Western Digital unveils SanDisk Professional line

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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.