A data storage monolith
Subject: Storage | February 26, 2007 - 03:20 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The newest member of the Icy Dock family, the U6-1S-WBC, is under the microscope at [H]ard|OCP. It supports IDE and SATA drives, with additional USB 2.0 and Firewire connections and will function as either an external drive, as well as functioning as an internal drive drawer. While it doesn't contain the 80mm fan that the last model did, which cause a lot of noise, this model is passively cooled. If you like what you see in the review,
Give you external storage a big boost of speed
Subject: Storage | February 21, 2007 - 06:23 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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USB 2.0: 1.5GB/sec, SATA: 3 GB/sec ... which speed would you prefer? The Kingwin JET external HDD casing offers both, giving those with e-SATA a huge speed benefit while still remaining useful to anyone. The included 80mm fan helps keep the drive alive, drop by Virtual-Hideout and get the full story.
Corsair Enhances SD Family with New 4GB SDHC Card
Subject: Storage | February 21, 2007 - 11:40 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Fremont, CA (February 20, 2007) — Corsair®, a worldwide leader in high performance computer products, today expanded its Secure Digital (SDTM) card family with the new 4GB SD High Capacity (SDHCTM) cards. Based on the SD Association 2.0 specification and tested to be fully compliant with SDHC host devices, each Corsair 4GB SDHC card blends Class 2 performance and high capacity to offer expanded storage for rich digital media.
Secure in it's dual personalities
Subject: Storage | February 15, 2007 - 02:51 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The OCZ Dual 1GB SD card is a pretty handy little storage device. It offers the benefits of a Secure Digital card, and by removing a cap it becomes a USB memory stick. While the speed doesn't quite match up to the fastest SD cards out there, the multiple interfaces balance that out. Head to techPowerUp!
Really rapid Raptor revision
Subject: Storage | February 7, 2007 - 03:26 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The newest incarnation of the 74Gb WD Raptor sports 10,000 RPM spindle speed, 4.6ms read seek time, and a two-platter design now at 150GB capacity. It's only real competition are the previous Raptors, which for the basis of the tests. These drives still aren't quite ready to take on SCSI, but they are certainly the next best thing in speed. AnandTech does have a small problem with the size and the price, pointing out that the 150Gb version (which is every bit as fast or faster) cost about $50 more with rebates
Universal Serial Killer
Subject: Storage | January 29, 2007 - 06:48 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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HEXUS has picked up a new habit ... killing USB sticks. They are taking Corsair's ruggedized USB thumb drives and 'Testing them to Destruction. The claim from Corsair is that the rubberized drives they are water resistant, and shock resistant as well, and Hexus took that as a challenge. Even better it is the start of a series, so expect to see a lot of tortured flash drives.
Corsair Augments Flash Readout USB Product Family with 4GB and 8GB Capacities
Subject: Storage | January 17, 2007 - 12:48 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Fremont, CA (January 17, 2007) — Corsair®,
Solid State Storage coming mid 2007
Subject: Storage | January 11, 2007 - 06:11 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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DigiTimes reports on upcoming SSD's that wil be available soon. In addition to the speed and Mean Time Before Failure benefits, these drives will be compatible with Vista's ReadyBoost. These guys aren't just for laptops!
Solid storage for notebooks
Subject: Storage | January 4, 2007 - 05:26 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Tech Report has some information on SanDisk's newly announced 32GB Solid State Drive, designed primarily for notebooks. Not only do they give you information on the SanDisk drive, but they also provide links to info on the competitors drives.
I Want That!!: 300TB Hard Drive
Subject: Storage | January 3, 2007 - 04:16 PM | Ryan Shrout
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By 2010, it looks like Seagate is aiming for 300 terabyte hard drives for your systems!
PLATTER SPINNER Seagate thinks that it will be able to create a 300 TB hard-drive by 2010.
According to Joystick, Seagate boffins are apparently working on a hard-drive which uses heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) techniques.
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