We have in our hot little hands this morning the Samsung T3 2TB Portable SSD and it is pretty amazing to think that this product contains storage space that most could never come close to filling. Mind you, if you had use for the storage of a half million songs, or a few million books, 170 million word documents, or …
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Kingston DataTraveler 2000 USB 3.1 Drive (32GB) Review
Continuing with our promise from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, we are taking an in-depth look at the latest encrypted USB device from Kingston, the DataTraveler 2000 USB 3.1 device. Today, especially in the business world, hacking and system security flaws can be the result of something as simple as losing that USB device that contains some company data. Thanks to …
Read More »Lexar USB 3.0 Portable SSD (256GB) Review
You may recall that while we were in attendance at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show we met with Micron and Lexar to have a meet and greet with their latest products, one of which is the hardware we have on hand today, the Lexar USB 3.0 Portable SSD. FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS The purpose of this small and portable SSD is just that, …
Read More »SNIA & Plexistor Demonstrate DDR4 NVDIMM – Storage Visions 2016 Update
On display at the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) was a demonstration of Plexistor’s software defined memory with Smart Modular technologies DDR4 NVDIMM, which compares the throughput and latency of an Intel 750 NVMe PCIe SSD to their DDR4 NVDIMM. SNIA also demonstrated their latest storage certification that allows you to further your knowledge of storage solutions to the SNIA standard. …
Read More »Understanding M.2 RAID NVMe SSD Boot and 2/3x M.2 NVME SSD RAID0 Tested
Samsung’s recent release of their 950 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD (Report here) seems to have caught the industry off guard, much as they do at just about the same time every year. Without question, it is the most powerful SSD in the world for its size, and because of its speed, size and great value mix, has stirred the interest …
Read More »Novachips 4TB / 8TB SSD Review – HLNAND Sees 8TB Sizes & Higher, Speed & Low Power
Size, speed, reliability, and value are the variables that have determined SSD success since it’s introduction back in 2007. Today’s consumer can buy a SSD with blistering speeds of 2.5GB/s, another with 2TB of storage, both will last longer than their need requires, and now we can find prices at or below .25/GB. Two things still create a bottleneck in …
Read More »Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVME SSD Review (256/512GB) – The NVMe Effect
The NVMe Effect. Our report today explores Samsung’s newest 950 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD. Release of this SSD will see the first retail entry of any storage medium the size of a gum stick and weighing less than 10 grams, yet capable of moving data at speeds of up to 2.5GB/s. This is unparalleled by today’s standards and is 4 …
Read More »The Ultimate Guide To SSD Benchmark Software
As much as many might believe the transition to SSDs to be relatively painless process, it isn’t always so. The number of e-mails, forum posts and pm’s we have received indicates that, as easy as buying a pre-configured system with an SSD, moving from a hard drive to SSD is not always so. We addressed SSD migration some time ago …
Read More »Building The New Z170 TSSDR Test Bench
There is no question that 2015 will be the year of NVMe and we are about to see storage performance increase like it never before has. Where yesterday several SAS enterprise SSDs would be necessary to reach 5GB/s transfer speed, it is now possible with a single SSD with the inevitability of 1 million IOPS becoming a common performance variable …
Read More »ASRock Announces U.2 Kit For M.2 Slots and Front USB 3.1 Panel With Type-A and Type-C Ports
Ever the innovator, ASRock is announcing two unique products to add additional connectivity to your computer’s motherboard and/or case. ASRock is the world’s first in offering a front panel that supports front Type-A and Type-C USB 3.1 ports. Their new U.2 Kit is an add-on card that supports the latest and fastest Intel SSD 750 series of SSDs. The latest …
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