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OCZ pursuing cloud server market

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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If the OCZ Z-Drive R4 announce isn’t enough to demonstrate the company’s goals, the release of the OCZ-SANRAD VXL just prove it. In fact, the manufacturer announced the immediate availability of OCZ-SANRAD VXL enterprise storage accelerator, a software that enables … Continue reading →

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OCZ Z-Drive R4 CloudServ released

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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OCZ finally released the Z-Drive R4 CloudServ, its PCI Express SSD solution tailored for cloud infrastructures. The drive is powered by SandForce SF-2581 controllers and MLC NAND ICs. It’s available in 800GB, 1.6TB, 3.2TB and 6.4TB capacities. The maximum throughput … Continue reading →

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Hitachi released first 25nm SLC SSD

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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Enterprise server environments require high levels of reliability and that’s the reason why the latest 25nm NAND flash memories weren’t adopted in pro-SSDs until today. Hitachi GST, now owned by Western Digital, released the Ultrastar SSD400S.B, the first SSD equipped … Continue reading →

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AnandTech tested Octane’s new firmware

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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OCZ recently released a new firmware – 1.13 – for its Octane series. AnandTech tested the update and found that it strongly reduces write amplification in a worst-case scenario, falling from 53.5 times to 18.1. That’s a really good news … Continue reading →

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Intel released its first SF-based drive

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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That’s not the first time Intel has released a drive equipped with a third-party controller. Actually, the Santa Clara-based company has no 6Gbps controllers in its portfolio and so buys them from other manufacturers. That being said, the controller is … Continue reading →

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Intel SSD 320 reviewed

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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I keep testing as many SSDs as I can to improve our performance database. Today it’s the turn of the Intel SSD 320. This unit is the successor of the lucky X25-M drive. It features an Intel chipset that lacks … Continue reading →

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Seagate releases Q2 financial results

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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You know, 2011 wasn’t a big year for HD manufacturers, except Seagate. Despite Thai-floods and European debt crisis, the Cupertino-based company keeps improving its records. Continue reading →

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Freesoft merges with Nanosystems S.r.l.

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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On February 1st, the merger between Freesoft S.r.l. and Nanosytems S.r.l. will be completed. The new company will inherit the Nanosystems’ name and all the Freesoft’s products and intellectual properties will be branded accordingly. Nanosystems, born in Ascoli Piceno – … Continue reading →

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HowTo: create a Drive Image with Uranium

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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If you want to protect your system against machine failures you need to perform a Drive Image Backup: a full copy of your disk. It’s a long task, the first time it takes hours but for the next copies it … Continue reading →

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WD working on external Thunderbolt device

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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Mac sales grown 26% during 2011. That’s a very good result considering that the PC market is shrinking. Western Digital doesn’t want to miss this opportunity and posted a press release about an external storage system powered by 2 hard … Continue reading →

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Thai-floods effects may last until september

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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HD manufacturer Western Digital announced yesterday its Q2 financial results. The company reported revenue of $2.0 billion, hard-drive unit shipments of 28.5 million and net income of $145 million. Continue reading →

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Firmware day!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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It seems January is a good month for SSD manufacturers to release fixes and updates. The first was Crucial, now it’s the turn of Samsung and OCZ. Continue reading →

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TRIM enabler 2.0 released

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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For starters, TRIM is a command sent by the OS to a disk which tells what data are no longer in use and can be wiped internally. It’s a very important feature on a SSD. Without TRIM, a solid state … Continue reading →

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Kingston announced SSDNow V+200

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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AnandTech posted an interesting news about Kingston. Oddly enough, there’s nothing available about this release in the company’s press room. The manufacturer is going to release a “low cost” SandForce drive for people looking for a an affordable SSD. Continue reading →

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Microsoft explains the ReFS file system

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Davide Costantini
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File Systems are really important pieces of software that heavely affects the performance and the usage of an OS. Microsoft knows that very well and it’s beginning the transition from the aged NTFS to the new ReFS, acronym for Resilent File System.
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