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WD sees red, flogs NAS niche drives to SOHO punters

Swisskid

Just in: THG review of WD Red drives:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/red-wd20efrx-wd30efrx-nas,3248.html

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Re: Oh Danny Boy

The pipes the pipes are calling...

here might be a good starting point Steve:

http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_red_nas_hard_drive_review_wd30efrx

Danny

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Pint

Re: Hey, Danny in Munich

AF is an industry standard and not a WD invention.

EADS has absolutely nothing to do with AF:

E: TB/3.5-inch

A: Desktop

D: Intellipower with 32 MB cache

S: SATA 3 Gb/s with 22-pin SATA connector

The only potential issue you might face is if you partition under XP - even in this case there is a solution with our WD align tool

I hope this is not marketing lingo anymore Steve et.al.?

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Re: Red means danger

Our product line is based on providing customers with clear choices when it comes to their storage needs. Our easily identifiable colors eliminate the confusion and make it simple. We believe in the Power of Choice and making the choices easy to understand and differentiate delivers on our commitment to deliver better solutions to the market.

In the age of connectivity, the color red best reflects the energy, speed, and power associated with movement of data across network attached storage.

Danny, WD Munich

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MTBF Red

Yes 1 million - Danny, WD Munich

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Drama as Thai frogmen struggle to save world PC market

Swisskid

WD added FAQ on its Thailand Flood Recovery Site

http://wdc.com/en/company/thailandupdates/

Daniel Mauerhofer, WD Munich, Germany

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Inside WD's flooded Thai factory

Swisskid

Thailand Flooding - WD's answer

Chris -

Maybe we should remind you that hundreds of people lost their lives and 700,000 homes have been flooded, not to mention all the people without a place to work after 14,000 factories closed. And the flooding isn’t over. Believe it or not WD’s main concern right now is to look after its 37’000 employees; we are the largest foreign employer in Thailand .

There are MANY industries in the area, including high profile ones like automotive. I just heard that Toyota closed a factory in the U.S. for a while because it cannot get the parts it needs, which are manufactured in the flood plain (that hasn’t flooded for more than 50 years).

Your article suggests that WD Thailand went into hibernation – quite the opposite is the case; we moved most equipment to higher areas, we got help from the Thai Navy to move equipment away in boats, ship some of it to Malaysia in order to ramp up our facilities to full production over there etc. etc. As an industry expert you should know better that the WD management is doing everything humanly possible to provide solutions to the situation – it is actually ridiculous to think that Jo hn Coyne and Tim Leyden fell into an “eerie silence” and that the water is pounding on expensive equipment – the guys are working 7/24.

Maybe you could post this link about the Thailand flood recovery efforts we are making:

http://wdc.com/en/company/thailandupdates/

Perhaps with your infinite power of the pen you could influence some good? If you need additional info let me know.

Best,

Daniel Mauerhofer

WD's Head of Public Relations EMEAI, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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