Storage
Sabrent's lineup of internal and external SSDs is popular among enthusiasts. The primary reason is the company's tendency to be among the first to market with products based on the latest controllers, while also delivering an excellent value proposition. The company has a long-standing relationship with Phison and adopts its controllers for many of their products. The company's 2 GBps-class portable SSD - the Rocket nano V2 - is based on Phison's U18 native controller. Read on for a detailed look at the Rocket nano V2 External SSD, including an analysis of its performance consistency, power consumption, and thermal profile.
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Over the last month there has been some concern over the read performance of Samsung’s 840 EVO drives, and whether after Samsung’s previous performance fix, that these same drivers...
75 by Ryan Smith on 2/20/2015OCZ Releases Important Firmware Updates for ARC 100 & Radeon R7 SSDs
A little less than two weeks ago OCZ released mandatory firmware updates for the ARC 100 and Radeon R7 SSDs, so I figured I would give the owners a...
16 by Kristian Vättö on 2/9/2015Mushkin Reactor 1TB SSD Review
Silicon Motion has practically become the new SandForce. Almost every tier three manufacturer (i.e. one with no controller/firmware IP or NAND fab) has released an SM2246EN based drive in...
69 by Kristian Vättö on 2/9/2015Intel Launches SSD DC S3610 & S3710 Enterprise SSDs
Late last week Intel updated its enterprise SATA SSD lineup with the 'Data Center' DC S3610 and DC S3710. At the time of the announcement the details of what...
5 by Kristian Vättö on 2/3/2015Testing USB 3.1: Some Preliminary Results with the MSI X99A Gaming 9 ACK
Everyone wants more. Everyone wants more storage space, faster access, cheaper costs. It should have been here yesterday, but we are restrained at the current rate of development which...
33 by Ian Cutress on 1/28/2015Interview with OCZ's CEO Ralph Schmitt: The New Tides of OCZ
At CES I had the opportunity to sit down with Ralph Schmitt, OCZ's CEO, for a good hour to discuss the state of the company. Before we get to...
21 by Kristian Vättö on 1/27/2015Transcend SSD370 (128GB, 256GB & 512GB) Review
We got the first glimpse of Transcend's SSD370 at Computex last year and now the drive has been in retail for quite some time. The interesting bit about the...
44 by Kristian Vättö on 1/27/2015QNAP Launches TVS-x71U Haswell-based Rackmount NAS Units
At CES, QNAP had the TVS-x71 series of NAS models in the tower form factor. Bay counts ranged from 4 to 8. Users had a choice of four different...
2 by Ganesh T S on 1/21/2015Samsung Portable SSD T1 Review
The last few years have seen rapid advancements in flash technology and the rise of USB 3.0 as an ubiquitous high-speed interface on computers. These have led to the...
69 by Ganesh T S on 1/20/2015Synology Introduces RS815+ and DS2415+ Rangeley NAS Units
Synology announced two new NAS models today as updates to the existing RS814+ and the DS2413+ units. Both models are based on the 4C/4T Intel Atom C2538 Rangeley SoC...
9 by Ganesh T S on 1/20/2015Netgear Introduces ReadyNAS 3130 Rackmount NAS
Netgear is introducing a trio of products targeting SMBs and SMEs today. The primary product is a modular switch chassis, while the second one is a new WLAN controller...
0 by Ganesh T S on 1/19/2015Netgear Launches ARM Cortex-A15-based ReadyNAS 200 Series
Netgear's major announcement at CES 2015 was the ReadyNAS 200 series of NAS units targeting the SOHO market and power users. This lineup has two members, a 2-bay RN202...
10 by Ganesh T S on 1/15/2015Samsung Displays New 3D V-NAND Based Enterprise SSDs at CES 2015
Along with the release of the SM951 PCIe SSD, Samsung had several new enterprise SSDs on display at the show. The PM863 and SM863 are SATA 6Gbps drives and...
23 by Kristian Vättö on 1/15/2015Plextor Releases M6e Black Edition PCIe SSD, Shows Off Upcoming M7e PCIe SSD & TLC SSD
Continuing with our CES SSD coverage, Plextor released a new M6e Black Edition PCIe SSD at the show. Unfortunately, the Black Edition offers nothing new in terms of the...
1 by Kristian Vättö on 1/15/2015QNAP Releases Haswell-based TVS-x71 and Cortex-A15-based TS-x31+ NAS Lineups
QNAP took the SMB / SOHO NAS market segment by storm with a host of CES announcements. The release of the AMD G-series SoC-based TVS-x63 was undoubtedly QNAP's major...
6 by Ganesh T S on 1/14/2015Samsung Launches SM951 M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD for OEMs/SIs
Back at Samsung SSD Global Summit in July, Samsung showed off the SM951 for the first time. The drive has then created a lot of interest because the Z97...
15 by Kristian Vättö on 1/14/2015ioSafe Updates Disaster-Resistant Storage Lineup at CES 2015
At CES 2015, we got the chance to sit down and talk with the folks over at ioSafe. Their disaster-resistant storage devices are unique in the market. We reviewed...
3 by Ganesh T S on 1/14/2015Mushkin Releases New Striker SSD, Displays an Upcoming M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD
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15 by Kristian Vättö on 1/13/2015ADATA CES Suite Tour: PCIe & TLC SSDs, Power-Loss Protection Demo, 256GB SD Cards, USB 3.1 And More
I stopped by ADATA's suite last week to see what the company has been up to in the past six months. While ADATA didn't release or announce anything new...
9 by Kristian Vättö on 1/12/2015Asustor's 5 Series Packs Intel Bay Trail Celerons
Since last CES, a couple of Asustor offerings have been put under our review scanner, and we were naturally excited to meet up with them at CES 2015. Towards...
3 by Ganesh T S on 1/12/2015