Because desktop drives offer high capacity at a lower-than-SCSI cost an unprecedented number of RAID systems are being designed around desktop drives. But life in a desktop computer does not compare to the extreme environment in an always-on high duty cycle RAID system. What's needed is a drive engineered to thrive in a high-intensity RAID system while still offering traditional desktop value. That drive is the WD Caviar RE. Designed and manufactured to enterprise-class standards WD Caviar RE drive provides enhanced reliability in a 24x7 high duty cycle environment. WD Caviar RE hard drive is ideal for RAID server applications such as video surveillance enterprise backup document management scientific computing and similar demanding storage environments.