A 314GB WD HDD for the Raspberry Pi

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Western Digital's WDLabs unit presents a storage device for use with the Raspberry Pi micro-PC-- the PiDrive, a purpose-built 314GB HDD promising low-power USB operation and ease of integration.

PiDrive"Adoption of Raspberry Pi computing devices is expanding at a tremendous rate, reaching eight million units in about 4 years. However, the millions of Raspberry Pi users are finding limitations from data storage devices originally designed for other applications," the company says. "The WD PiDrive 314 GB HDD is designed to support Raspberry Pi growth by addressing barriers to hard drive adoption such as affordability, power loading and system set-up."

The PiDrive is based on the WD Digital Blue 7mm 500GB platform, only with adaptations for the Raspberry Pi. As a result the interface is changed from SATA to USB, while the magnetic recording and electrical system operating set-points are alined with the Raspberry Pi USB data and power design.

Also included is a special version of the BerryBoot bootloader allowing the easy installation and running of multiple operating systems on the same drive.

The WD PiDrive is compatible with all PiDrive cables, cable kits and enclosures, and is available now.

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