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  • Solid State Disk Drives Are Here
    August 13, 2007 – 6:46 AM
    Solid State Disk Drives Are Here SanDisk's SSD5000 shows that flash-based drives really do offer superior performance, while consuming less power. Still, there are some drawbacks.
  • Smart Hard Drives: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 and Western Digital WD740 Raptor
    January 23, 2004 – 12:03 PM
    The serial ATA interface is enhanced with a feature from SCSI: Native Command Queuing. Seagate's 7200.7 is the only native SATA interface commercially available, while Western Digital intends to accommodate the low-end server market with its new 74 GB Raptor.
  • Hard Drives Instead of Tapes? 70 TB Backup RAID at the University of Tübingen
    April 25, 2003 – 1:01 PM in CeBIT
    While backing up data may be a minor chore for many, backing up vast quantities of data is a major operation. At the very top of the food chain, you generally have complex tape systems operated with automated robots. However, Dr. Koch Computertechnik AG has developed a cheaper, yet very flexible solution for the University of Tübingen: 70 TB backup capacity on standard IDE hard drives.
  • New IDE Hard Drives at 20 GB per Platter: Fujitsu MPG3409 and Western Digital WD400
    January 2, 2001 – 12:04 PM in Business
    Both Fujitsu and WD are releasing their latest generation drives. Will they be able to beat the strong competition from the prestige brands IBM and Maxtor?
  • Backing Up with Tape Drives: Security Is What Counts
    February 25, 2003 – 12:01 PM
    Regular backups of company-critical data to tape drives safeguards firms' existence. We put ten drives to the test and show what costs can be expected.
  • Hybrid hard drives: Can Samsung and Microsoft invent a new market for 2007?
    March 17, 2006 – 6:34 PM
    Hybrid hard drives: Can Samsung and Microsoft invent a new market for 2007? For about a year, Samsung Semiconductor and Microsoft have been leading the development of hybrid hard drives, with the potential of improving system performance by orders of magnitude. Samsung, the Flash memory market leader, could have a new industry all to itself. But would a mandate from Microsoft for hybrid HDD inclusion in Premium Vista computers help or hurt the company?
  • Trusted Computing platform, DRM coming to hard drives
    February 15, 2006 – 7:36 PM
    Trusted Computing platform, DRM coming to hard drives This week's announcement of the publication of a Trusted Platform Module implementation that enables TPM functionality to be shifted to hard disk drives, creates an intriguing scenario. Hard drive manufacturers may get involved in driving a single standard for DRM functionality, to which Microsoft and others may actually find themselves succumbing.
  • The Best in Enterprise Hard Drives
    April 2, 2007 – 7:24 AM
    The Best in Enterprise Hard Drives We put 13 SAS and SCSI hard drives to the ultimate test. And we also launch our new Enterprise HDD Charts!
  • SATA Hard Drives Run Riot: Maxtor, Hitachi, Western Digital 250 GB
    November 14, 2003 – 12:03 PM
    They hold 250 GB, spin at 7,200 rpm, work on 8 MB of cache and are bared on Serial ATA (SATA) technology. Despite the eyebrow raising features they all share, the emerging breed of SATA storage devices offer individual surprises.
  • Should You Care About Hybrid Hard Drives?
    July 13, 2007 – 8:13 AM
    Should You Care About Hybrid Hard Drives? Samsung's HM16HJI comes with 256 MB of on-board Flash memory, which is used as an operating system and application buffer. How much does the hybrid design reduce latency and save on battery power during idle time? Our initial results, unfortunately, are disappointing.
  • Notebook Drives At Up To 160 GB Put Under the Microscope
    March 3, 2006 – 5:07 AM
    Notebook Drives At Up To 160 GB Put Under the Microscope The latest 2.5" drives by Fujitsu, Samsung, Seagate and Toshiba bring a breath of fresh air to the market. We took a close look at eight new models.
  • RAID 5 Scaling Tests With Up To Eight Drives
    July 23, 2004 – 1:01 PM
    Costs are no doubt an important factor for SATA storage. We tested several configurations using up to eight drives from RAIDCore, Raptor and Western Digital to determine the best price/performance ratio.
  • Two Fast and Functional USB Flash Drives
    August 10, 2005 – 1:05 PM
    Two Fast and Functional USB Flash Drives Memina elicits superlatives with its record-shattering Rocket 4 GB USB flash drive. Kingston counters with its DataTraveller II Plus Migo Edition, which carries your e-mail and Windows installation files around and imports them onto other desktops. Which is better, and why?
  • 6 IDE Hard Disc Drives between 15 and 30 GBytes
    June 2, 2000 – 1:03 PM in Business
    Tom's Hardware Guide presents its first hard disc review ever, testing six drives from Fujitsu, Quantum, Seagate and Western Digital.
  • Sub-Terabyte External Hard Drives
    January 7, 2008 – 5:48 AM
    Sub-Terabyte External Hard Drives Buffalo, Maxtor, Seagate and SimpleTech sent us their latest external premium hard drives. They all offer 750 to 1000 GB of storage along with USB 2.0 and other interfaces, but their software, design and performance differ.

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