$500 Extra for an SSD? How to Avoid Price Gouging When You Buy a PC By Avram Piltch published 9 November 19 PC vendors are charging ridiculous amounts when you try to add more RAM or storage at purchase.
SSDs Are Stupid Cheap Right Now -- and They’ll Be Even Cheaper on Prime Day By Matt Safford published 12 July 19 SSDs are astonishingly affordable these days, and I expect to see even better prices around Amazon Prime Day. Keep an eye out.
PC Makers: We Need to Talk About the Boot Drive By Matt Safford published 4 February 19 PC makers big and small haven’t kept up with recent SSD trends. It’s time for them to do better so we can all get the speedy, roomy boot drive we deserve.
SSD Predictions for 2019: Lower Prices, Larger Capacities and Optane Competition By Matt Safford published 27 December 18 In 2019, we expect SSD prices to continue to drop while capacities increase thanks to the shift to QLC and 96-layer NAND. Will prices consistently drop below 10 cents per GB?
Why I Will Never Buy a Hard Drive Again By Matt Safford published 7 August 18 Now that SSD prices are falling and capacities are increasing thanks to QLC and Chinese flash, I’m ready to ditch the hard drive for good.
IT Pro: 64 PCIe SSDs, 120TB Of Flash And One Stop Systems: The FSA 200 Review By Paul Alcorn published 30 March 16 We take 64 of the fastest PCIe SSDs on the planet (32 Intel NVMe DC P3700's and 32 Fusion ioMemory SSDs) out for a spin in the FSA 200 PCIe SSD enclosure.
Samsung SM863 3D V-NAND Enterprise SSD By Paul Alcorn published 26 October 15 Samsung's SM863 hits the sweet spot of NAND's developmental cycle as cost continues to plummet.
Exablox OneBlox 4312 Enterprise NAS Review By Paul Alcorn published 19 October 15 Exablox's OneBlox 4312 packs the goodness of object storage wrapped in the industry-standard SMB/NFS interface, and at a competitive price point.
Micron M510DC Enterprise SSD Review By Paul Alcorn published 14 July 15 The run-up to the Flash Memory Summit is always a busy time of year for us on the enterprise storage side of Tom's. SSD and storage manufacturers always release their products around the time of the big trade shows, and this year is no exception.
