It is always an exciting time when a new controller makes it’s way on to the SSD scene. It is like seeing a new contender in any sporting event and predicting their success, or lack of, based on the balance of strength and inexperience. Our analysis today examines the new Link A Media (LAMD) 6Gbps controller found within the Corsair …
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Kingston Releases LSI Sandforce Series 5 Firmware Fix As Speed Converges With Bug Smashing
Kingston Technology, a major player in the consumer SSD segment, has recently released a new version of LSI/SandForce’s Series 5 firmware for their Hyper x/Hyper X 3K drives. The new 5.0.3 firmware apparently fixes the TRIM functionality, which was not working,in its entirety, in previous versions. Hopefully, Kingston will be only the first of many to adopt this crucial fix …
Read More »Able Design’s SSD Labeling Machine — One of Our FMS 2012 Favorites
With all of the new technologies and products being shown in Santa Clara at FMS 2012, there were some products you might not have heard about. A personal favorite of mine wasn’t a fancy new enterprise product or hip new data center solution. Instead, it’s a machine that does something fairly pedestrian — it merely puts labels on SSDs. Able …
Read More »Hitachi Data Systems Announces New SSD Controller As Enterprise Storage Leads The Industry – FMS 2012 Update
Hitachi Data Systems, well known for their high performance storage solutions, has stated their intent to bring a new, high performance SSD controller to market. This appears to be a completely homegrown design, and not a result of its joint venture with Intel. Also announced was their new VSP (Virtual Storage Platform) solution, which will enable enterprise customers to achieve …
Read More »VeloBit Announces Caching Software Trial Bundle Featuring Micron SSDs
VeloBit, a provider of high-performance SSD caching software, is announcing a trial sampling program via a bundle that will feature PCIe and SATA SSDs from Micron Technology, Inc. Potential customers will be able to receive a 60-day free trial to evaluate the use of VeloBit’s HyperCache software bundled with certain PCIe and SATA SSDs from Micron. Customer looking to integrate …
Read More »Flash Memory Summit 2012 Starts Off On The Right Foot With Intro To SSDs Session – FMS Update
The NAND Flash Summit in Santa Clara started off on the right foot today with a pre-session lecture package by none other than Chuck Sobey entitled ‘An Introduction to SSDs’. Chuck spoke to a sold out audience and, prior to commencing the lecture, asked all to introduce themselves in an effort to identify the level of knowledge of the room. …
Read More »Transcend SSD320 SSD Available at Record Low Pricing For New Release LSI SandForce Driven SSDs
Taking a quick look at Amazon this morning, we were surprised to see the Transcend SSD320 available at prices we aren’t used to seeing for a new release. Considering the fact that the SSD320 is a ‘LSI SandForce Driven’ SSD, it is great news that a ‘new release’ SSD is available at prices more common to typical one day sale …
Read More »Velobit SSD HyperCache Offers 4x Performance Increase with 62% Cost Reduction
Lincoln, MA “ August 15, 2012 “ VeloBit, a provider of high-performance SSD caching software, today announced the immediate general availability of VeloBit HyperCache for VMware and VeloBit HyperCache for Citrix XenServer. VeloBits SSD caching software now supports the broadest range of operating systems and hypervisors in the industry while also avoiding hardware vendor lock-in. IT managers seeking to get …
Read More »Sonnet Releases Upgradeable HD-SDI Enabled Tempo SSD PCIe Cards
Sonnet Technologies has announced the release of its 2.5″ Tempo SSD cards. The “Pro” variant will support up to two SATA 6 GB/s SSDs configured in RAID 0 in order to provide an aggregate bandwidth of up to 900MB/s while the non-pro version provides accommodations for one drive. The Tempo SSD and SSD Pro cards will be priced at 149.95 …
Read More »SanDisk Extreme 240GB SSD Available Today at Rock Bottom Prices
If you have been holding back on that SSD purchase for ‘just the right price’, you might want to take a close look at the SanDisk Extreme ‘LSI SandForce Driven’ SSD at Amazon right now. It seems the Extreme is being let go at an all time low of $169 for the 240GB version right now which is a drop …
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