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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 [...]
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…
There’s no question solid state drives (SSDs) are fast, especially now that the latest controllers have all but eliminated the stuttering problem that plagued first generation drives. The problem is SSDs are still expensive, forcing system builders to …
It used to be that if you wanted to record television or stream media into your living room, you’d need to fumble around with a home theater PC (HTPC). That’s still an option — and a good one — but no longer necessary. There are a host of set-top box…
Marvell will soon be launching the 88SE9130 6GB/s SATA Controller, a new drive controller that uses its propriety HyperDuo technology to combine an HDD and SSD into a single logical unit, the company said Monday. The SSD-HDD hybrid is apparently much…
Archos on Wednesday announced the availability of its Archos 70 Internet tablet in 250GB trim. That’s not a typo, this thing sports a capacious 250GB hard drive, giving the iPad and most other tablets a serious case of storage-envy.
“We are proud to be…