Three New Purpose-Built Storage Products Deliver Optimal Performance, Durability, Capacity and Accessibility for Small Businesses and Home Offices
The new products will be available in the UAE and the Middle east towards the end of November.

Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), Introduced an array of purpose-built-in storage solutions, aimed at improving NAS environments for small businesses and home offices in the UAE. The new solutions will be available locally in November, which includes the first-ever WD Red SSDs. This will improve performance and cache abilities in a hybrid NAS environment, as well as a 14TB capacity for the WD Red and WD Red Pro HDDs.

There is a tremendous growth of large-scale technology change in small and medium businesses and enterprises in the UAE and the Middle East. The growth in our region is mainly due to the early adoption of advance storage technologies by small enterprises combine with fast growing digitalization through several end-use industries. We are ready to introduce our NAS solutions that that cater to the pain points of end users in the region with attractive price points" said Khwaja Saifuddin, Senior Sales Director, Middle East at Western Digital.

SSD Performance to Support High-Speed Connectivity:
With the increase in virtualization, 10GbE (10 Gigabit Ethernet) and higher connectivity speeds are becoming an important feature set in modern NAS systems. SSD speeds are crucial to help reduce performance issues.

To fully support the requirements of these environments, storage device durability, speed and capacity remain increasingly necessary. Building on the proven reliability of Western Digitals WD Red product portfolio, the solutions are built to transform pain points to profits for the end user. When utilized as a caching solution in a NAS system, the WD Red SA500 SSD helps to boost performance while the new higher capacity WD Red and WD Red Pro HDDs offer more storage space in the same NAS device.

"Increasing efficiency for NAS systems can translate to more content in less time, so creators or small businesses can work more efficiently to increase output, and, as a result, potential revenue," said Khwaja Saifuddin Western Digitals Sr. Sales Director for South Asia, Middle East and Africa. Our high capabilities with optimal tolerances in the WD Red portfolio can accommodate larger files and reduce storage bandwidth-induced stress. For creators working on large projects over time, the latest WD Red SSD solution enables a hybrid NAS environment where the SSD can serve as a caching mechanism for both large and frequently accessed files.

Working with Western Digital has proved increasingly benefit from providing premium storage for our NAS systems, said Meiji Chang, general manager, QNAP. With the addition of todays WD Red SA500 SSD as a storage or caching solution, our customers can now take full advantage of dedicated SSD space in our systems and benefit from faster network transfer speeds and optimal endurance.

Product Details
New products introduced today are:
WD Red SA500 NAS SATA SSD
Purpose-built for NAS enthusiasts, the latest WD Red SA500 NAS SATA SSD offers capacities from 500GB up to 4TB1 (2.5-inch only) and creates an environment optimized for 10GbE networks as well as caching in NAS systems to rapidly access frequently used files. With superior endurance for heavy read and write loads demanded by NAS in a 24/7 environment, the drive supports OLTP databases, multi-user environments, photo rendering, 4K and 8K video editing.

WD Red NAS Hard Drive
Complementary to the WD Red SA500 NAS SATA SSD, the latest WD Red HDD capacity increase to 14TB1 is designed for use in NAS systems with up to 8 bays. Ideal for small-and-home-office 24/7 environments, the drive supports up to a 180 TB/year workload rate.

WD Red Pro NAS Hard Drive
Built like the WD Red HDD with a boost for professional NAS workloads and up to 14TB1 capacity, the WD Red Pro HDD supports up to 24 bays. With 3D Active Balance Plus technology and error recovery controls with NASware 3.0 technology, the drive operates with enhanced reliability.

Pricing and Availability
The WD Red SA500 SSD comes in capacities of 500GB up to 2TB for the M.2 form factor and ranges in price from $72.00 up to $297.00 (MSRP USD) in the U.S. The 2.5-inch form factor of the WD Red SA500 SSD comes in capacities of 500GB up to 4TB and ranges in price from $75.00 to $600.00 (MSRP USD) in the U.S. Both form factors of WD Red SA500 SSDs are currently available in limited quantities at the WD store and will be available globally in November at select Western Digital retailers, e-tailers, resellers and system integrators. The WD Red NAS HDD in 14TB capacity is priced at $450.00 (MSRP USD) in the U.S. and the WD Red NAS Pro HDD in 14TB capacity is priced at $525.00(MSRP USD) in the U.S. These 14TB HDD products will be available globally in November at select Western Digital retailers, e-tailers, resellers, system integrators and at the WD store.

The new WD Red products join Western Digitals portfolio of HDD and SSD solutions that are purpose-built for a range of applications in enterprise, client and gaming markets. For enterprise customers, Western Digital recently enhanced its WD Gold Enterprise Class HDD storage solution, now available in capacities up to 14TB1.

Enabling the possibilities of data, Western Digital offers one of the industry's broadest portfolio of products and solutions to help people capture, preserve, access and transform their content. For more information, visit our website: www.westerndigital.com