March Of The WD 8 TB Drives Begins

Photo of author

Tim Higgins

WD logoWD says it will start shipping its 8 TB helium drives in a wide range of storage products.

Launching throughout the first half of 2016, My Cloud personal storage devices, My Book external hard drives , WD Red, WD Red Pro and WD Purple hard drives will all include models with a new high-capacity configuration using WD’s 8 TB helium drives.

WD 8TB Helium platform

TP-LINK RE590T & RE350K Wi-Fi Range Extenders

My Book 8 TB (model #: WDBFJK0080HBK) and My Book for Mac 8 TB (model #: WDBYCC0080HBK) are currently available for $299.99 MSRP.

My Cloud, My Book Duo, My Book Pro, WD Red, WD Red Pro and WD Purple 8 TB configurations will be available during the first half of 2016. Pricing will be announced as the products hit the shelves.

Related posts

ASUSTOR Announces Upgraded NAS OS

ASUSTOR has released its ADM 2.1 NAS operating system

WD Snaps Up SanDisk

Western Digital is buying flash storage company SanDisk.

QNAP Shipping AMD-powered Rackmount NAS Family

QNAP has six new AMD-powered rackmount NASes.