When we first caught wind of the Adaptec Series 7 RAID adapters late last year, we were itching for the chance to get it in our test bench. But, in order to do the review justice, we needed SSDs. We needed a LOT of SSDs. We needed 24 SSDs. Unfortunately, sampling even 4 or 8 SSDs at one time is …
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Memoright Hits Computex With Several New Products, Including An Ultra-High Speed PCIe SSD
Memoright, well known for military and high-end industrial storage, is using Computex 2013 to announce several new products. They will be offering a wide array of SATAIII industrial storage devices, including ultra-high speed PCIe SSDs, 1.8″ and 2.5″ form factor SSDs, mSATA, SATA DOM and CFast devices to serve ever-increasing demand for all types of SSDs. Memoright has crafted a …
Read More »OCZ Vertex 450 SSD Review (256GB) – Back To The Start With Indilinx Success
Our introduction and analysis of the OCZ Vertex 450 6Gbps SSD marks the first release of the Vertex family with an Indilinx controller since 2009, a return that includes some very attractive features…including price. The OCZ Vertex 450 contains the new and improved Barefoot 3 M10 controller and follows the Vector’s lead by using OCZ in-house ASIC technology. Considering the …
Read More »Plextor M5M mSATA SSD Review (256GB) – The M5M Displays Incredible PCMark Performance
At under 7grams, a third the size of a business card and performance equal to that of any 2.5″ notebook SSD, there was little doubt of the success that the mSATA SSD would achieve. Lenovo was the first to introduce the mSATA SSD to the consumer and today, there doesn’t seem to be an ultra available that doesn’t have a …
Read More »Seagate Unveils SSD Portfolio Of Client,Server, 12Gb/s SAS and PCIe SSD Capable of 1.1 Mil IOPS
Seagate this morning announced an entire line of solid state drives to encompass consumer and enterprise SATA, enterprise 12Gb/s SAS and enterprise PCIe applications. It’s consumer retail and server level introductions are the Seagate 600 and 600 Pro SSDs, the 600 client SSD being the first SSD released at a z-height of 5mm. Seagate supplied TSSDR with a 480GB version …
Read More »The SSD Optimization Guide Ultimate Windows 8 (And Win7) Edition
At this point in the game, SSD optimization is nothing new to technology and has become a very popular topic as a result of SSD popularity, coupled with Microsoft’s shutting down sales of Windows 7. Microsoft wants the world to be a Windows 8 world, at least until Windows Blue arrives as originally discovered in our own Forum Community. Even …
Read More »Sony VAIO T14 Ultrabook Review – Out With Express Cache In With DataPlex For SandForce Driven Speed
Sony’s new VIAO touchscreen T14 arrived last week, complete with hybrid hard drive and Windows 8. Frequent readers of TSSDR understand my opinion of both, an opinion that was initially hard to contain with their teaming up in what appears to be an attractive ultra design. Swapping out the hard drive for an SSD was a given. Stepping outside the …
Read More »Samsung SM843 Enterprise SSD Review (240GB) – Great Read Performance With a Great Price
In September of 2012, The SSD Review ventured to Seoul, South Korea for the public unveiling of the Samsung 840 Pro at the 2012 Samsung SSD Global Summit. What caught us by surprise during our stay was not the grandeur of the event, or the otherworldly performance of the 840 Pro, it was that Samsung seemingly came out of nowhere with a …
Read More »HighPoint Rocketstor 5322 Dual eSATA 6Gbps Dock Review – True SSD Speed through an External Dock
For a storage reviewer, there is no better discovery than something that cuts the time of storage reviews as most can take a week or longer. We first spoke of this in 2010 when we reviewed the Vantec External Dock which didn’t quite meet our needs. This report examines the HighPoint 5322 Dual eSATA 6Gbps External Dock, along with their …
Read More »ADATA Announces SX1000L SSD Family For Enterprise
ADATA Technology, Taiwanese manufacturer of premium performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash storage products, is announcing the launch of its enterprise grade SX1000L solid state drive (SSD). This represents ADATA’s first SSD tailored towards server applications, following on the heels of a number of well-established and successful consumer-level SSDs. ADATA is emphasizing the performance and reliability of the SX1000L, as …
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