Western Digital has announced two new portable drives specifically designed for photographers and videographers. The SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD offers IP55 water and dust resistance with a USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface and reads speeds up to 550 MB/s and the SanDisk My Passport Wireless SSD offers an SSD drive with an enclosure with an integrated wifi connection and a 6700mAh battery.
Western Digital (WD) are shipping their 12TB Gold hard drive. The company states that the drives are “designed for heavy-workload, high-vibration server environments,” with a reliability rating that is amongst the highest in their range.
Western Digital has announced their My Book Duo storage system. Available in capacities up to 20TB and interfaced via Type C USB 3.1 Gen 1, it also has two USB ports that allow it to be used as a hub. The My Book Duo offers native support for RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Western Digital has released a wireless drive that integrates storage capacity with a wifi network and an SD card reader. Powered by a six hour battery 20 hours standby), the My Passport Wireless is available in 500GB, 1TB and 2TB versions and users can offload memory cards and then send the images via wifi. It is also equipped with USB3.