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With advances in technology and software, SSD drives are making inroads at all levels of enterprise data storage and backup. SAN storage using SSD arrays continue to become more reliable and affordable, making the flash solution that offers the best availability and performance accessible to more companies. But cost, lifespan, and data reliability problems [...]
The mechanical hard drive sector has been consolidating rapidly to help combat the rise of SSD’s, and as of today we officially have one less player. Seagate has succeeded in acquiring a controlling share of LaCie stocks, although they may end up pay…
For those of you paying attention, it’s hard not to notice the downward trend in solid state drive pricing, which in some cases has fallen below a buck per gigabyte on high end SSDs. Be that as it may, market research firm IHS iSuppli believes mechanic…
Toshiba today announced the launch of four new 2.5-inch enterprise HDDs, each with a rotation speed of 10,500 RPM. According to the company, the highest capacity drive in the new “AL13SE” line-up, the 900GB AL13SEB900, is also the “industry’s hig…
Just in case you haven’t gotten the memo yet: HDD prices haven’t returned to pre-flood levels, and don’t expect them to anytime soon. Don’t take our word for it; that information’s coming straight from the horse’s mouth, as a European sales director fo…
Western Digital recently announced the next generation of its top-selling My Passport line of portable hard drives, offering consumers a fresh new enclosure design and the first-ever 2 TB capacity in a portable drive. We were able to get our hands on…
Kingston's HyperX brand is synonymous with high performance which is why they've placed that badge prominently on their newest SSD. So when we received their newest and first HyperX SSD, we were very curious to see how it stacked up against o…
Intel really kicked the SSD world in high gear when they released their X-25 series of drives last year. Their performance was the benchmark that all other drives were measured against for quite some time. Many have wondered what Intel would bring to…