http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Storage Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 05:36:09 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 05:36:09 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/MyDigitalSSD-Releases-Bullet-Proof-3-mSATA-III-SSDs-271702.shtml Thanks to MyDigitalSSD, there is a new range of solid-state drives available for makers and buyers of laptops, ultrabooks, tablets and desktops alike.

As the title says, they are called the Bullet Proof 3 (BP3) series, which makes us wonder if they can actually survive gun shots.

We've seen solid-state drives being ... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 19:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/MyDigitalSSD-Releases-Bullet-Proof-3-mSATA-III-SSDs-271702.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/MyDigitalSSD-Releases-Bullet-Proof-3-mSATA-III-SSDs-271702.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Presents-a-24x-Power-Efficient-DVD-Writer-271692.shtml Well-known mainboard manufacturer, Taiwanese company ASUS has just introduced the DRW-24B5ST E-Green Series DVD writer, on its official website. This device is also jumping on the eco-conscience bandwagon and boasts 50% lower power consumption.

While it’s strange to brag about a device that’s doing exactly what it is suppos... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 09:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Presents-a-24x-Power-Efficient-DVD-Writer-271692.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Presents-a-24x-Power-Efficient-DVD-Writer-271692.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Corsair-Presents-SSD-Notebook-Upgrade-Kit-271625.shtml Well-known memory and SSD manufacturer Corsair is announcing the new “Force Series 3 SSD Notebook Upgrade Kit” on its official website. The upgrade kits come with two SSD sizes: 120 GB and 240 GB.

SSDs are an obvious advantage over normal HDDs. When compared with 2.5” laptop drives that are usually twice slower than a deskt... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Corsair-Presents-SSD-Notebook-Upgrade-Kit-271625.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Corsair-Presents-SSD-Notebook-Upgrade-Kit-271625.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ADATA-Launches-Premier-Pro-SDHC-SDXC-Memory-Cards-271503.shtml ADATA has added some new memory cards to its lineup, all of which can be safely used in cameras with both performance and endurance requirements.

ADATA's new Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) and Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC) memory cards bear the Premier Pro name.

That name alone might not be enough to con... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 17:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/ADATA-Launches-Premier-Pro-SDHC-SDXC-Memory-Cards-271503.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/ADATA-Launches-Premier-Pro-SDHC-SDXC-Memory-Cards-271503.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ZenBook-SSD-and-MacBookAir-SSD-Are-Not-Compatible-with-mSATA-271574.shtml It’s a very good thing that mobile computers are starting to ship with integrated SSD drives next to the traditional HDDs or just SSDs altogether.  We’d rather each notebook came with two 2.5” bays, so that the user can choose whatever configuration he desires.

On very small systems like Apple&rsquo... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 15:41:01 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/ZenBook-SSD-and-MacBookAir-SSD-Are-Not-Compatible-with-mSATA-271574.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/ZenBook-SSD-and-MacBookAir-SSD-Are-Not-Compatible-with-mSATA-271574.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Logitech-Launches-4TB-External-HDD-with-eSATA-and-USB-3-0-271445.shtml Japanese company Logitec has just launched the new LHD-EG40THEU3F external HDD unit, on its official website. This is a 7200 RMP, 4 TB HDD packed inside a USB 3.0 enclosure that also comes with eSATA connectivity.

Readers should not confuse Logitec with Swiss company Logitech. The new 4 TB external HDD we’re presenting ... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 09:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Logitech-Launches-4TB-External-HDD-with-eSATA-and-USB-3-0-271445.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Logitech-Launches-4TB-External-HDD-with-eSATA-and-USB-3-0-271445.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Seagate-Makes-an-Acquisition-of-its-Own-Buys-LaCie-271388.shtml For a company supposed to be in trouble with shortages, Seagate did remarkably well during the last quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of this year, 2012.

One would think that the alleged undersupply would give the HDD giant trouble meeting what orders it already has.

This does not seem to be the case, at least no... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 06:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Seagate-Makes-an-Acquisition-of-its-Own-Buys-LaCie-271388.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Seagate-Makes-an-Acquisition-of-its-Own-Buys-LaCie-271388.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Patriot-s-Magma-SDD-Revealed-271332.shtml Memory and SSD manufacturer, American company Patriot is reportedly preparing a new SSD based on a new generation of Phison controllers. The controller in question is called Phison S8, and the new drive from Patriot is “Magma.”

Many of you may remember the horrible Phison 3105 performance from Patriot’s TORQX2 SSD.

We’... (read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 15:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Patriot-s-Magma-SDD-Revealed-271332.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Patriot-s-Magma-SDD-Revealed-271332.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/TOSHIBA-to-Launch-Hybrid-HDDs-in-September-2012-271284.shtml Japanese technology giant Toshiba has officially declared it would start shipping hybrid drives in September 2012.

Just after selling its own Thailand-based hard disk factory, the company started bragging about doubling its HDD market share.

Right now, with Fujitsu’s old HDD division combined, Toshiba only manages l... (read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 14:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/TOSHIBA-to-Launch-Hybrid-HDDs-in-September-2012-271284.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/TOSHIBA-to-Launch-Hybrid-HDDs-in-September-2012-271284.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/By-2016-HDDs-Will-Have-Twice-as-Much-Storage-271164.shtml We've been writing about hard disk drives and how the so-called crisis wasn't really that big a crisis at all, and now we are taking up the subject again, although not in the same manner.

Rather than pulling apart from the seams the whole not-crisis matter, we'll report on what analysts think the future holds for this segment.
read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 06:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/By-2016-HDDs-Will-Have-Twice-as-Much-Storage-271164.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/By-2016-HDDs-Will-Have-Twice-as-Much-Storage-271164.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fake-HDD-Crisis-Confirmed-WD-Spends-Another-1-9-Billion-USD-271159.shtml After spending 4.3 billion dollars for Hitachi's HDD division last March, and right after paying 700 million worth of dividends this spring and buying Toshiba's Thailand HDD plant, Western Digital's Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase of 1.9 billion dollars.

It's quite strange to see such high amounts of mo... (read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 00:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fake-HDD-Crisis-Confirmed-WD-Spends-Another-1-9-Billion-USD-271159.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fake-HDD-Crisis-Confirmed-WD-Spends-Another-1-9-Billion-USD-271159.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Iomega-Releases-Newest-StorCenter-PX-Network-Storage-Array-270247.shtml We wrote about the deal that Iomega made with McAfee, for installing VSEL on all StorCenter PX network storage products, and now we get to cover the newest member of that line.

Called StorCenter px12-450r multi-protocol network storage array, it is intended for VDI, database, storage-based and dedupe applications.
read more)]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 14:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Iomega-Releases-Newest-StorCenter-PX-Network-Storage-Array-270247.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Iomega-Releases-Newest-StorCenter-PX-Network-Storage-Array-270247.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/All-Iomega-StorCenter-PX-NAS-Devices-Get-McAfee-VirusScan-Enterprise-270233.shtml Network-attached storage devices run their own operating systems, which means that they don't always get to use the same software as common PCs, something that owners of Iomega StorCenter PX units know well.

These network storage products for small and medium businesses run Linux, so administrators can't use Wind... (read more)]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 14:04:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/All-Iomega-StorCenter-PX-NAS-Devices-Get-McAfee-VirusScan-Enterprise-270233.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/All-Iomega-StorCenter-PX-NAS-Devices-Get-McAfee-VirusScan-Enterprise-270233.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/RunCore-SSD-Goes-Down-in-Smoke-At-the-Press-of-a-Button-270036.shtml RunCore may not have given its newest solid-state drive the fastest interface in the world, but it did give it something that will make the day of people who want to be absolutely, undeniably certain they can make it impossible for others to see their files.

The InVincible SSD goes to more absurd lengths to erase your data th... (read more)]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 06:32:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/RunCore-SSD-Goes-Down-in-Smoke-At-the-Press-of-a-Button-270036.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/RunCore-SSD-Goes-Down-in-Smoke-At-the-Press-of-a-Button-270036.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/LaCie-Launches-2big-NAS-for-Small-Businesses-269842.shtml LaCie likes to launch network-attached storage devices from time to time, for consumers or businesses of various sizes, and this is one of those times.

LeCie isn't really big on intricate designs and aesthetic embellishments, nor does it ever put too much effort into making its devices small and easy to hide.

Instead, it m... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 19:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/LaCie-Launches-2big-NAS-for-Small-Businesses-269842.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/LaCie-Launches-2big-NAS-for-Small-Businesses-269842.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshiba-Canvio-USB-3-0-HDDs-Can-Store-More-Now-269944.shtml Corsair has upgraded its GS power supplies and, now, we get to write about another company improving on an already existing product line.

Toshiba has officially announced that the Canvio 3.0 and Canvio Basic 3.0 portable hard disk drive units have increased in capacity.

Instead of max 1 TB of storage space, they now provi... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 13:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshiba-Canvio-USB-3-0-HDDs-Can-Store-More-Now-269944.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshiba-Canvio-USB-3-0-HDDs-Can-Store-More-Now-269944.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/WD-s-Hitachi-GST-Launches-the-CinemaStar-Z5K500-Slim-2-5-HDD-269903.shtml
The CinemaStar Z5K500 comes in three variants. There is a 250GB version, a 320 GB and a 500 GB one.

The maximum areal density of the platters is 630Gb... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 12:11:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/WD-s-Hitachi-GST-Launches-the-CinemaStar-Z5K500-Slim-2-5-HDD-269903.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/WD-s-Hitachi-GST-Launches-the-CinemaStar-Z5K500-Slim-2-5-HDD-269903.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/CellCare-Technology-Enables-1300-Durability-on-MLC-SSDs-269768.shtml California-based SSD company STEC Inc. has just announced the new CellCare technology, on its official website. CellCare is a combination of hardware and software that enables affordable SSDs to last over 40,000 P/E cycles.

A P/E (program erase) cycle is writing data on every memory cell in your SSD and then erasing it. Usuall... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:02:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/CellCare-Technology-Enables-1300-Durability-on-MLC-SSDs-269768.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/CellCare-Technology-Enables-1300-Durability-on-MLC-SSDs-269768.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hard-Hit-by-the-Fake-HDD-Crisis-Western-Digital-Buys-TOSHIBA-s-HDD-Plant-in-Thailand-269588.shtml Back when we wrote the first articles regarding the fake HDD crisis and the current HDD market status, there were many readers that correctly pointed out the fact that Toshiba is still manufacturing hard disk drives.

Although all the competition in the HDD domain was almost eradicated or bought off... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 09:58:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hard-Hit-by-the-Fake-HDD-Crisis-Western-Digital-Buys-TOSHIBA-s-HDD-Plant-in-Thailand-269588.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hard-Hit-by-the-Fake-HDD-Crisis-Western-Digital-Buys-TOSHIBA-s-HDD-Plant-in-Thailand-269588.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/HDD-Market-Status-2012-Part-2-More-Hybrid-Drives-Coming-269284.shtml As we've established in our previous article, storage density is not going to increase any faster in the following years and as such, the performance bumps will be mediocre at best.

When it comes to hybrid drives, WD openly exposes Seagate’s rip-off, as the company admits the fact that a 20 to 1 ratio between the HDD med... (read more)]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 08:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/HDD-Market-Status-2012-Part-2-More-Hybrid-Drives-Coming-269284.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/HDD-Market-Status-2012-Part-2-More-Hybrid-Drives-Coming-269284.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Scythe-Kamazo-Drive-Enclosures-Out-269204.shtml
Scythe's Kamazo series isn't too special, but that doesn't mean it's not useful. Made of two members, it will let SATA HDDs and SSDs communicate with PCs via USB 3.0.

The KAMAZO-S35-U3-BK measures 112 x 197 x 30 mm (4.40 x 7.75 x 1.18 inches), weighs 268 grams (0.59 pounds) and can hold 3.5-inch stora... (read more)]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 23:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Scythe-Kamazo-Drive-Enclosures-Out-269204.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Scythe-Kamazo-Drive-Enclosures-Out-269204.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Transcend-Presents-Fastest-mSATA-SSD-Yet-268942.shtml We've seen mSATA SSDs before, but even TDK's most recent launch didn't go beyond the SATA II interface, so Transcend definitely has an advantage in the MSA720.

That's right, the solid state drive, or solid state drive line, supports the SATA III interface standard, otherwise known as SATA 6.0 Gbps.

What's more, in order to make... (read more)]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 19:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Transcend-Presents-Fastest-mSATA-SSD-Yet-268942.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Transcend-Presents-Fastest-mSATA-SSD-Yet-268942.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/HDD-Market-Status-2012-Part-1-Capacity-Growth-Halved-268806.shtml It’s clear that HDD capacity is still in high demand and the demand will only grow in the following years. That’s why profit mongering HDD company Western Digital has reportedly discussed new technologies to increase the capacities and performance of its products, yesterday at a conference in Vienna, Austria.

It seems... (read more)]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 13:22:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/HDD-Market-Status-2012-Part-1-Capacity-Growth-Halved-268806.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/HDD-Market-Status-2012-Part-1-Capacity-Growth-Halved-268806.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Buffalo-Announces-SSDs-with-MRAM-Cache-and-a-Surprise-268590.shtml Japanese company and storage solution expert Buffalo has just announced a new line of SSDs using MRAM for cache instead of the usual SDRAM, on its official website. MRAM is short for magnetoresistive random-access memory and it’s a technology that has been in development since the early ’90s.

According to Wikipedia, M... (read more)]]> Wed, 9 May 2012 14:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Buffalo-Announces-SSDs-with-MRAM-Cache-and-a-Surprise-268590.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Buffalo-Announces-SSDs-with-MRAM-Cache-and-a-Surprise-268590.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/OCZ-s-Talos-2-and-Deneva-2-Enterprise-SSDs-Chosen-by-IceWEB-268345.shtml The well-known and successful SSD manufacturer OCZ Technology Group, Inc. has just announced, toghether with IceWEB Storage Corporation, that OCZ's SAS-based Talos 2 SSDs and SATA III-based Deneva 2 SSDs have been selected by IceWEB for inclusion in IceWEB's complete line of unified data storage systems.

Considering that u... (read more)]]> Tue, 8 May 2012 16:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/OCZ-s-Talos-2-and-Deneva-2-Enterprise-SSDs-Chosen-by-IceWEB-268345.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/OCZ-s-Talos-2-and-Deneva-2-Enterprise-SSDs-Chosen-by-IceWEB-268345.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ADATA-Launches-Two-Fast-SSDs-268311.shtml ADATA has just launched two new lines of SSDs called SP900 and SP800, on its official website. Both SSDs use new optimized firmware that allows them to achieve greater performance results.

The new products are currently available in the US and Canada.

The SP900 line has a maximum sequential read speed of 550 MB/s and a write speed of 520 MB... (read more)]]> Tue, 8 May 2012 13:07:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/ADATA-Launches-Two-Fast-SSDs-268311.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/ADATA-Launches-Two-Fast-SSDs-268311.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/12-Gbps-SAS-Pulsar-2-SSD-from-Seagate-Almost-Here-268183.shtml Seagate's Pulsar.2 solid state drive line, the successor to the original pulsar collection, has been formally introduced, but the first tests haven't been carried out yet.

It is tomorrow, on May 9, 2012, that the storage product maker will put the 12 Gbps SAS interface through its paces, during the SCSI Trade Association show.
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The most significant improvement is the fact that v1.4RC nearly doubles sequential write performance for lower capacity models and significantly boosts sequential read performance at low queue depths.

This will improve general performance under real-world workload... (read more)]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 18:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/OCZ-s-New-Firmware-Offers-210-Performance-for-the-Vertex-4-Series-268104.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/OCZ-s-New-Firmware-Offers-210-Performance-for-the-Vertex-4-Series-268104.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fusion-io-Amazingly-Turns-MLC-into-SLC-267978.shtml Well-known professional storage solution manufacturer Fusion-io reportedly found a way to make MLC flash NAND behave like SLC cells. Many thought it was a scam, or an expected marketing trick, but it really seems the company’s experts are on to something. Currently, flash NAND-based storage is the fastest popular storage solution available ... (read more)]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 08:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fusion-io-Amazingly-Turns-MLC-into-SLC-267978.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fusion-io-Amazingly-Turns-MLC-into-SLC-267978.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apacer-Also-Has-Extreme-Temperature-Products-SSDs-267886.shtml People and companies seeking storage devices that can withstand wider temperatures than normal might want to check out the new module SATA SSDs that Apacer has formally launched.

We have only just written about Team Group's commitment to create RAM that handled extreme temperatures, or at least temperatures higher and lower than st... (read more)]]> Sat, 5 May 2012 09:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apacer-Also-Has-Extreme-Temperature-Products-SSDs-267886.shtml Storage http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apacer-Also-Has-Extreme-Temperature-Products-SSDs-267886.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop)