G-Technology by Hitachi has introduced two new high-speed storage solutions: The G-SPEED Q with FireWire, eSATA, and USB, and the G-SPEED FC XL 8Gb with a next-gen dual Fibre Channel connection.
Texas Memory Systems RamSan-630 Released
Texas Memory Systems has announced the RamSan-630, an SLC Flash-based network storage device. The RamSan-630 supports up to 10TB of SSD storage in a 3U rack-mountable case, and sports a flashy 500,000 IOPS. Up to 10 Fibre Channel links allow 4-GB/s of aggregated bandwidth.
Super Talent VSSD Series Announced
Super Talent has launched a new value-line family of solid state drives. The Super Talent VSSD ranges from an ultra-low-capacity of 8GB, up to 64GB. The 64GB VSSD offers 150MB/s read and 100MB/s write speeds, with performance stepping down with capacity.
OCZ Vertex 2 and Agility 2 SSDs Announced
OCZ has announced the Vertex 2 and Agility 2 SSDs. Both solid state drives are geared toward the enthusiast market. The OCZ Vertex 2 posts 285MB/s read speeds and 275MB/s writes with 4KB random writes up to 50,000 IOPS. The Agility 2 offers the same read/write speeds with 4KB random writes up to 10,000 IOPS.
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 Announced – 640GB 7200RPM Notebook Hard Drive
Samsung today introduced the highest-capacity 7200RPM hard drive for notebooks, the Spinpoint MP4. It is available with 250GB to 640GB of capacity and will be available to OEMs this month.
OCZ Intros 4th-Gen PCI-Express SSD
OCZ Technology today introduced its fourth-generation PCI-e SSD, the Z-Drive R2. Available in capacities from 256GB – 2TB and featuring user-replaceable memory chips, it boasts read and write speeds up to 1,400MB/s.
Drobo FS 5-Bay NAS Released
Data Robotics has released the Drobo FS, a 5-bay NAS unit designed for home use and small businesses. The system is easy to manage and leverages BeyondRAID technology to let users easily add non-matching disks, create new volumes quickly and manage redundancy options.
Western Digital Shipping 750GB Scorpio Blue Notebook Drive (WD7500BPVT)
While Toshiba just announced their 750GB mainstream notebook drive, Western Digital has seen fit to actually start shipping theirs. The 750GB Scorpio Blue is a standard size 2.5" notebook hard drive featuring 375GB per platter areal density and Advanced Format technology.
Toshiba Releases Canvio Portable Backup Solution
Toshiba has announced the Canvio Portable hard drive product line, which features computer backup software and capacities from 500GB to 1TB. The backup process runs in the background, making it easy and reliable for home users.
Adaptec and Microsoft Demonstrate SSD Caching Benefits
Adaptec today revealed benchmark results for its MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance software solution. MaxIQ uses licensed SSD control technology from Microsoft and builds upon it.



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