Fujitsu Offers 250GB 2.5-inch SATA Drive with Continuous Operation

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Most hard drives in typical desktop and notebook computers don’t operate continuously 24-hours per day around the clock. Even if you leave your computer on all the time for the majority of that time it is sitting idle and the disk isn’t being accessed.

In an enterprise environment servers run continuously and often the times of highest disk usage are late at night when most people are not using the network. Fujitsu announced two new 2.5-inch HDD series’ today aimed at continuous use environments called the Fujitsu 2.5" MHZ2-BK 7200 RPM and the 2.5" MHZ2-BS 5400 RPM SATA series. Both lines offer capacities up to 250 GB and are rated for 24-hour continuous use with availability in July 2008. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 May 2008 12:24:02 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10K SATA HDD Review

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TechwareLabs published a review of the Western Digital Raptor 150 Gb 10K SATA Hard Drive.

Quote from the review: "Today Artiom looks at the famed Western Digital 150GB 10,000RPM SATA hard drive. Read more

Posted on Sat, 17 May 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

OCZ SATA-II 32GB 2.5-Inch SSD OCZSSD2-1S32G Review

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Benchmark Reviews published a test of the OCZ SATA-II 32GB 2.5-Inch SSD OCZSSD2-1S32G.

Quote from the review: "OCZ allowed us to test their first Solid State Drive product, the OCZSSD64GB, and while the pricing very affordable the performance wasn't so impressive. Now just a short three months later, OCZ has returned with one of the industries very first SATA-II SSD products, the OCZSSD2. Read more

Posted on Wed, 14 May 2008 00:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Satan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton among favorite Source Code Search Terms

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Source Code Search engine Krugle released some fun statistics one what developers search in Java source code. It is not all j2me, hadoop and swing. For some reason developers also search for celebs, like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.

Satan is apparently way more popular than the scandal celebrities mentioned above. Read more

Posted on Sun, 4 May 2008 23:18:01 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MTRON PRO 32GB 2.5 inch SATA SSD Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the MTRON PRO 32GB 2.5” SATA SSD.

Quote from the review: "I recently took the MTRON MOBI 3.5 inch desktop SSD for a test drive and found the performance of the latest SSDs to be breathtaking, but costly. At this time, SSD for the desktop feels like a long way away due to high costs, but there is one market that is adopting the technology at a rapid rate. Read more

Posted on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharkoon SATA QuickPort PRO HDD Docking Station

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Sharkoon introduces the SATA QuickPort PRO hard-drive docking station.

In case you are too lazy to mount your SATA hard-drives inside your PC case the Sharkoon SATA QuickPort PRO is for you.

The Sharkoon SATA QuickPort PRO is providing direct and simple access to uninstalled hard drives and also includes a front mounted 2-port USB hub and a SD/SDHC/MMC/MS memory card reader. Read more

Posted on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MTRON MOBI 64GB SATA Solid State Disk Review

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Tweaktown published a review about the MTRON MOBI 64GB SATA Solid State Disk.

Quote from the SSD Review: "Several years ago in a thread posted within a storage section of a popular forum, I learned of the fabled RAM Drive. This was several years before the GIGABYTE product of the same name, back when using memory as a storage device was more of a fable, or story of myth. At the time, no one had ever actually seen a RAM Drive, or at least not anyone tooling around in forums. This wasn’t because they didn’t exist, it is just that they cost more than a Honda Civic. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Apr 2008 22:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

QNAP TS-409 Pro 4-Drive SATA Gigabit NAS Review

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Benchmark Reviews tested the QNAP TS-409 Pro 4-Drive SATA Gigabit NAS.

Quote from the review: "Times are a little tough right now for many small business owners, so any product that offers to save them money while still performing every function they require is sure to interest many of them. The task of providing an affordable product, that cuts overhead yet still performs up to par is not any easy undertaking. Most small businesses today have at least some level of data storage needs. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung 64GB SATA II SSD

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Samsung is the first company in the industry to sample 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch 64GB solid state drives (SSD) with a SATA (Serial ATA) II/native SATA interface.

The 64GB SATA II SSD sports a sequential write speed of 100Megabyte per second (MBps) and sequential read speed of 120MBps. Samsung aims the FlashSSD drive towards notebook PCs, corporate servers, and other high-performance storage applications. Read more

Posted on Mon, 5 Nov 2007 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Seagate Momentus ST9160823ASG 7200.2 160GB SATA Notebook Hard Drive Review

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Today we are looking at the Seagate Momentus 7200.2 160GB notebook hard drive. This drive is as fast as notebook hard drives get right now and has good storage space for your music and files.

Installing the drive into my MacBook was easy and the drive performed very well in benchmarks and real world use. If you want to get more storage space and more performance from your notebook, the Momentus 160GB HDD is a great choice. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:53:04 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

LG GSA-H62N SATA Dual Layer DVD-Writer Review

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PCStats reviewed the LG GSA-H62N SATA Dual Layer DVD-Writer.

Quote from the review: "Serial ATA optical drives are now readily available, and the timing couldn't be better as motherboards are quickly loosing the last vestiges of the IDE connector. Parallel IDE has been on the outs forever, but optical drives have only recently adopted SATA to replace it. For the longest time Plextor was the only optical drive manufacturer that offered SATA DVD and CD-ROM drives. Read more

Posted on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

VIZO Uranus URA-350SA eSATA and USB Hard Drive Enclosure Review

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Future Looks reviews the VIZO Uranus URA-350SA eSATA and USB Hard Drive Enclosure.

Quote from the review: "Got a Spare hard drive laying around? No more room in that crammed-full case? Look no further, VIZO has come up with yet another option for those spare hard drives! Read more

Posted on Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

PQI Announces 256GB 2.5in SATA SSD

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PQI has announced a whopping 256GB SSD based on a 2.5” form factor using a SATA interface. The SSD is said to transfer data at a mere 60 mb/s, but hopefully the lower seek times and power requirements will make up for that.

There is no official price released for the drive at this time, but if you consider that the PQI 32GB SSD goes for a price of $1500, you can get an idea of the cost likely associated with the 256GB version. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 May 2007 18:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Seagate 500GB eSATA External Hard Drive Review

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External hard drives are great for portable storage needs, but often you have to trade speed for that portability. Seagate has an external drive that is as close as you will get to internal drive speeds that uses the eSATA interface.

The subject of this review is the Seagate eSATA 500GB External Hard Drive. Seagate includes a PCI eSATA card for users who don’t have an on-board eSATA part and the required cable. Read more

Posted on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:31:43 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Datel XSATA for Microsoft Xbox 360

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The first HDD accessory Datel made for the Xbox 360 was not that impressive. Now with XSATA they actually have something more interesting for Xbox 360 owners.

The Datel XSATA is sitting between the Xbox 360 20GB hard-drive and the Xbox 360 consoles. Via USB you can move data directly from you PC onto the Xbox 360 drive and back. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 02:15:14 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fujitsu 200GB 2.5'' Notebook SATA HDD MHV2200BT

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Fujitsu raises the capacity of notebook hard-drives to 200GB.

The Fujitsu MVH2200BT SATA HDD runs on 4,200rpm and has a 8MB buffer. Data transfer is specified with 150MB/s. The new Fujitsu drive has a low 1.6W power consumption and complies with the EC RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive. Read more

Posted on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mac Power Pleiades Super S-Combo SATA HDD Enclosure

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Taiwanese Mac Power offers a new stylish HDD enclosure for SATA drives.

The Pleiades Super S-Combo features eSATA, Firewire 400/800 and USB 2.0 ports. The enclosure features fan-less design and passive cooling. It measures 22.8cm x 13.7m x 3.5cm.

SATA hard-drives are totally mainstream these days. So of course more and more SATA HDD enclosures are available. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Dec 2005 02:11:56 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Seagate introduces 400GB eSATA External DVR Hard Drive

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Seagate announces a 400GB external hard drive especially for digital video recorders and setop boxes.

At the National Show in San Francisco, Seagate will demonstrate its External DVR Hard Drive plugged into the Scientific-Atlanta Explorer 8300 Series DVR. The hard-drive features up to 400GB of additional TV storage in a single plug-and-play box - the highest capacity in the industry - and offers 1394, USB, or the new high-performance eSATA interface.

In addition, Seagate today unveils a new application of its DriveTrust technology that enables cable service operators and DVR makers to lock external storage devices to a specific DVR or other device. Ok that is not so handy. It would be nice to use the external DVR drive to be able to also use it on a PC to watch TV recordings there. DriveTrust could be used to block that.
More details in the Seagate press-release.

Buy a Seagate Hard-drive Now.

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Posted on Tue, 5 Apr 2005 08:42:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr