QNAP has announced two new 2U, 8-drive rackmount Turbo NAS models supporting up to 24TB of storage. They are available with a dual-core Intel Core i3 processor or a quad-core Intel Xeon and 2GB – 4GB of ECC RAM. 

Kingston has released the SSDNow KC100, a SandForce equipped SATA 6Gb/s SSD geared toward client systems in the enterprise. The KC100, which Kingston calls a "business-equipped" SSD, offers a five year warranty, which may offer more peace of mind to IT departments than the performance specs, which include read speeds up to 555 MB/s and

Hitachi released two new 3.5-inch models with single-platter 1TB capacities. The 7K1000.D and 5K1000.B are offered in both 250, 320, 500, 750GB and 1TB capacities with fewer moving parts thanks to a new larger capacity platter design.

OEMs are now able to get their hands on the Everest SSD controller OCZ displayed at Computex. The SSD platform is the company’s first major release since OCZ acquired Indilinx last spring, a move that give them an in-house alternative to SandForce.

In March, Western Digital announced an extension to their My Book Studio Edition II dual-drive storage system; a 6TB version featuring two 3TB Caviar Green hard drives. Designed largely for creative types on Mac platforms, the My Book Studio Edition II offers a quad interface; eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0, Time Machine support and internal RAID0 and

Seagate’s FreeAgent GoFlex Home is a 1TB (or 2TB) external hard drive that connects to your home network. The product is designed to allow you to share files over your network and from outside your network with yourself and others.

ioSafe has long been in the business of providing external hard drives to those looking for a little more physical security for their data. And by little more, we mean protection from fire, water, bear attacks – that sort of thing. Their product line recently received an upgrade to USB 3.0, which along with eSATA

Samsung has launched a new USB 3.0 external hard drive, the STORY Station 3.0. The STORY Station features a 3.5" hard drive inside and a USB 3.0 interface, which is capable of speeds up to 5Gb/s… ten times faster than USB 2.0. 

 Hitachi SimpleDrive external hard drives are value-oriented storage solutions with the core essentials.  This version of the SimpleDrive is Hitachi’s third and comes in 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities.  Our review model has a whopping 2.0TB of storage, a USB 2.0 interface and is ready to handle as much data as you can throw at