About two years ago, we penned a review of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution comprised of Scale Computing for the hardware and Leostream for the VDI software. Since writing that article, the world has radically changed, and in effect, so have virtual desktops. Over the last two years, we have seen the largest migration

We like talking about flash because, well, it’s fast and makes applications smile thanks to low latency. But the reality is, hard drives still dominate the storage landscape whether you’re a hyperscaler or a small business — our readers certainly don’t need the hyperbolic rant about the speed of data growth. To help address these

The Seagate IronWolf Pro 20TB is a CMR-based HDD, joining the recently launched WD Gold and Ultrastar DC HC560 20TB HDDs as the industry’s largest capacity data center drives. The new massive IronWolf Pro is a NAS-optimized AgileArray drive that combines RAID reliability and compatibility during the heavy 24×7 NAS workloads.

Looking for a platform to test your AI/ML applications before launch, but don’t have access to that redundant environment? Having the ability to build and test new AI workloads can save time, money, and headaches. NVIDIA has an answer that might be the solution to your development problem. And it’s free! Welcome NVIDIA LaunchPad.

Yottamaster recently sent us their newest standalone M.2 NVMe cloner to play with. The Yottamaster cloning device is an interesting product as it is able to externally clone an M.2 NVMe SSD without being connected to a PC. The drive cloner comes in handy especially if data is needed to be cloned quickly with speeds

The Lenovo ThinkPad P1 G4 is a 16-inch mobile workstation that balances portability with performance. Though not a top-performing workstation like the ThinkPad P15, it’s more than up to demanding tasks with up to an eight-core CPU, 64GB of RAM, two SSDs, and a 16GB Nvidia RTX A5000 GPU. Everything about this laptop is productive,

The Intel SSD D5-P5316 Series is the company’s newest enterprise SSD highlighted by 144-layer QLC NAND and the PCIe 4.0 interface. Available in capacities up to 30.72TB in both the 2.5-inch and E1.L form factor, this is a read-optimized SSD designed for warm storage. This means customers will have access to upwards of 1 petabyte

Silicon Power has recently sent us their new all-around tough portable HDD for review. The Silicon Power A66 comes in multiple different capacities: 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, and even 5TB. The A66 is designed for tough conditions in the field with a drop rating of 1.22 meters and an IPX4 water-resistant rating.

With the increasing popularity of NVMe drives, more and more consumers are likely to have old NVMe drives that are still functional, but maybe not the hot new thing, just lying around. These are great for various purposes, such as high-performance scratch space or even making a spare external to use as a backup. For