LaCie has announced its NAS OS 2.0, an update to its existing operating system for its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. LaCie cites improved usability, performance, RAID management, and backup. It additionally offers remote file access.

OCZ has launched their latest enterprise-class PCIe SSD, the Z-Drive R4. Packing up to eight SandForce SF-2282 processors, the Z-Drive R4 is able to channel upwards of 5,600MB/s and 1.2M IOPS when equipped with two OCZ SuperScale storage controllers. With a growing popularity in cloud-based storage solutions, OCZ is aiming to position the PCIe interface

Toshiba is getting into the mainstream 1TB notebook hard drive game with the MQ01ABD which features two 500GB platters with 744GB/in areal density in a standard 9.5mm drive height. 

Seagate’s Constellation enterprise hard drives come in 6Gbps SAS and SATA interfaces; we pit them against one another using the second-gen Constellation.2 2.5″ drive and fifth-gen Constellation ES.2 3.5″ drive.  

Hitachi has announced that the first 3TB enterprise hard drive, the Ultrastar 7K3000 is now shipping. The 3.5" 7K3000 features a 7200RPM spindle speed and SATA 6Gb/s interface – a SAS version will ship in mid-2011. While the 3TB capacity for the enterprise may appear to be the headline, there’s one other interesting spec and

Power consumption is one of the hot topics currently being discussed in today’s hard drive market. Manufacturers are looking at many ways to cut down on power draw; either by decreasing spindle speed or in some cases having aggressive parking. On drives that support these newer power modes, excessive head parking can occur under the

The hard drive industry is currently transitioning from a traditional 512-byte sector to a new Advanced Format with a 4kb sector. Seagate Technology will be introducing its SmartAlign technology to its new Advanced Format hard drives to help customers with the transition.

Last week Western Digital released the new 600GB VelociRaptor, which just like its predecessor, took the spot of fastest consumer hard disk drive. With the single hard drive not being able to keep up with average SSDs, we decided to take a look at multidrive performance. In this review we see how well the Western Digital

Western Digital has released their 5th generation VelociRaptor, doubling the capacity of the previous 300GB model. The latest models come in 450GB (WD4500HLHX) and 600GB (WD6000HLHX) capacities as 2.5″ hard drives with an IcePack, allowing them to fit in a 3.5″ drive bay. Beyond increasing capacity, the new VelociRaptors promise a performance boost of 15%