Western Digital unveils SanDisk Professional line

Western Digital unveiled the SanDisk Professional brand of premium storage solutions for content creators and professionals. Born on the foundation of the company’s SanDisk consumer brand and its professional-grade G-Technology brand, the new SanDisk Professional line features 16 modular workflow solutions with professional-grade performance and enterprise-class reliability that will include:

• PRO-CINEMA CFexpress VPG400 – An all-new professional-grade, rugged CFexpress card for videographers and cinematographers with video recording at a minimum of 400MB/s. The new card is expected to be available this summer.
• PRO-READER series – Four new PRO-READER devices featuring a USB-C interface supporting SuperSpeed USB 10Gbs. Designed to work with the latest and most common camera media including CFast, CFexpress, RED Mini-Mag, CF, microSD and SD cards. The series of PRO-READERS are expected to be available this summer.
• PRO-DOCK 4 – A new 4-bay reader docking station that can bridge capture and ingest with a truly scalable offloading solution that saves critical time and money on multi-camera productions. The PRO-DOCK 4, expected to be available later this summer, enables up to four simultaneous card offloads.
• A new 4TB G-DRIVE ArmorLock Encrypted NVMe SSD along with the line up of G-DRIVE ultra-rugged portable drives, desktop devices featuring enterprise-grade Ultrastar drives, and G-RAID and G-RAID SHUTTLE transportable, enterprise-grade RAID solutions (now featuring both Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C support). The new drives are expected to begin rolling out by early June.