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We're not quite sure what to read into this, but Super Talent has quietly issued a firmware update that sounds an awful lot like the update Intel issued around this time last month. Surely you remember that, right? Essentially, Intel's otherwise fantastic X-25M and X-18M solid state drives were shown to degrade with time under very specific...
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Computex 2009 is just around the corner, which means lots of new notebooks and obviously, lots of new storage options. A-DATA is getting a leg-up on everyone else by announcing that it will be on hand in Taiwan to introduce its high-performance memory modules, the highest speed CompactFlash (CF) cards in the industry, new SSD products, trendy...
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LaCie added the LaCie 2big Network and 5big Network to its NAS product line. The product upgrades bring improved performance, enhanced features, comprehensive backup support, and capacity expansion. The LaCie 5big Network offers a Gigabit Ethernet connection and features five hot-swappable drives that support seven RAID modes. With its expanded...
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Corsair Announces New 256GB High-Performance Solid-State Drive Advanced Controller and Drive Technologies Deliver Industry-Leading Performance and Compatibility Fremont, CA, May 11th, 2009 – Corsair, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer and flash memory products, today announced the launch of the Corsair Storage Solutions P256 high-performance...
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Netgear's ReadyNAS line has been steadily growing, expanding and adapting over the years, and that's definitely evident with the newest family member. The ReadyNAS 2100 is a rack-mount system rather than a standard rectangular box that attaches to one's desktop, and it's obviously aimed at prosumers and small businesses in dire need of serious...
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Enthusiasts and power users will want to pay attention to this: PhotoFast announced its fastest solid state disk to date. Reportedly, the new G-Monster-Promise SSD can reach speeds up to 1000MB/s. The drive connects to an x8 PCI-Express slot and comes in capacities of 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. The drive supports MLC flash and features a ECC DDRII...
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LaCie has been using the same general styling for years now, but considering just how successful it has been with the simple, classic silver, we guess there's no real hurry to reinvent the wheel...or the hard drive, as the case may be. Today, the storage outfit has announced the general availability of two new high-capacity Network Attached...
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When a traditional hard drive doesn’t offer enough bandwidth to meet your needs, many users turn to solid state disks, or SSDs. These storage devices are built using memory chips. The downside is that these disks are typically very expensive. SSDs are available with flash memory that can retain content when power is lost, but the drives...
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iSCSI -- now there's something you don't hear very often. A feature that has traditionally been reserved for enterprise and small business users is finally making its way onto more consumer-level devices, first with Data Robotics' DroboPro and now with QNAP's TS-239.
The company's latest Atom-powered NAS looks pretty much exactly like its
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RunCore has a history of offering very fast SSDs. The company recently announced its latest solid-state drive, the new Pro IV SSD. While the new drive is certainly fast, that the speed also comes at a price. RunCore claims the Pro IV Solid State drives offer superior random read and random write speeds compared to the other main stream SSD...
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The Atom-powered RipNAS launched at the beginning of this year. Now, the boutique retailer has introduced two new models, one of which the company is touting as “the world’s first Solid State Drive Ripping NAS”. The RipNAS Statement comes in two models: the Statement SSD (a Solid State Drive with no moving parts) and the Statement HDD (for...
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It has been quite some time since we've heard of any new wares coming from Patriot Memory, but today the outfit is joining the quickly growing solid state drive market with a trio of devices. The company is debuting its Fusion SSD Series, a name that likely rings a bell for those familiar with the NAND Flash industry."By the addition of the...
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Generally speaking, we look to companies such as LaCie when scouting a fashion-friendly external hard drive. Evidently Samsung's tired of being left out of the mix, as it has today introduced a 1.5TB solution that has quite a bit of style. The STORY Station is a desktop storage solution "designed to meet the explosive demand for external,...
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Corsair announced two new 16GB flash drives today. The new high-performance 16GB Flash Voyager GT uses specially selected, hand-screened MLC NAND flash memory in a dual-channel configuration. Corsair combines this memory with a high-speed controller IC in order to deliver rapid read and write speeds that are significantly faster than most...
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Another week, another news clipping involving SSD shipments. As the demand for solid state drives creeps up, more and more companies are joining in to snag a piece of the increasingly lucrative pie. This go around, we're seeing Imation -- you know, that company that makes all those CD-Rs you never got around to using -- ship its M-Class and...
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Researchers at GE have made a major breakthrough in holographic storage technology that will help to usher in the next generation of optical storage. The researchers have developed a DVD-size disc that can hold 500GB of data. This is roughly equivalent to the capacity of 20 single-layer Blu-ray discs, 100 DVDs, or the hard drive of a desktop...
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You know, now that we really sit back and think about it, USB flash drives have been around for ages. Somehow, these minuscule storage devices have survived (and even thrived) for years while chip technologies have arrived and vanished, optical media formats have been born and buried and DRAM prices have precipitously fallen. Now, rather than...
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In an effort to help make backing up one’s data easier, Seagate introduced the Replica backup appliance today. Seagate claims the Replica completely eliminates the need to manually learn, manage, or dedicate any time to the backup process. The Seagate Replica backup appliance is a complete PC backup system that can automatically and continuously...
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We keep wondering when we'll finally stop seeing new SSD players on a near-weekly basis -- not that we're hoping that flow stops or anything, but it's definitely getting a little crazy. This week, we've got little-known Texas Memory Systems introducing the very enterprise RanSan-620. Explained as a complete, high-performance, reliable Flash...
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New G-SPEED eS PRO XL Brings Blazing Performance, Huge Capacity and Low Cost to High-End HD and 2K Film ProductionLas Vegas – G-Technology by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today announced its new G-SPEED eS PRO XL, a rack-mount, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expansion solution, with mini-SAS connectivity, providing high-performance,...
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Many companies are taking advantage of Earth Day to call attention to the green products they offer. Today, Seagate is capitalizing on the Earth Day buzz by announcing shipment of a power-thrifty desktop hard drive family that combines large storage capacity with the best power efficiency and performance in its class. According to Seagate,...
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Just a day after TiVo and Amazon announced HD video downloads, Western Digital is adding a 1TB storage option to its My DVR Expander so you can store all of those movies and TV shows you’ll be downloading. By attaching a My DVR Expander to your TiVo, you can instantly and seamlessly expand your TiVo’s recording capacity. TiVo has verified...
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