Miglia announces Western Digital partnership with their flagship product,
DualDisk
Enter the next generation of FireWire 800 storage with Miglia’s DualDisk
London, UK, 9 January 2006 — Miglia Technology, a leading manufacturer of
video, audio and storage products for Mac and Windows, today announced its
partnership with Western Digital and the launch of Miglia DualDisk with
WD’s disk drives.
Eric Ferraz, Director of Product Management at Miglia said “Miglia have
decided to use exclusively Western Digital drives as they provide the most
robust and reliable solution for end users. Our faith in WD’s solutions
based on low heat and high MTTF means that we are able to offer a 5 year
RTB warranty pre-configured DualDisk’s, a unique offering in this market.”
Klaas deVos, Vice President EMEA with WD said: “Miglia is an ideal partner
for us as they constantly deliver world-class solutions to an ever
demanding market place. Our Caviar Raid Edition drives are a perfect match
for the Miglia DualDisk, they are cool, quiet and highly reliable, the
stated MTTF (Mean Time To Failure) of 1.2 million hours is unrivalled in
the industry.
Following last year’s successful launch of the Miglia DualDisk, Miglia is
pleased to announce that the DualDisk has been given a makeover and
redeveloped using Western Digital technology for more demanding use in
today’s work and home environment. Still integrating two hard drives in a
unique horizontal format, the ultra-slim aluminium enclosure combines vast
amounts of storage space with incredible data transfer rates peaking at 88
MB/sec. Thanks to its advanced DCS cooling system, the hard drives run at
low temperatures at all times, thereby lengthening their lifespan and
securing your data.
Available in capacities of 320GB, 500GB and 640GB and as an empty case, the
Miglia DualDisk provides excellent secure expansion for both PC and Mac
platforms. In addition DualDisk is now available using the ultimate
quality WD Caviar ‘Raid Edition’ drives, these have 16MB of cache per
device and an MTBF of 5 times a conventional Disc Drive. Designed and
built to last, DualDisk is made from robust, shock resistant aluminium,
giving the best possible protection for your valuable data.
Key Features of the WD Caviar RE drives
Interface: IDE
Spin speed: 7200 RPM
Cache: 8MB
MTTF: 1.2 million hours
Avg. read seek: 8.8 ms
Warranty: 5 years
Compatibility:
Mac:
Mac with Firewire connectivity
Mac OS 9.1+ (400 Mbps speeds only)
Mac OS X 10.2.5 or higher
PC:
PC with FireWire Connectivity
Windows XP
Pricing and availability
Miglia DualDisk is available now from Miglia’s distribution partners,
refurb or online store, for a recommended retail price of (ex VAT):
320 GB: $399
500 GB: $549
640 GB: $585
All units carry a full 5 year RTB warranty. A list of distributors and
resellers is available on Miglia’s website:
(http://www.miglia.com/buy/index.html)
About Western Digital
WD, one of the storage industry’s pioneers and long-time leaders, provides
products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and
use digital information. The company produces reliable, high-performance
hard drives that keep users’ data close-at-hand and secure from loss.
WD was founded in 1970. The company’s storage products are marketed to
leading systems manufacturers and selected resellers under the Western
Digital and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company’s Web
site (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor
information.
About Miglia
Miglia Technology Ltd (Miglia) is a leading European manufacturer of video,
audio and storage products for Mac and Windows. Its product range brings
high end technology to a broader market place such as, DV encoding, Raid 1
and MPEG-4 real time encoding. With offices in the UK and the US, the
company designs, manufactures and fulfils its entire product range from
three locations in Europe and Asia.