessary to help digital content creators achieve world-class quality results both on location shoots and in post-production rooms.

As for the new SanDisk Professional G-Drive Poject, its Thunderbolt 3 interface offers superior performance and supports daisy chain up to five devices to create various digital content creation workflows. It is also compatible with USB 3.2 Gen 2.

It features an Ultrastar 7200 RPM enterprise-class hard drive that offers up to 22TB of capacity and 260MB/s read/write speed to flexibly handle demanding workloads and back up critical content.

SanDisk Professional G-RAID Mirror

with up to 44TB capacity maximum (22TB on default RAID 1) on two Ultrastar 7200 RPM enterprise-class hard drives, the new G-RAID Mirror solution is designed for tougher workloads and archiving critical content, allowing users to back up their day-to-day work knowing their most important files are in one place.

When delivered in RAID 1, critical content is automatically mirrored to the second drive for secure data redundancy. Additionally, it can be easily switched to JBOD or RAID 0 by flipping a switch, without needing to download an app or install software.

Your slot SSD Pro-Blade Mag Allows you to download, copy or edit content from a Pro-Blade Mag SSD (sold separately) at super-fast speeds.

Pro-Cinema CFexpress Type B

Finally, regarding the SanDisk PRO-Cinema CFexpress Type B card, it is designed with cinema-quality environments in mind. With Minimum sustained write speeds of 1400 MB/s, this card allows users capture 8K video with cinematic quality without dropping frames.

They are design is super resistant as it withstands drops of up to 1 meter and up to 50 newtons (11.2 pound-force) of force to protect irreplaceable images and videos.

Furthermore, it is compatible con Pro-Reader y Pro-Dock 4 and allows you to pair the Pro-Cinema CFexpress Type B card with SanDisk Professional Pro-Reader CFexpress and Pro-Dock 4 devices (sold separately) for scalable, simultaneous downloads that help maximize productivity.

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