Western Digital, world-known for its SSDs and hard drives, is going to put a curious product on sale. It's called WD Ultrastar Transporter, and it's a briefcase for transporting data.
In these times of the cloud, fiber optic transmissions and 5G, it seems meaningless carry data in hand. But it offers a large number of applications.
WD Ultrastar Transporter is shaped like a briefcase and weighs about 14 kilos, so you have to be in shape to carry it for a long time.
The WD briefcase with 368 TB capacity
Although you can't see it in the photo, it also has wheels and a handle that stretches to transport it like a shopping cart.
This technology briefcase contains NVMe flash memory with a capacity of 368 TB. These are SSD devices, but we don't know his capacity. If they are 2TB SSD, then you will need almost 150 SSD.
WD too Explain that has a 12 core processor, although it does not indicate which one. It is capable of reading and writing data autonomously, without the need to connect it to a PC. It includes two 200 GBe output ports, two USB 3.0 ports, and even a VGA output to connect to old data center monitors.
It's also the size of a standard rack, so it can be placed inside a server, and taken with you when you need it.
And what is WD Ultrastar Transporter for? Well, basically, for have access to data immediately, anywhere.
Even with a very fast connection, transmitting 368 TB of data can take days. In certain situations, it is faster to carry that data in a briefcase from one server to another in a data centeror from a server to a company computer.
It can also be useful in places with a poor Internet connection, maximum security environments where data is not on the Internet, emergencies, etc.
This WD Ultrastar Transporter case to transport 368 TB of data is really practicalalthough we are left wanting to know its price, since WD has not provided it.