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Longsys Gen5 2TB mSSD Review – 13GB/s Speed & up to 8TB Capacity in a 25 Cent Piece Sized Storage Device

Les Tokar — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:29:56 +0000

I absolutely love world firsts. Even more than that, I love seeing genuine technological innovation. Not long ago, we introduced the Longsys Gen4 mSSD, and we were fortunate enough to receive the drive directly from Longsys Chairman Huabo Cai, giving us the opportunity to publish what turned out to be an unexpected world exclusive. That …

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Samsung 990 QLC DRAMless Gen4 2TB SSD Review – Choosing Between This & the TLC-based 990 EVO Plus

Les Tokar — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:55:29 +0000

When it comes to SSDs, I can’t help but wonder whether the latest price spike is simply a temporary shock driven by AI demand, or whether it was inevitable all along. For a while, we had it incredibly good. High-performance, DRAM-equipped SSDs with generous capacities and five-year warranties were selling at prices that would seem …

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SanDisk Optimus GX 7100M Gen4 2TB 2230 SSD Review – Small Yet Speedy Gen4 Goes Mainstream

Les Tokar — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:30:25 +0000

I’d like to say change is coming to the SSD market, but the reality is that it’s already here. Looking back, it’s a bit amusing because long before the current NAND and DRAM shortages, I wondered whether SSD performance would eventually plateau with PCIe Gen4. What I didn’t anticipate, and neither did anyone else, was …

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ProGrade CFExpress Type A 4.0 Iridium 512GB Memory Card and Dual Slot A/SDXC UHS II USB 4.0 Card Reader Review

Les Tokar — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:09:15 +0000

I may get a bit of backlash for saying this, but I continue to be amazed at how a single manufacturer has managed to champion a storage format the way Sony has with the CFexpress Type A card. Many people probably assumed this format would have faded away by now, yet the millions of Sony …

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Memblaze PBlaze7 7A46 Gen5 6.4TB U2 Enterprise SSD Review – Amazing 1230K Random Write Performance

Les Tokar — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:38:28 +0000

Random write performance in an enterprise SSD is critical as workloads rely heavily on processing thousands of small, scattered, and simultaneous data requests per second. These are measured in IOPS. Unlike sequential workloads, random writes do not write data in a contiguous line, making them much harder for the SSD to handle. SQL, Oracle and …

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