Our first visit to the OCZ Booth at CeBIT 2012 was a bit ‘rushed’ as we saw a flurry of first day guests invading the hangars as many companies were still fine tuning their displays. Such was the case with our visit to the OCZ booth which remains to be one of the busiest displays of the show. We have …
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Micron Releases P320h 2.5″ PCI-e Enterprise SSD As Vertical Integration Returns With A Vengeance
Micron Technology, a major provider of flash and DRAM products, has announced the release of the very first 2.5″ PCI-e SSD. This unique design is beneficial because it facilitates hot swapping, which is quite a boon in the enterprise environment. By enabling the drives to be mounted in the front of a server, the 2.5″ formfactor will provide a level …
Read More »Solidata Shows Off Trigger Controlled Secure Erase ‘SandForce Driven’ SATA 3 SSD – CeBIT 2012 Update
Our visit to the Solidata booth at CeBIT today brought with it something we never expected to see, this being a Solidata X8 ‘SandForce Driven’ SSD with hardware secure erase. The picture below displays a long red cord with a button on the end that, when pressed, ensures complete destruction of the SSDs data. This hardware secure erase method physically …
Read More »Super Talent Shows Off RAIDDrive II and Upstream PCIe SSDs – CeBIT 2012 Update
Our first stop of the morning, at CeBIT 2012 in Hannover, Germany, was with Peter Carcione and Super Talent to speak with them with respect neW and upcoming releases. Much as expected, we were able to get first hand shots and have a bit of a discussion on the newly released RAIDDrive II,as well as the upcoming Upstream PCIe SSD. …
Read More »Corsair Announces Accelerator Series SSD Cache Drives
The trend toward SSD caching solutions continues with Corsair’s announcement of availability of its Accelerator series of solid-state cache drives. Corsair is advertising the Accelerator series as an easy and affordable way to boost your PC system performance by up to 5 times! The Accelerator series of cache SSDs support Windows 7 operating systems with support for Windows 8 already …
Read More »Chinese SSD Manufacturer BIWIN Demos SSDs And Considering US Presence – CeBIT 2012 Update
To many, the name Biwin is definitely not synonymous with many SSD drives that they might consider in their future purchase, but that may change soon enough. Biwin has been in the flash storage business for 16 years and, as surprising as it may seem, has already established very strong strategic partnerships with many names you would know, to include …
Read More »PNY Introduces New Line Of Professional SSDs As Extras Become Essential
PNY Technology, well known for its storage and graphics products, has announced the release of its fourth generation Professional SSD line. The new LSI Sandforce based SSDs will deliver read and write speeds of 550MB/s and 520MB/s as well as random write performance of 60,000 4k IOPS. The ‘Professional’ series will be available in capacities of 120GB, 240GB and 480GB. Pricing starts …
Read More »Patriot Announces New WildFire Pro and Magma SATA 3 SSDs – CeBIT 2012 Update
An early morning stop at the Patriot Booth this morning brought news of two upcoming SSD releases, these being the Wildfire Pro and a totally new controller based SSD called the Magma. Not to shocking was the fact that they would be moving the Wildfire SE line to 2xnm NAND flash memory in the near future but these two entries …
Read More »OCZ Officially Names Vertex 4 and OCZ Enterprise is Booming – CeBIT 2012 Update
Our first stop at CEBit 2012 in Hannover, Germany, was at the OCZ booth and were we in for a shock. It wasn’t ten minutes since the doors opened and the crowd surrounding OCZ enterprise products was unbelievable. So much for getting those early shots right? Hoping to be the first to visit the OCZ booth, we think even they …
Read More »STEC Adds MACH16 Slim SSD For Big Embedded Application Performance In A Tiny Package
Good things often come in small packages. SSDs are one of the finest examples of said axiom, but even they aren’t small enough for the task at times. STEC is adding a new enterprise-grade SSD for embedded systems, which should put enterprise SSD features in a diminutive form-factor. ATM machines, GPS units, and those DVD rental kiosks are all embedded …
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