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Surveillance Hard Drive Shoot-Out: WD And Seagate Square OffJun 19, 2014 - in Reviews
Video surveillance has been around for years. Grainy gas station cameras are giving way to higher-end 1080p-capable IP cameras, and storage is evolving to meet the needs of these ever-expanding solutions. Today we look at two new entries into the market.
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Six Battery-Powered Wireless Storage Devices, ReviewedApr 24, 2014 - in Reviews
Would you like a device capable of functioning as USB-based storage, a Wi-Fi hotspot, an archive for your media, a streaming server, and a rechargeable battery? The six devices in this round-up are versatile, including a combination of those features.
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Disaster Strikes: How Is Data Recovered From A Dead Hard Drive?Nov 7, 2013 - in Picture Story
With enough time and use, all drives fail. Some fail at the worse time while holding irreplaceable data. When the unthinkable hits and you're staring at your precious bits trapped in a paperweight, here is how the experts go about retrieving your sanity.
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Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB Review: Big Capacity At 5900 RPMJul 8, 2013 - in Reviews
First, Seagate renamed its Barracuda hard drive family to Desktop HDD.15. Then, it introduced the first model in the new line-up—the Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000. Does Seagate's first massive 4 TB desktop disk deliver the performance we want or disappoint?
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Seagate 600 SSD 240 GB Review: LAMD And Toshiba, Together AgainMay 7, 2013 - in Reviews
Seagate is the world's largest purveyor of mechanical hard drives. As the company prepares for mortal combat in the consumer SSD space, are its wits, Toshiba's Toggle-mode NAND, and SK hynix memory solutions' 87800 controller enough to get by?
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Seagate 600 Pro-Series 200 GB SSD Review: For The EnterpriseMay 7, 2013 - in Reviews
After years of halfhearted attempts to join the solid-state storage market, Seagate is finally ready to reinvent itself with a new family of SSDs. The first one we're looking at is the enterprise-class 600 Pro. Does this 200 GB drive impress our team?
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Nine External Thunderbolt Storage Devices, Rounded UpJul 15, 2012 - in Reviews
We compare nine different Thunderbolt-based storage solutions, delivering scorching sequential throughput. Of the nine, three submissions rise to the top. Although it remains pricey, in the applications where it makes sense, Thunderbolt cannot be beat.
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In The Lab With Seagate's Momentus XT 750 GB Hybrid HDDJun 14, 2012 - in Reviews
More than two years after reviewing Seagate's first-generation Momentus XT, we're back in the lab with a 750 GB model armed with 8 GB of SLC NAND and a SATA 6Gb/s interface. How does it compare to pure solid-state and hard drive technologies? We dig deep.
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Hitachi's 4 TB Hard Drives Take On The 3 TB CompetitionApr 24, 2012 - in Reviews
Hitachi recently started shipping a pair of 4 TB hard drives. We can see that they're pretty expensive, but how do they compare to existing 3 TB models in other ways? It’s time for a comprehensive overview of today's high-capacity hard drive offerings.
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Momentus XT 750 GB Review: A Second-Gen Hybrid Hard DriveFeb 8, 2012 - in Reviews
When a little bit of flash memory is good, more must be better, right? Seagate's second-generation Momentus XT hybrid hard drive is out to compete with SSDs, even as it delivers capacities typical of laptop-oriented 2.5" mobile disks.
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Six 2.5” High-Capacity Notebook Hard DrivesNov 2, 2011 - in Reviews
Advanced Format technology makes it possible to build 9.5 mm high 2.5” hard disks with 500 GB per platter. The result is a range of slim and speedy storage giants.
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Four 3 TB Hard Drives, Tested And ReviewedSep 7, 2011 - in Reviews
Hard drives able to hold 3 TB of data need to be considered carefully because they might not always work as expected. This round-up of four high-capacity disks compares products from Hitachi, Seagate, and Western Digital, then covers their caveats.
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Hard Drives 101: Magnetic StorageAug 30, 2011 - in Reviews
Even though we shun hard drives in this era of SSDs, magnetic storage is really quite remarkable. In this piece, we dive into the history of hard drives, dissect the technology that makes them work, and explore the advances that give us 3 TB drives today.
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Three 2.5" SAS Drives: Enterprise Data Giants, ComparedJun 16, 2011 - in Reviews
Currently, 2.5" enterprise drives are leaving their 3.5” competitors behind. They're faster, more flexible, and now they offer comparable capacities (we're up to 1 TB now). In this piece, it's Hitachi versus Seagate battling for high-density supremacy.
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Three 7200 RPM Notebook Hard Drives For 2011Jan 27, 2011 - in Reviews
Hard drives aren’t dead yet! And they won’t die out anytime soon. The latest 2.5” drives for notebooks deliver relatively high performance and ample storage for little money.
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Seagate's FreeAgent GoFlex: Modular External StorageNov 5, 2010 - in Reviews
External storage is almost a necessity these days. But do you go for 3.5" or 2.5" drives? What about eSATA, FireWire, or USB 2.0? Is it worth the upgrade to snag a USB 3.0-capable platform? Seagate's FreeAgent GoFlex attempts to simplify those decisions.
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Enterprise Storage: Two 2.5" 600 GB Hard Drives TestedJul 30, 2010 - in Reviews
The latest 2.5” hard drive generation ships with SAS 6Gb/s and delivers up to 600 GB of storage space, narrowing the gap with much larger 3.5" disks. Today we're comparing the latest 2.5" drives from Seagate and Toshiba to see if they're faster, too.
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Notebook Hard Drives: 750GB And 640GB Models ReviewedJun 30, 2010 - in Reviews
Remember when 500GB was the most you could get from a notebook drive? It seems like most vendors have made the transition to 640GB. Western Digital even has its own 750GB model that fits within the 9.5 mm z-height. So, which of these drives is the best?
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Two 2TB Hard Drives For Storage Applications, ReviewedJun 25, 2010 - in Reviews
Samsung and Seagate are each offering new high-capacity drives that strive to cram tons of data into a 3.5" form factor. Today's battle is the eco-friendly Spinpoint against the nearline Constellation, low power against business-class. Which one is best?
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Reviewed: 2.5" Notebook Hard Drives From Toshiba And HitachiJun 10, 2010 - in Reviews
With more than 100 MB/s throughput and 500GB of storage capacity for notebooks, Hitachi’s Travelstar 7K500 and the Toshiba MK5056GSY face the established Seagate Momentus 7200.4. Were the two newer drives worth waiting for? We benchmark them to find out.
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Momentus XT Review: Seagate's Marriage Of The HDD And Flash MemoryMay 24, 2010 - in Reviews
Update: with more real-world testing under our belts, Seagate's Momentus XT is receiving our rare Best of Tom's award for excellent performance. This new hybrid hard drive combines up to 500GB of storage and 4GB of flash memory to maximize performance.
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Eight Portable Hard Drives Compared: USB 2.0 Lives OnApr 2, 2010 - in Reviews
Eight different portable hard drives, spanning everything from 250GB to 1TB and centering on 2.5” and 1.8” form factors, compete against each other based on design and functionality. Similar though they seem, they're far from equal under the hood.
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Three New Desktop Hard Drives For 2010Feb 19, 2010 - in Reviews
We'll take more speed and better efficiency any day of the week! We've already looked at the 2TB Western Digital drives. Now we line up Hitachi’s Deskstar 7K2000, Samsung's Spinpoint F3 1TB, and Seagate’s Barracuda XT for the first drive battle of 2010.
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Perfect Consumer Backup With Seagate And RebitNov 12, 2009 - in Reviews
Seagate’s Replica is a portable hard drive with automatic backup, versioning, and disaster recovery features to make backup a no-brainer. The product works so well that it deserves our rare Best of Tom’s Award.
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New Enterprise Hard Drives: 6 Gb/s SAS And 200 MB/sSep 18, 2009 - in Reviews
Everyone talks about SSDs, but conventional hard drives continue to make lot of progress, especially in the enterprise space, where established technology is as important as performance. We review six 2.5” and two 3.5” SAS 6 Gb/s drives and compare.
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Next-Generation SAS: 6 Gb/s Storage Hits The EnterpriseAug 31, 2009 - in Reviews
With SAS 6 Gb/s hardware hitting the market in force, storage bandwidth per port doubles and we see the introduction of several new features. The compatibility problems of first-gen SAS should also become a thing of the past with 6 Gb/s technology.
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High-Capacity Business Hard Drives: Biggest Of The BunchAug 14, 2009 - in Reviews
The Seagate Barracuda LP, WD Caviar RAID Edition 4, Hitachi Deskstar E series, and Samsung Spinpoint F2 EcoGreen battle for the attention of business users. Who offers best performance and efficiency? We test the latest drives with up to 2 TB to find out.
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1.5 TB Low-Power HDDs: Green Gets BigJun 24, 2009 - in Reviews
The latest 2 TB hard drives are still expensive, but 1.5 TB disks provide low power consumption at a better cost-to-capacity ratio. We look at offerings from Samsung and Western Digital to determine the value of taking a step down from the flagships.
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Perfect Notebook Storage: Seven 2.5” 500 GB DrivesJun 18, 2009 - in Reviews
We compare the latest 500 GB notebook drives from Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba and WD. Seagate is first manufacturer to reach 500 GB at 7,200 RPM, but which is really the best drive? We loaded up our updated test system to find out.
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Roundup: Hand-Held Hard Drives With Up To 500 GBMay 15, 2009 - in Reviews
Big hard drive capacities aren't just for immobile desktops any more. We round up the latest portable disks from Fujitsu, Samsung, Seagate, and Western Digital in order to gauge the performance you can expect from hand-held drives with up to 500 GB.