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Lenovo ThinkPad P17 Gen 2 Screen
Consumer  ◇  Workstation

Lenovo ThinkPad P17 Gen 2 Review

The ThinkPad P17 Gen 2 is Lenovo’s flagship mobile workstation. This 17.3-inch laptop is well-suited for demanding tasks, from content creation to rendering, thanks to its available eight-core Intel CPUs and Nvidia RTX A5000 graphics card. Expansion is where it really shines, accepting up to 128GB of RAM (including ECC) and three PCIe Gen4 x4

Consumer  ◇  Desktop Storage (External)

OWC miniStack STX Review

The OWC miniStack STX is Other World Computing’s latest iteration of their miniStack line, which has been pairing itself with the Mac mini since 2005. This latest version brings a 3.5-inch hard drive bay, a 2210 M.2 NVMe slot, and a Thunderbolt dock, which gives you three extra Thunderbolt 4 ports. These ports are where

marvell 32g fc-nvme
Enterprise  ◇  Networking

Marvell Doubles Down On FC-NVMe

Since its inception, Marvell’s focus has been infrastructure networking, by building products that meet the service levels demanded by a variety of applications and various workloads. IT architects need to look for intelligent technology that provides flexibility and scalability to support SSD, Flash, sizable databases, and virtualization. Marvell firmly believes Fibre Channel (FC) is the

Consumer  ◇  Desktop Storage (External)

iodyne Pro Data Review

The iodyne Pro Data is the company’s first product; a laptop-sized RAID enclosure containing twelve NVMe SSDs. This device is primarily focused on creative professional applications, specifically the film industry where large amounts of data delivered at high speeds are critical. The company claims up to 5GB/s in transfer speeds using their novel Thunderbolt Multipathing,

Client Accessories  ◇  Consumer

XPG Lancer RGB DDR5-5200 Review

We continue our DDR5 memory reviews with XPG Lancer RGB DDR5, a high-performance kit from ADATA. It runs slightly faster than the DDR5-4800 standard, at DDR5-5200, and advertises tighter timings than most kits we’ve seen. Its RGB lighting effects aren’t to be missed, either.

vast data ceres in rack
Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

VAST Data Ceres Data Nodes Launched with BlueField, E1.L and SCM On-Board

VAST Data has announced support for the next-generation storage platform named Ceres. Enabled by VAST’s Universal Storage data platform, Ceres is built leveraging the latest hardware technologies like NVIDIA BlueField DPUs (data processing units). On the storage side, Ceres takes advantage of cost-optimized, and highly dense Solidigm EI.L ruler-flash drives and storage-class memory (SCM) SSDs.

Client SSD  ◇  Consumer

Silicon Power XS70 SSD Review

The Silicon Power XS70 is the company’s newest PCIe 4.0 SSD branded and purpose-built for the high-performance gaming demographic. It is a direct successor to the PCIe Gen3 model (XD80), offering double the performance, and NVMe 1.4 support. 

Client Accessories  ◇  Consumer

Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-5200 Review

DDR5 memory is now available in mainstream PCs thanks to Intel’s 12th generation Core and AMD’s Ryzen 6000 chips. In this review, we look at a high-performance Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 desktop memory kit rated to run at 5200MHz, comparing it to other DDR5-5200 kits and benchmarking it at DDR5-4800 to see whether DDR5-5200 is

Enterprise  ◇  Power Management

Eaton 5PX G2 Rackmount UPS Review

The Eaton 5PX G2 rackmount is the latest addition to the company’s UPS line, offering organizations the maximum power possible for their power-hungry PoE network devices, PoE switches, edge servers and other comprehensive IT equipment. The 5PX G2 UPS is available in models ranging from 1 to 3 kVA for power ratings (as well as

quantum scaler ransom block tight
Data Protection  ◇  Enterprise

Quantum Scalar Ransom Block Creates Physical Barrier to Ransomware

Ransomware attacks continue to haunt businesses of all sizes with losses estimated to exceed $20 billion in 2021. Quantum’s Scalar i3 and i6 tape libraries now offer a system with three escalating levels of protection for data stored on tape. These are Active Vault, Logical Tape Blocking, and Ransom Block, a portfolio of features that