MicronDR Data Recovery News

Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue SSD Review

nyoman — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:36:42 +0000

Western Digital is the first of the hard drive manufacturers to embrace SSD technology. Their new SiliconEdge Blue SSD is a mainstream SSD available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities, and claim 250MB/s sequential read and 170MB/s write speeds.

The drives feature MLC flash, custom TRIM support, SATA II interface, 3-year warranty, and an impressive 130,000 hours testing in the Western Digital R&D labs. But with Intel sitting in the driver’s seat of the mainstream SSD category, is Western Digital’s first SSD effort enough to warrant serious consideration?

USB flash drive

nyoman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:24:24 +0000

A USB flash drive consists of flash memory data storage device integrated with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) 1.1 or 2.0 interface. USB flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, much smaller than a floppy disk, and most weigh less than 30 g (1 oz).^[1] Storage capacities in 2010 can be as large as 256 GB^[2] with steady improvements in size and price per capacity. Some allow 1 million write or erase cycles^[3]^[4] and have a 10-year data retention cycle.^{[citation needed]}

Verbatim intros new eSATA/USB 2.0 combo portable hard drive

nyoman — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:00:01 +0000

Works with Mac, PC and Linux based computers

Samsung S2 500GB USB drive comes with Michael Jackson documentary

nyoman — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:53:40 +0000

It’s always interesting seeing what manufacturers of storage solutions will do to differentiate themselves from the competition. Hard drives, USB flash drives, secure digital cards… there’s slight permutations in the formula, in performance, but at the end of the day, little that distinguishes one model from another as far as the average consumer is concerned, [...]

Hard disk drives (HDDs)

nyoman — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:56:47 +0000

Will Hard Disks Get Faster?
3 Easy Ways to Enter the SSD Market
Overview of the Notebook SSD Market
Storage Market Outlook:- 2010 to 2015
Despatches from the magneto / flash wars
SSD Myths and Legends - “write endurance”
Sanitization Methods for Cleaning Up Hard Disks
Clarifying SSD Pricing - where does all the money go?
SSD ASAPs - Auto-tuning SSD Accelerated Pools of (hard disk) storage

Seagate 2TB 6Gb/s SAS Enterprise Drive Now Shipping

nyoman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:04:56 +0000

Seagate has announced it has started shipping its industry-first 2TB Enterprise SAS hard drives with a 6Gb/s interface (ST32000444SS). The 3.5-inch Constellation ES is a fourth-generation drive available in 500GB/1TB/2TB capacities with 3 or 6Gb/s interfaces.

Here comes the terabyte hard drive

nyoman — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:33:21 +0000

Last year, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies predicted hard-drive companies would announce 1 terabyte drives by the end of 2006. Hitachi was only off by a few days.

What is a MicroSD Card?

nyoman — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:09:37 +0000

Micro SD (microSD) cards were originally called T-Flash and then TransFlash before being rechristened as microSD when adopted by the SD Card Association (SDA).

Hard disk test ’surprises’ Google

nyoman — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:31:38 +0000

The impact of heavy use and high temperatures on hard disk drive failure may be overstated, says a report by three Google engineers.

Corsair Debuts Padlock 2 Secure Flash Drive

nyoman — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:13:33 +0000

The Corsair Flash Padlock 2 is perfect for transporting and protecting your sensitive business or personal information. With built-in 256-bit hardware data encryption, and access limited by a PIN, you can rest assured your information is safe from unintentional viewing. Built with the same ruggedized rubber housing found on the Corsair Flash Voyager family for durability, your data is protected from the elements as well.