Solid State Drives are fast and all of that good stuff but the technology can go even farther with the proper interface processor and enough bandwidth. Upgrade-ability wouldn’t hurt either. OCZ is touting their new Z-Drive R2 PCIe based Solid State Drive which will allow customers (they’re thinking enterprise level here) to upgrade their purchase […]
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Solid State Drives are, in fact, very fast storage devices but they’re all not created equally. As much as you’d like to rely on the speed of the flash chips in a drive the controller has a bigger part to play in how well it performs overall. The SandForce SF-1200 SSD Processor is the brains […]
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There are two markets that are catered to in the standalone network attached storage market which usually means all of the interesting stuff is reserved for the higher-priced, enterprise focused, hardware. Well then start saving your pennies. The QNAP TS-459 Pro NAS Server sports VMware vSphere4 compatibility and a speedy GigE interface to quickly populate […]
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The constant swapping of USB memory sticks and optical drives is one way to totally frustrate users, of course sharing PC drives over a network isn’t exactly energy friendly either. There is of course the simple solution. Synology’s DiskStation DS210j Network Attached Storage allows you to serve up files on your network and should be […]
Read more Synology DiskStation DS210j Network Attached Storage gets….storage on your network
Technologies tend to incorporate certain safety mechanisms in order to keep things working properly but as time goes on those early additions tend to spiral out of control and may require tweaking from time to time. Western Digital Advanced Format Technology, found in the WD10EARS, attempts to improve on drive performance while removing a good […]
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Everyone’s fascination with creating hybrid versions of this and that is a bit frustrating but, when implemented correctly, some of the designs do have some performance merits. Yes we’re talking about PC gear. The SilverStone HDDBoost Hybrid accepts your standard 3.5″ hard drive and, through software trickery, augments your drive’s performance using a bit of […]
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The PC building norm is to keep your storage drives inside your computer’s case with all of the other hardware that use it which is a bit of a problem if you’re storage hungry and your current case doesn’t allow for much expansion space. Sans Digital’s TowerRAID TR5UT(-B) is capable of RAIDing up to 5 […]
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A large percentage of users ignore the general maintenance that a PC requires most notably a proper defragmenting run on their harddrive. There hasn’t been much testing done on its effects…until now. Overclockers.com has tested the effects of file fragmentation on disk performance and tested a number of defragmenting applications on their system. Surprising results […]
Kingston has been on a it of a roll lately and their latest launch is no different. The company has released a 16GB MicroSDHC Class 10 expansion card which should handle a good chunk of your data storage needs. As far as speed is concerned you’re looking at a minimum transfer rate of at least […]
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USB 3.0 has all of the makings of a must-have feature going forward mostly for its insane transfer speeds which enable a wide variety of improved gadgets to get a much needed improvement. The Seagate BlackArmor PS110 USB 3.0 External Drive brings an interesting, and fast, feature set to your notebook computer with its very […]
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SATA 6Gbps support is one of those features enthusiasts have been clamoring for yet its shelf life is likely to be quite short. Storage interfaces rarely meet their full potential before another faster standard is released, thankfully at least one company is pushing their products into using SATA 600 before it goes away completely. The […]
Read more Micron Crucial RealSSD-C300 Solid State Drive brings on the SATA 6Gbps support
