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Samsung has boldly inserted themselves into the forefront of the consumer SSD market with apparent ease thanks to some innovation and a few outstanding drives. Just a few years ago, no one would have even mentioned their name in the same sentence with 'SSD' but now they are very much on the minds of consumers. Just taking a stroll through several computer hardware oriented online communities reveals a lot of positive chatter about the drives which come largely driven from online reviews and word of mouth recommendations as Samsung hasn't done a ton of marketing for their drives. Or maybe it just doesn't feel that way. Competitors, on the other hand, may have a different perception and have to be feeling the pressure. Especially those that are reliant on others for components for their builds whereas Samsung is completely self sufficient and can offer lower costs to consumers while still retaining a decent margin. We've recently had looks at the 840 and 840 Pro series of drives and now we've gotten our mitts on the 840 EVO version.
At Storage Vision 2013 in January, SMART Storage Systems made a splash with the announcement of the CloudSpeed 1000 and 1000E enterprise SSDs. We have been patiently waiting for our chance to put these drives through their paces. In SSD time, it felt like an eternity but with our previous experience with their Optimus SSDs, we knew the wait would be worth it. Plus, SMART had a busy summer, as their acquisition by Sandisk was finalized just last week, so we will cut them some slack.
As you may have guessed, the CloudSpeed series focuses on enterprise server and cloud computing environments. Specifically, they are optimized for the mixed workload conditions that typical enterprise SSDs encounter. The CloudSpeed series is outfitted with the features you would expect from an enterprise SSD, such as error correction and detection, power loss protection, data path protection, data fail recovery and AES 256-bit encryption. SMART also throws in thermal management for good measure.
With the rapid progress of technology from one day to the next, concepts, ideas, inventions, and reinventions suddenly turn from wishful thinking into reality. In the case of solid-state drives the burning question was whether we would see a viable external solution. Conventional hard-drives already go their external variant primarily thanks to USB 2.0; with the raw speed and performance of SSDs however, the lagging catalyst was the upgraded USB 3.0 interface standard. Of course a slue of other components were needed as well – cooling, enclosure size, controllers, design, chipsets just to name a few.
Only recently after advancements in each area did this mix come together to form a practical external SSD concoction in the Angelbird mobile SSD line. Today we take a look at two different models – the $780 Angelbird SSD2go 480GB and the $900 dual Angelbird SSSD2go TWIN 480GB (240GB x 2). We will see if the Angelbird drives are worth their premium prices, and if they can indeed perform at SATA 3.0 speeds using USB 3.0.
Eine Überraschung stellt es sicherlich nicht dar, dass Logitech den derzeitigen Hype um die mechanischen Tastaturen ausnutzt, um ein eigenes Produkt zu lancieren. Überraschend ist nur, das Logitech so viel Zeit dafür benötigte, möglicherweise wollten die Schweizer aber auch abwarten, welche Stolpersteine die Konkurrenz zu umschiffen hatte, um so ähnliche Fehler zu vermeiden. Sei es wie es ist, die Logitech G710+ steht seit Anfang des Jahres bei den Händlern im Regal und wir haben das "Sommerloch" und den Stapellauf unseres neuen Haswell Systems genutzt, um so eine Tastatur bei einem Händler unserer Wahl zu kaufen und durch den gefürchteten Redaktionsalltag zu hetzen.
Logitech setzt bei der G710+ auf die bewährten Cherry MX-Brown Taster, womit eines schon im Vorwege klar skizziert ist, nicht nur der Gaming Sektor soll mit dieser Tastatur abgedeckt werden, auch die Office Vielschreiber sollen ein adäquates Gerät erhalten, wofür auch die Dämpfung der jeweiligen Taster mit Hilfe von speziellen O-Ringen spricht, die eine Reduzierung des lauten mechanischen Klackerns bewirken soll. Darüber hinaus wirbt die Tastatur mit einer ausgereiften Software, vielen zusätzlichen Funktionstasten und einstellbaren Makros, so dass zumindest theoretisch eine enorme Einsatz Bandbreite zur Verfügung steht.
Schauen wir uns jetzt gemeinsam an, ob auch diese Tastatur der Rubber Dome Konkurrenz in unserem 4-wöchigen Praxistest abermals die Grenzen aufzeigen konnte, dazu wünschen wir euch wieder viel Vergnügen....
SanDisk's new X210 solid state drive fills the need for business notebooks and read intensive servers use including server operating system loads.
Teratrend outs the quad-bay Tower Storage TS432U enclosure, with room for 16TB of storage. Today we put it to the test and see how it performs.
Synology is well-known for their NAS solutions and today we are taking a closer look at the DS1513+. This NAS is aimed at small to medium businesses and comes equipped with an Intel Atom CPU, 2GB DDR3 and supports up to five 4TB hard drives.
Up for review today I’ve got a little gadget that I think can come in quite handy especially if you travel. The product is called the HooToo TripMate HT-TM01 and it does many things that I think you might be interested in knowing all about. The HT-TM01 is a router, it’s a bridge, it’s an access point, it’s a NAS and it’s a backup battery for your devices. This little all-in-one will work as a NAS on Android or iOS via an app you can download, or you can access it right from your computer to stream or transfer files back and forth to a USB flash or USB hard drive. To use it as a router you just need to plug in an Ethernet cable and you’re basically all set with a wireless network up and running in a few minutes. The battery inside is 5200mAh in capacity so, depending on the device you’re charging, you can get plenty of extra talk or play time from it. So read on to learn more about what I think is a handy little gadget…
The Intel Developer Forum is next month and on the agenda is a workshop on SSD Overclocking with a new prototype Intel SSD! We were expecting to learn all about that next month, but it appears that Intel wanted to get some community feedback before IDF and they are showing off SSD Overclocking right now at PAX Prime. Read on to find out more!
Toshiba wants to be a serious player on the SSD market. The Japanese giant has been doing quite well the past few years as OEM supplier, by selling its SSDs to laptop and server manufacturers. Probably inspired by the success Samsung has been having with its 830 and 840 SSDs, Toshiba also wants a piece of that retail pie. For the first time, Toshiba has released a series of SSDs with consumer-friendly names. In this review we will take a closer look at the 128, 256 and 512 GB versions of Toshiba's new Q series.
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