GreenPower™ Hard Drives

"Western Digital's release of GreenPower hard drive technology signals a significant move by a major manufacturer into the provision of 'green' or environmentally friendly hardware.." (source adapted from www.pctechguide.com)

The GreenPower drives are made available in desktop, enterprise, CE and external hard drive implementations in capacities from 320 GB upwards.

Green power claims are impressive: they boast power savings of 4-5 watts over competitors' drives of similar sizes without suffering any degradation in performance.

This 40% power saving reduces CO2 omissions by 60kg over a year which is the equivalent of taking a car off the road for approximately a fortnight.

Naturally there is an associated cost benefit to the user, looking to be around $10/computer/year. Whilst this is small change to users with one or two machines around the home, the product's savings may turn heads in enterprise applications where many hundreds of drives will be running constantly throughout the year.

A trio of technologies are used in the implementation of the GreenPower drives to achieve this power saving: IntelliPower, IntelliPark, and IntelliSeek.

“Data storage that doesn’t cost the earth”

Key features

Energy-conscious system manufacturers can build systems with right balance of:

• In-class system performance
• Energy conservation

Green power available in a range of formats..

Desktop
WD Caviar GP Hard Drives: Support quieter, cooler-running desktop PCs and external storage devices that conserve critical power resources

Enterprise
GreenPower WD RE Hard Drives: Enable reliable, highly efficient data centers that save electricity costs, reduce environmental impact

Consumer Electronics
GreenPower WD AV Hard Drives: Enable high-capacity DVRs that run coolly and quietly in demanding environments