BIWIN displayed a new PCIe card at the Flash Memory Summit that was one of the first we have seen to allow for the use of up to eight mSATA SSDs. This card is a PCIe 2.0 x8 device and will be available in capacities from 240GB all the way up to an amazing 2TB.  Performance for the card is …

It will be a few hours until all get access to exhibits at the Flash Memory Summit 2012 in Santa Clara but, ahead of the game, we can say that OCZ will be pulling out all the stops and displaying just how far they have come in the last few years. Although they have not set up their entire line, …

It wasn’t so long ago that we reviewed the first SSD based flash drive which was marketed by Super Talent and we suggested that there would be a time soon enough when you would be able to carry your entire computer system on a similar device in your pocket. Simply sit down at any computer, plug in your flash drive …

FMS officially opened today with a lecture on Enterprise SSDs that included Sean Stead of STEC, Bernie Rub of Smart Storage Systems and Scott Shadley of Micron. All offered their opinions on where things appear to be going for flash and the key teaching point was software and firmware benefits, Micron of course having the ability to tout that ‘owning …

The NAND Flash Summit in Santa Clara started off on the right foot today with a pre-session lecture package by none other than Chuck Sobey entitled ‘An Introduction to SSDs’.   Chuck spoke to a sold out audience and, prior to commencing the lecture, asked all to introduce themselves in an effort to identify the level of knowledge of the room.  …

Up early this morning and it is a beautiful day at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. We are here for the Flash Memory Summit which ‘technically’ takes place 21-23 Aug 2012, however, wanted to jump in a day early as I was invited to take part in a pre-session lecture today called Introduction To SSDs, hosted by Chuck Sobey, President, …

Taking a quick look at Amazon this morning, we were surprised to see the Transcend SSD320 available at prices we aren’t used to seeing for a new release. Considering the fact that the SSD320 is a ‘LSI SandForce Driven’ SSD, it is great news that a ‘new release’ SSD is available at prices more common to typical one day sale …

Lincoln, MA “ August 15, 2012 “ VeloBit, a provider of high-performance SSD caching software, today announced the immediate general availability of VeloBit HyperCache for VMware and VeloBit HyperCache for Citrix XenServer. VeloBits SSD caching software now supports the broadest range of operating systems and hypervisors in the industry while also avoiding hardware vendor lock-in. IT managers seeking to get …

Well it is finally official! Not five minutes ago, we received word from Intel that Intel RST drivers Ver. 11 and newer offers TRIM support for RAID 0, but ONLY on  MS Windows 7 operating systems with Intel 7 series chipsets.  Older chipsets are not supported. Intel is also presently working on a solution that allows TRIM in RAID 0 …

If you have been holding back on that SSD purchase for ‘just the right price’, you might want to take a close look at the SanDisk Extreme ‘LSI SandForce Driven’ SSD at Amazon right now. It seems the Extreme is being let go at an all time low of $169 for the 240GB version right now which is a drop …