14 DAY TRIAL // Capacity is what drives the traditional hard drive market and storage solution vendors continue to deliver new products that provide users with support for larger amounts of data. On that note, Hitachi GST (Global Storage Technologies) announced today the availability of the newly designed SimpleDrive, an external hard drive solution that would deliver up to 2TB of capacity. In addition, the company revealed that all of its 3.5-inch hard drives would be available in 2TB capacities, including the Deskstar 7JK2000, a 2TB, 7200RPM solution that combines performance with power efficiency.
"Hitachi continues to build its channel presence with an expanded portfolio of 2TB storage solutions for business users, consumers or virtually anyone who needs additional capacity to manage the growing number and size of their digital files,” said Azmat Ali, vice president of marketing, Branded Business, Hitachi GST. “Even though people are inundated with digital content daily, many are not taking the necessary precautions to safeguard their content. Our external drives, together with consistent backup practices, will help people keep their digital memories, entertainment and business documents safe.”
The drive itself is compatible with both Mac and PC environments and offers a large storage capacity in a anodized aluminum enclosure that is designed to maintain the drive cool and reliable, enabling a high-performance level to protect the user's digital content. According to the San Jose, California-based company, the external storage solution will be made available in capacities of 500GB, 1TB and 2TB, for a MSRP of US$99.99, US$129.99, and US$249.99, respectively.
In addition to the new SimpleDrive, the company also offers 2TB models for its SimpleTech Pro, the SimpleTech Duo Pro, and the company's Internal Hard Drive Kits, with prices of US$299.99, US$499.99 (for the dual-HDD model), and US$249.99, respectively.