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OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 1TB Released

At Computex in July, OCZ announced the RevoDrive Hybrid PCI Express storage solution, along with their updated family of RevoDrive 3 SSDs. The RevoDrive Hybrid is now shipping, and offers a unique combination of 1TB 2.5" hard drive coupled with a 100GB OCZ SSD on a PCIe card. The drives combined with caching software can deliver 1TB of

Consumer  ◇  SSD

Crucial m4 SSD Firmware 0009 Available

Crucial has just issued a new firmware update for all Crucial m4 SSDs. This new firmware, version 0009 (our original review model featured 0001) increases sequential read speeds by up to 20%, improves write latency for better handling of heavy write workloads and offers compatibility with the latest chipsets.

Enterprise  ◇  Software

TMS Announces RamSan-810 Enterprise eMLC System

Texas Memory Systems introduced its first enterprise eMLC product packing 10TB of storage and Tier-0 performance with 4-8GB/s bandwidth and 320K random IOPS. All of this performance comes packed in a small 1U chassis with power requirements measuring only 250W.

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

Pure Storage Comes Out With All-Flash Storage Array

Silicon Valley startup Pure Storage has taken itself out of stealth mode by introducing its first product, an all-flash memory based enterprise-level storage array. The company, founded by veterans of Veritas and Yahoo!, plans to show its flagship product it calls the FlashArray for the first time publicly next week at VMWorld in Las Vegas.

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

Iomega StorCenter px12-350r Released

Iomega took the wraps off its latest top-of-the-line rackmount Network Storage Array today. The px12-350r is a 2U unit running under the direction of an Intel Core2 Duo processor with 4GB of memory. It ships in either an 8 or 12TB capacity, but can be expanded to a maximum of 36TB using 3TB 7200 RPM

Enterprise  ◇  HDD

LaCie Intros New OS for Network Storage Devices

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.

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

Corsair Adds 60GB and 90GB SSDs to Force 3 and Force GT Lines

Corsair has added 60GB and 90GB capacities to their family of Force GT and Force 3 SSDs. The 90GB drives are the first SandForce SF-2200 SATA 6Gb/s SSDs to ship thus far. While they may be small in capacity, these SSDs still offer tremendous speeds, with the 60GB Force GT cranking out 555 MB/s reads.

Client SSD  ◇  Consumer

Intel SSD 320 Firmware Update Published

In late July, we reported on an issue that affected all Intel SSD 320 models which under certain power conditions could render the drives inoperable. Called the “Bad Context 13x Error”, this problem caused drives to show as 8MB in capacity and users would lose their ability to read or write from the SSD. Intel

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

Study Shows Alarming Loss of Confidential Data on Flash Drives

A study conducted by Ponemon Institute has found that USB flash drives are an underestimated security risk in large organizations including government and enterprise. Over half the responding organizations reported losing flash drives containing sensitive information.

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

Synology DiskStation DS411 Released

Synology announced the new DiskStation DS411, a more cost-effective version of the DiskStation DS411+II and successor to the DS410, packing a 1.6Ghz processor, 512MB of RAM, and four 3.5-inch hard drive bays. Offering RAID5 transfer speeds up to 105MB/s read and 48MB/s write, the DS411 is designed to handle most duties in a small-business or