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If someone would have suggested that mSATA SSD sales would overtake that of notebook form factor SSDs a few years ago, SSD manufacturers would have told them they were nuts. After all, the typical notebook size SSD could replace any hard drive, yet mSATA SSD use was extremely limited, to say the least.  The ultrabook was just becoming a vision …

QLogic is announcing release of their QLogic FabricCache QLE10000 adapter, the first product released based on QLogic’s innovative Mt.Ranier technology.  FabricCache is a combination of QLogic’s market-leading FibreChannel adapter, intelligent caching and I/O management in a server-based PCIe flash card form factor.  FabricCache transforms single-server, captive cache into a shared resource for a wide variety of enterprise applications that utilize …

Memory cells are one of the most important building blocks utilized in digital electronics.  The explosion in growth of mobile devices has fueled the continuing miniaturization of components.  Some technologies eventually reach the point of their smallest possible functional versions being achieved.  Any further attempts at size reduction run smack up against limitations that often seem insurmountable.  This sets the …

The SSD Review is seeking two individuals to join our team for paid opportunities and travel, fulfilling contract positions. Both opportunities require people well versed in SSD technology with experience both in the technology field, as well as compiling subsequent website articles. Commencement for both positions will be as soon as qualified people have been identified and these positions are …

The opportunity has arisen for me to attend The Price is Right Life Show in Hamilton, Ontario. How awesome is that!  While the games are the same, these shows are not televised, nor hosted by Drew Carey, but still how many people can say they attended? What if  my friend or I  actually get called to ‘come on down’ and …

Here we go…a fresh week,  a fresh outlook and fresh reviews from our Affiliate Review Sites.  It’s amazing how we can run out of time before we run out of things to do.  Life becomes so busy that we have to reset priorities and somethings get set back.  Ultimately, it is important that when things are brought to your attention that …

Realignment of priorities with respect to solid state storage at OCZ came as no surprise considering the turbulence of the past two years resulting in Ralph Schmidt’s appointment as the new CEO and the abrupt exit of Ryan Petersen from this part of the world. The unchallenged leader of SSD models is now reducing it’s consumer line to just four …

The days when an SSD company could take a basic ASIC design and couple it with MLC are long gone. To be competitive in the current enterprise SSD market, your company must innovate. Over the past few months, we have observed innovation happening on two fronts: ASIC design and NAND technology. Each area presents highly complex problems, which in some …

The staff at The SSD Review have been a little busy this month.  An opportunity to attend CeBit 2013 in Hannover, Germany was not to be passed up. This year we were able to add a bit more of a European tour to it and check out some of the locations of our affiliates.  If you are not a member of our forums sign …

Ever since SSDs were introduced to the retail market back in 07, one of the main complaints has always been capacity.  After all, the first SSD releases were only 32 and 64GB. The hopes of one day seeing the performance of an SSD coupled with the capacity of a hard drive has grown and, too many, we think our analysis …

Storage Magazine / searchStorage.com recently announced their “Best Data Storage Products of 2012”.  Now in its 11th year, the awards are made to the most innovative new products and/or established products that received significant enhancements.  The gold, silver, and bronze awards are given in the following six categories: backup and disaster recovery software and services, backup hardware, networking equipment, storage …

Western Digital and Skyera have announced that Skyera is receiving strategic funding from Western Digital as  part of its recently announced Series B round of financing.  Western Digital had previously funded Skyera as the initial outside investor, and has now co-invested to the tune of an additional $51 million as an extension of the strategic relationship.  The relationship between the …

So it is time to break the stuffiness of tech stuff for just a bit and show you just what event coverage entails at times.  It is a hard job and one that takes hours of dedication to finding just the right shot for one of our more popular additions at all the tech events. Don’t let looks fool you …

Our visit to the SuperTalent booth and one on one with ST Product Marketing Manager Roman Nahal resulted in an unexpected exclusive this week with Roman handing us the very first SuperTalent RC4 Flash Drive outside of engineering hands. Better yet, SuperTalent also had the latest prototype, fresh with Toshiba NAND flash Toggle Mode memory, ready for our return to …

NVELO’s proprietary Dataplex caching software has been updated to version 1.3. While the new update does not introduce any new features, it does fix pesky user-reported bugs found in the previous versions, ensuring optimal maintenance and performance. Resolved Issues: – Fixed a corner case bug which may result in data corruption. – Fixed the issue which prevented users from collecting Dataplex …