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Intel has updated their SSD management software. Version 2.0 features new tools including a System Configuration Tuner and Secure Erase function, which is handy and mitigates the need for a third party application.

QNAP has announced a year-end refresh of its Business Series Turbo NAS servers. The new models announced include the 2-drive TS-259 Pro+, the 4-drive TS-459 Pro+, the 5-drive TS-559 Pro+, and the 6-drive TS-659 Pro+ with up to 12TB of online storage (using 2TB hard drives).

Today’s news bits covers Mushkin’s new 40GB Callisto deluxe value drive featuring a SandForce SF-1200 controller, Hitachi’s G-Technology brand introducing Hitachi Ultrastar enterprise-class hard drives into its G-SPEED RAID storage devices, and finally Icy Dock’s Quad Bay Mobile Rack, which accommodates up to 4x 2.5-inch SAS or SATA drives in a single 5.25″ device bay.

Toshiba has announced it has started mass production of 24nm NAND flash memory, hot on the heels of Intel’s recent 25nm announcement.

Transcend has announced updates to its 2.5-inch line of Solid State Drives (SSDs). They are now available with peak transfer rates up to 260MB/s and capacities up to 512GB.

Iomega has updated its eGo portable external hard drives with USB 3.0 technology. The drives also feature hardware encryption and a rugged exterior designed to withstand abuse.

Buffalo has refreshed their line of DriveStation Duo and DriveStation Quad NAS units and added a single-drive unit, DriveStation Axis.

OWC has followed the path of other SandForce licensees and added a 40GB boot drive capacity to their Mercury Extreme Pro SSD line.  The drive features 285MB/s peak read speeds and 270MB/s writes.