Thecus Brings SATA to External Storage
You can begin to forget about USB or Firewire: there is no substitute for SATA as a fast, reliable and relatively inexpensive external storage solution. Thecus' N2050 storage box, which uses eSATA to hook up two SATA drives externally, makes it happen.
Going the SAS Storage Way
With the availability of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) components, the next generation of business class storage technology has arrived. SAS, however, is not only the legitimate successor to UltraSCSI, but it will also enable new applications while boosting scalability to unprecedented levels.
Buffalo Boosts External Hard Drive Power
External USB hard drives are the easiest way of taking your data with you. Unfortunately, many products
restrict mobility because they require a large, bulky external power supply unit. Buffalo now offers a product
that solves this problem with a much more elegant idea for powering its drives.
Buffalo Boosts External Hard Drive Power
External USB hard drives are the easiest way of taking your data with you. Unfortunately, many products restrict mobility because they require a large, bulky external power supply unit. Buffalo now offers a product that solves this problem with a much more elegant idea for powering its drives.
Mvix Adds Multimedia Player Sauces to External Storage
Lately, there have been few discernable differences between external storage products. Examples of value-add attempts include Western Digital's addition of fancy lights to its devices.
The Latest DVD Writers' True Speeds
Between the alphabet soup of the different standards and the disparity between vendors' claims and true speeds, choosing the right DVD writer is not much fun. To spare you the headache, we detail the latest DVD writers available from NEC ND-3540A, Pioneer DVR-110D, Plextor PX-740A, Sony DRU-810A and Toshiba SDR-5472 and gauge their true speeds.
External Storage With A Mac Design
Hoping to capitalize on Apple's success with the Mac Mini, Taiwan-based Macpower recently sent us its Mini Pod M9-DX. The device at first glance looks like a Mac Mini clone. However, the Mini Pod M9-DX is, in fact, a large-capacity storage device designed for both Macs and PCs.
Round-Up: Comparison Testing of 22 Hard Disk Drives
The jockeying for position among hard drive makers never seems to end, particularly in the areas of drive capacity and speed. As a result, hard disks have nearly doubled their capabilities over the last few years, in contrast to the performance of CPUs and systems as a whole. But that's no mere anomaly; we expect further improvements and enhancements in the immediate future.
Safer 6 for RAID Controllers
Redundant Array of Inexpensive/Independent Drives (RAID) is the general solution for requirements in which performance, storage capacity or data safety of a single drive isn't sufficient.
Knoppix Linux On USB
This article provides a gentle introduction to how a simple Knoppix configuration can become an indispensable item in a mobile technical toolkit.
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