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Backup Company Reveals Hard Drive Failure Rates For 2022

By Zhiye Liu published 31 January 23

Backblaze has published the company's annual report on hard drive failure rates for last year.

Samsung Issues Fix for Dying 980 Pro SSDs

By Brandon Hill published 31 January 23

Samsung 980 Pros can go into a read-only failure mode that can make data recovery difficult, if not impossible. A firmware fix is available.

Intel Discontinues Optane SSD DC P4800X Drives

By Anton Shilov published 30 January 23

Intel says it will cease selling Optane SSD DC P4800X SSDs by October.

Enthusiast Brings IDE Back with 2.5-Inch SSD

By Anton Shilov published 25 January 23

Enthusiast builds custom SSD to replace his 2.5-inch IDE hard drive.

Sabrent Rocket 2230 SSD Review: Tiny Powerhouse

By Shane Downing published 23 January 23

The Sabrent Rocket 2230 is a relatively fast and efficient PCIe 4.0 SSD that’s available in the M.2 2230 form factor. This makes it uniquely useful for certain devices that require shorter M.2 SSDs.

Don't Buy Scammy $100 16TB SSDs on Amazon

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal published 17 January 23

You can't buy a portable 16TB SSD for $120 and you can't trust Amazon

Tape Storage Soars While HDD Sales Crash

By Anton Shilov published 17 January 23

Sales of LTO tape for archive storage increased in 2022, in contrast to decreases in HDD sales.

Acer Predator GM7 SSD Review: YMTC Flash Powers the New Efficiency King

By Shane Downing published 17 January 23

Good performance and extreme efficiency in one package

HDD Shipments Almost Halved in 2022

By Mark Tyson published 16 January 23

HDD shipments were hit hard in 2022. The one bright spot was a slight rebound in 2.5-inch laptop HDDs during Q4, but the industry was down by about 42% over the year.

Best Flash Drives: Fast, Roomy USB Storage in Your Pocket

By Matt Safford published 12 January 23

The best flash drives are a lot more spacious and speedy than they used to be.

Biwin Demos Acer Predator GM7 SSD With Banned Chinese Fab's Flash, Planned for US Market

By Paul Alcorn published 12 January 23

Biwin demoed its Acer-branded Predator GM7 SSD with a banned NAND maker's flash at CES 2023.

Samsung Launches First SSDs Based on 5nm Controller

By Anton Shilov published 12 January 23

Samsung uses 5nm process technology to build controller for next-generation SSDs.

Kingston Fury Renegade SSD Review: A Refined KC3000 (Updated)

By Shane Downing published 9 January 23

Update The Kingston Fury arrives with up to 7 GBps of sequential throughput, making it one of the fastest SSDs on the market, and also comes with more write endurance.

Best SSD for PS5 in 2022: Speedy NVMe Storage for Your Console

By Paul Alcorn published 9 January 23

We recommend the best SSDs for the Sony PS5 for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.

Adata Teases First SMI-Powered PCIe 5.0 SSD, New CXL DDR5 Card

By Paul Alcorn published 8 January 23

Adata showed off its new PCIe 5.0 SSD and a CXL DDR5 memory device at CES 2023.

Phison E26 SSD Preview: PCIe 5.0 SSDs Are Finally Here

By Shane Downing published 4 January 23

The fastest drives are just around the corner

Solidigm P44 Pro SSD Review: Platinum P41, Take Two (Updated)

By Shane Downing published 3 January 23

Update That Solidigm P44 Pro is the SK hynix Platinum P41 under a different name. Under the new umbrella it has access to Solidigm’s software support and the MSRP is more attractive.