AC&NC announced the JetStor 712U suite of ZFS-based unified storage systems that can function simultaneously both as NAS and SAN and are designed for SMBs. These systems support both SAS and SATA drives so that businesses can achieve performance and capacity to meet the needs of archiving and application speeds. These 12-bay 2U Jetstor platforms

The Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo 8TB is an external storage unit that provides top-of-the-line capacity in a book-sized enclosure. Near the end of 2012, we reviewed the WD My Book Essential which provided the highest capacity on the market in a single hard drive at 4TB. Now, we’re examining the WD My Book Thunderbolt

The G-Technology G-DRIVE 4TB is a high-capacity desktop storage device. Just a couple of weeks ago, we reviewed its sibling G-DRIVE mini 1TB and found a lot to like leaving us with high expectations for this bigger brother. The G-DRIVE 4TB is an update on previous models and now offers USB 3.0 connectivity and doubled capacity at 4TB. This

Earlier this month LaCie announced the availability of its new 5big Thunderbolt RAID, a DAS targeting Mac-based digital content creators and other prosumers looking to leverage Thunderbolt’s data transfer bandwidth. Like other members of LaCie’s 5big family, such as the 5big Office + that StorageReview benchmarked in June 2012, the 5big Thunderbolt features five 3.5-inch SATA drive

Earlier this year, LaCie announced a lineup of new storage devices with Thunderbolt connectivity. The 2big Thunderbolt features two hard drives that can be operated in RAID 0, RAID 1, or JBOD, allowing the user to take advantage of Thunderbolt’s high-speed data transfers for storage-intensive workstation applications in RAID 0 or to serve as portable

Patriot Memory is not a brand traditionally associated with external storage, but the company’s Gauntlet line of wireless external hard drives is part of an effort to broaden that image. The Gauntlet 320, announced in October, offers 320GB of onboard storage intended to supplement the limited internal storage available on mobile and portable devices such as

The LaCie Blade Runner is a 4TB external hard drive that’s unlike any other on the market. While the tech specs feature big capacity and USB 3.0 connectivity, the real story is the drive’s design and designer. When LaCie went to Philippe Starck to design an external drive, he indicated that beyond anything else, he

The Toshiba Canvio Personal Cloud hard drive is a personal cloud server that doesn’t require a monthly subscription and/or usage fees. It’s an ideal solution for storing, sharing, and streaming your music, pictures, videos, and files between your desktop computers, laptops, tablets and or smartphones across your personal cloud. Unlike typical Cloud solutions, your content is stored on your own

WD has announced its comprehensive support for new Windows 8 storage features as well as an app for the new Windows user interface, making it easy to discover, enjoy, and backup digital media and files. The new WD app for Windows 8 automatically finds digital content on users’ WD direct attached storage solutions and then