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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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Western Digital's 4 TB WD4001FAEX Review: Back In BlackJan 8, 2013 - in Reviews
Western Digital has a new 4 TB flagship. Its WD4001FAEX is part of the company’s Black family of performance-oriented drives. Spinning at 7,200 RPM, it might seem at home in a high-end desktop, but our numbers suggest it might fare better in a server.
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Four 2.5" Hard Drives From 500 GB To 1 TB, BenchmarkedOct 3, 2012 - in Reviews
Thanks to advances in manufacturing and 4 KB sectors, we finally have 2.5" hard drives with 500 GB per platter and a notebook-friendly 9.5 mm Z-height. Thanks to their high data density, even power-friendly 5400 RPM drives offer impressive transfer rates.
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USB 3.0-Based 2.5" Hard Disks From Adata, Hitachi, And WDAug 30, 2012 - in Reviews
USB 3.0 allows external hard drives to realize their performance potential. Each of the three external USB 3.0-based 2.5” disks we're reviewing also excels in some other discipline. We study these specialties up close: speed, capacity, and durability.
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Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ ReviewAug 1, 2012 - in Reviews
Western Digital recently sent us its latest-generation VelociRaptor, a 1 TB update to what was already the fastest 3.5" disk drive available. Once again, it stymies the mechanical competition with significantly higher performance.
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Western Digital Red: NAS-Specific SATA 6Gb/s Drives, ReviewedJul 23, 2012 - in Reviews
Western Digital just launched its new Red family of mechanical hard drives, optimized specifically for home and small office/home office (SOHO) network-attached storage devices. The company sent its 2 and 3 TB models for us to benchmark and review.
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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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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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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 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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Business Storage: A Look At The 3.5" To 2.5" TransitionOct 22, 2010 - in Reviews
There is more than one way to skin a cat. Several hard drive vendors have created transitional products to simplify the transition from 3.5" disks to more compact 2.5" devices in SMB-class servers. We cover three different options you can use.
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Not All USB 3.0 Implementations Are Created EqualAug 26, 2010 - in Reviews
Despite the fact that today's USB 3.0 products center on the same NEC controller, we compared a handful of different USB 3.0 drives and found performance to range from 113 to 173 MB/s, depending on the implementation used. Should you be worried?
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Three External (And Fast) USB 3.0 Drives ComparedJul 22, 2010 - in Reviews
The first USB 3.0-based external hard drives aim at eliminating the USB 2.0 bottleneck (that hovered around 30 MB/s) with enough bandwidth to outperform the fastest mechanical disks. A-Data, Buffalo, and WD do battle for maximum performance.
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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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Spring 2010 Solid State Drive Roundup, Part 2Apr 13, 2010 - in Reviews
In part one of our SSD roundup, we looked at drives from Crucial, OCZ, Intel, Solidata, and Toshiba. To those results, we're adding Crucial's first 6 Gb/s SSD, WD's first SSD, and Kingston's 128GB SSDNow V-series, along with 'fresh' and 'used' scores.
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VelociRaptor Returns: 6Gb/s, 600GB, And 10,000 RPMApr 6, 2010 - in Reviews
Western Digital is in the process of reinventing its Raptor product line, delivering improved performance and a new 600GB capacity ceiling. In today's review, we compare it to its predecessor and the other popular magnetic drives populating the market.
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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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HDDs, The Next Generation: Drives With 4KB Sectors On The WayFeb 25, 2010 - in Reviews
In the future, an increasing number of hard drives will be writing data in 4KB chunks (rather than 512 bytes) to increase storage capacities. Performance isn’t impacted, as long as you follow some rules. We put WD’s new EARS series on the test bench.
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Inside Western Digital: How Tomorrow's Storage Gets MadeFeb 14, 2010 - in Picture Story
Rarely, if ever, are press outlets allowed unrestricted access to R&D facilities. We jumped at the chance to visit Western Digital and tour the company's campus with virtually free reign. Get ready to see hard drives as you've never seen them before.
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Can Bargain SSDs Give Windows A Quantum Performance Leap?Dec 30, 2009 - in Reviews
Do you have a case of the boot-up blues? Are app load times sucking your will to live? Everybody knows that SSDs can accelerate certain system tasks, but can an affordable SSD deliver a quantum leap in everyday Windows tasks? We did the tests
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Laptop Storage: 640GB And 500GB Drives From WD And FujitsuNov 2, 2009 - in Reviews
We're looking at two new notebook hard drives today: Fujitsu’s 500GB 2.5" disk and WD’s brand new 640GB 2.5" model (the largest notebook drive you can buy). The capacities on both products are outstanding, but neither drive is completely perfect.
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500GB Per Platter: Three Next-Gen 7,200 RPM Hard DrivesOct 29, 2009 - in Reviews
Fast, 3.5” hard drives have now reached the 2TB mark, combining capacity and performance. The new storage density provides benefits for budget buyers, as well as the mainstream, including less heat, less noise, more capacity, and of course, more speed.
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NAS Attack: Network Storage From Thecus And Western DigitalOct 9, 2009 - in Reviews
Thecus is first company to offer an attractive little 2.5” NAS solution that works well in your living room, while Western Digital’s dual-drive NAS delivers up to 4TB of capacity with RAID 0 and 1. Today's we're testing the two very-different devices.
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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.
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New Desktop Hard Drives: Speed Or Capacity?Apr 21, 2009 - in Reviews
Today we're testing and dissecting Samsung’s Spinpoint F2, Seagate’s Barracuda 7200.12, and WD’s 2 TB Caviar Green. They all hold 500 GB of data per platter, but the similarities stop there. Which one works best for you?