by Rafael Hernandez on March 30, 2009
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The solid state drive market is beginning to see a slew of new products and with it being a relatively new market the first goes at the technology will likely encounter a few bugs to be worked out.Intel and OCZ…
Read more State Of The SSD, Intel And OCZ Get The Firmwares Out
by Pedro Hernandez on March 27, 2009
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Look at what popped up on eBay, a 4 GB USB flash drive in the shape of a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Awesome! Not so awesome is the $140+ bid to take it home as of this writing ….
Read more Awesome, Pricey Canon EOS 5D USB Drive
by Pedro Hernandez on March 24, 2009
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Microsoft’s nifty network-attached storage server for home use is getting an update today. Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 lets owners squeeze a little more functionality out of their centralized data repository, particularly in the media streaming category. The updates…
Read more Windows Home Server Goes Stream Happy with Power Pack 2
by Rafael Hernandez on March 13, 2009
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Solid state drives have been gaining plenty of attention as of late, what with their performance, power consumption, durability, and silent running being major selling points. Some drives are quicker than others though so Driver Heaven has run some tests…
Read more SSD Roundup, The Performance Party
by Rafael Hernandez on March 12, 2009
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While the promises of speedy solid state drives have been long promised there has been very little movement in bringing those devices to market leaving the consumer to cobble together primitive RAID setups to bring about such performance. Fusion-io’s ioDrive…
Read more Fusion-io Builds A SSD So Speedy Your Server Wants One Posthaste
by Pedro Hernandez on March 12, 2009
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After dropping flash drives into its Sun Storage 7000 storage arrays, Sun is now eyeing “Flash Driven” rack and blade application servers for the fast performing and energy efficient data storage technology. Sure, they cost more than servers with…
Read more Sun Debuts Flash-y Servers
by Rafael Hernandez on March 9, 2009
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The marketing types should keep the tech geeks locked safely away in their offices when it comes time to demonstrating their product’s capabilities, then again it does make for a show that other geek types will appreciate. Samsung’s SSD unit…
Read more Samsung SSD Awesomeness, Or A Really Cheesey Tech Demo
by Rafael Hernandez on March 8, 2009
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The ever increasing amounts of storage space being crammed into ye olde hard drive does wonders for people with lots of files to store, or those trying to consolidate years of drive purchases. Western Digital’s Caviar Green WD20EADS packs in…
Read more Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS, 2TB Of Storage Fun
by Rafael Hernandez on March 6, 2009
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There are very few pieces of hardware that instantly catch your attention and have you slobbering drool all over yourself within a few seconds of realizing what it can do, OCZ’s Z-Drive is one such piece of hardware. The company…
Read more OCZ SSD Z-Drive, Yeah You Want One
by Rafael Hernandez on January 30, 2009
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The solid state disk’s days as a niche product held back by tiny storage sizes may soon be over. G.Skill’s TITAN 256GB SSD drive pushes the storage and speed envelope while keeping prices at a reasonable enough level where it…
Read more G.Skill TITAN 256GB SSD, Tempting Isn't It