March 2012 – Samsung has recently introduced their new consumer oriented SATA III (6Gbps) SSD the 830Series. This is a desktop and oriented drive that come with the mounting bracket, SATA cable, power cable, and software. The current kit includes both the Samsung SSD software and a copy of Norton Ghost to aid with drive…
March 2012 – We recently had a chance to test the Micron 200GB P400e Enterprise class SSD. This MLC drive is optimized and designed for the enterprise marketplace. The drive features a high performance read channel that is about double the throughput of the write channel. In most enterprise applications, the SSD is part of…
January 2012, In a recent discussion with Kevin Burbank, director of marketing, Enterprise Storage Division (ESD), and Brad Craig, manager product marketing, ESD of PMC we had the opportunity to get an overview of their new enterprise class storage controllers for the SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) marketplace which increased the data rates up to 12Gbps….
January 2012, Las Vegas, NV – The CES has long been a launch platform for Monster Cable and their Monster empire. The company has expanded well from the base cable business to fold in the high end consumer audio marketplace with headphones and in-ear monitor products as well as audiophile products that support the audio…
November 29, 2011 – Scptts Valley, CA – Seagate has just introduced their third generation hybrid drive. The 2.5″ 750GB drive features 8GB of SLC NAND Flash, a 6Gbps SATA interface and a new system called FAST. Flash Assisted Storage Technology (FAST) is a new bios and control system to allow for maximum beneficial use…
October 2011 – Viking Technologies, part of Sanmina SCI, has introduced a next generation storage class enterprise memory called ArxCis-NV. The product is module that has DDR3 components and technology as well as a SSD solution that is large enough to cover data that may be in the DDR3 portion. This module is a battery-less…
We received a SanDisk 120Gb SATAII (3Gbps) SSD drive to review for replacement in systems with a traditional 2.5″ HDD. The drive was in a retail box package which includes the drive, some packing, and an instruction sheet in a very eco-friendly small package. The drive itself, is housed in an multi-piece shell that has…
August 10, 2011 – San Jose, CA – San Disk took some time to overview their product growth strategies for the flash marketplace. The two major areas of growth are with embedded flash and SSDs. We had a chance to discuss the Embedded Flash marketplace with Gadi Ben-Gad of SanDisk for memory that is used…
August 10, 2011, Flash Memory Summit, Santa Clara, CA—John Scaramuzzo from SMART Modular described SSDs in the enterprise as a transformational disruptive force. These drives have changed the nature and costs of infrastructure for many businesses. For comparison, a 15k HDD is about 500 times slower than a SSD in IOPS terms. An SSD uses…