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Below are four illustrations of how WD RE2-GP drives could solve the unique storage challenges in the enterprise marketplace. Scenarios are based on standard applications within the industry and do not represent actual company data.

Leading Medical Center Finds Cure through More Storage
The challenge: To maximize storage capacity for a fixed number of available drive slots while driving down energy consumption and operating costs.

The results: Reduced energy use by 40% and lowered overall operating costs.

Saving Power Helps Energy Company Search for New Finds
The challenge: To cut overall power consumption and eliminate the need for mobile power, enable more processing power, and maximize storage to handle the expanding flow of data all with the investment for storage fixed at $1 million.

The results: Gained 18% greater storage at 73% of the power cost.

Data Storage: Helping Make the Web Safe for Shopping
The challenge: To increase overall storage capacity without overloading the current power allotted for data storage.

The results: Increased total storage availability by 40% while power consumption remained constant.

Helping You Care for Your Lawn, and the Earth
The challenge: To replace an obsolete IT infrastructure with a state-of-the-art 5,000 TB wireless area network, keeping a close eye on both initial costs and annual power consumption.

The results: Met the 5,000 TB storage requirements and achieved a staggering 40% savings on annual power costs without exceeding the initial hardware budget.

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