Author: Allyn Malventano
Synology refreshes DiskStation line with DS213 and DS213+
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Aug 28, 2012 | Storage | 0
Today Synology launched an updated revision to their DS212 and DS212+. We looked at the DiskStation 212+ as part of our ioSafe review. The new DS213 models boast further improvements to...
Read MoreWD Red drives *do* support TLER…
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Aug 3, 2012 | Storage | 3
This morning I received a tweet about WD Red drives not supporting Time Limited Error Recovery. TLER is the feature which allows a RAID comprised of Reds to much...
Read MoreWestern Digital Red 3TB SATA SOHO NAS Drive – Full Review
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Jul 11, 2012 | Storage | 59
Introduction: I'm going to let the cat out of the bag right here and now. Everyone's home RAID is likely an accident waiting to happen. If you're using regular consumer...
Read MoreKingston Launches DataTraveler Locker+ G2 with hardware-based AES256 encryption
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Jul 11, 2012 | Storage | 0
Kingston has announced an addition to their USB drive lineup, this time a securely encrypted model featuring hardware-based AES-256 crypto. It might not be the fastest out there, as the controller chip only…
Read MoreWestern Digital releases ‘Red” series of SOHO NAS hard drives
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Jul 10, 2012 | Storage | 16
** Note ** - Full review has been posted HERE! Today Western Digital launches their Red series of hard drives. These are basically Caviar Greens that are specificially tuned to operate...
Read MoreDrobo releases new Thunderbolt + USB 3.0 ‘5D’ and ‘Mini’ – both mSATA SSD accelerated
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Jun 21, 2012 | Storage | 3
I have a warm spot in my heart for Drobo products ever since I spent months trying to break one (unsuccessfully). With that I am now pleased to report on...
Read MoreSK Hynix to acquire Link_a_Media Devices for $248 million
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Jun 21, 2012 | Storage | 2
First OCZ buys Indilinx, then LSI buys SandForce, and now for another acquisition: You may recall Link_a_Media devices seemingly coming out of nowhere these past few weeks, releasing an SSD controller present in…
Read MoreWestern Digital My Net N900 HD Router Review
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Jun 14, 2012 | General Tech | 24
A few weeks ago I witnessed a technology demo by Western Digital. I arrived expecting to see something storage related, but what I saw was completely different - a new line of…
Read MoreNew MacBooks Sporting 6Gb/s Samsung 830 Series SSD Controllers
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Jun 14, 2012 | Storage | 10
In case some of you are fans of the Samsung 830 Series SSDs (like I am), you'll be pleased to see this litle tidbit over at iFixit: Now that just says...
Read MoreNew Link-A-Media Devices controller scores Corsair Neutron ‘Best of Computex 2012’ Award
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Jun 13, 2012 | Storage | 4
Last week during Computex, Corsair jointly announced a new SSD to their lineup. Their partnership was with Link_A_Media Devices (LAMD), and the new Corsair Neutron Series scooped up Tom Hardware's "Best...
Read MoreioSafe SoloPRO and Synology DiskStation 212+ – Disaster-proof Networked Storage
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Jun 7, 2012 | Storage | 4
Introduction: Cloud storage is all the talk these days, and our own Tim Verry has been hard at work detailing...
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