Storage

by Rafael Hernandez on September 20, 2009 · 0 comments

Storage drives are getting all sorts of fine tuning for the green segment. While a single hard drive might not consume the sort of power that would change things dramatically the amount of power saved across a RAID array of…

Read more Western Digital 2TB Caviar, your choice of performance or energy saving

by Rafael Hernandez on September 4, 2009 · 0 comments

The usual formula for a network attached storage enclosure has your drives safely cradled away in an oversized metal box with a rahter large fan in the back to pull all of the heat out. Effective? Yes, but not exactly…

Read more Patriot Corza, network attached storage goes small

by Rafael Hernandez on September 2, 2009 · 0 comments

Being the relatively new and high priced storage solution solid state drives will get an insane amount of attention until they truly go mainstream…which may take a while since their cost per GB is still a bit up there but…

Read more Solid State Drives Rounded Up and Tested, nothings changed still fast

by Rafael Hernandez on August 28, 2009 · 0 comments

You know the deal by now…solid state drives are fast, much faster than the conventional rotating platters of the past, but not all of them are created equal. There are differences in the differing controllers and flash chips they use…

Read more Kingston SSDNow V+, insanely fast storage

by Rafael Hernandez on August 25, 2009 · 0 comments

Taking your data with you wherever you go gives you a great amount of freedom, of course the danger of losing or damaging that information comes along with that freedom. How exactly do you protect your storage when you’re constantly…

Read more In Win Ammo, Portable Ruggedized Encryption Storage Enclosure

by Rafael Hernandez on August 17, 2009 · 0 comments

Crucial is widely known for their desktop and notebook memory products but the company isn’t content with simply storing your data on some volatile memory, oh no they’ve expanded to the solid state drive space in order to offer speedy…

Read more Crucial's M225, Speedy SSD Storage

by Rafael Hernandez on August 10, 2009 · 0 comments

Progress, it’s a good thing.In this case it’s a great thing as Kingston has announced that they’ve launched their new SSDNow V+ series of solid state drives. 64, 128, and 256GB drives are in their product plans with the 64GB…

Read more Kingston Launches SSDNow V+ Series

by Rafael Hernandez on August 10, 2009 · 0 comments

You have to feel some form of pity for the marketing types, the guys that decide what to call products and, eventually how to market them. There are only so many ways you can desribe something as worth purchasing. What…

Read more OCZ Agility 120GB SSD Drive, In a Word: Peppy

by Rafael Hernandez on July 31, 2009 · 0 comments

There used to be a time when storage space was a major issue especially with so many programs and gaming titles using multiple CD installations which lead to mulling over what files to keep. Moving forward to today’s archiving needs…

Read more Seagate's Barracuda LP 2TB Hard Drive, More Space for Your Stuff

by Rafael Hernandez on July 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Western Digital has announced that they’ve begun shipping their new lineup of WD Scorpio Blue 2.5" SATA hard drives. What makes them so special? Well they’re offering 750GB and 1TB storage sizes in a surprisingly small form factor which should…

Read more Western Digital Launches 1TB Notebook Hard Drive, Storage Abounds

by Rafael Hernandez on July 23, 2009 · 0 comments

Solid state drives are the current best path to improved PC performance. Its speed is great enough that it’ll cut down on application load time and make memory to disk swapping all the more bearable, unfortunately they cost about as…

Read more Intel's X25-M G2, More of the Same but Cheaper