With NVMe SSDs taking a firm hold on the market as the drive of choice among consumers and professionals alike, the newest iteration of the speedy interface, PCIe 4.0, is now here. This is a pretty big leap over the previous generation, offering a potentially huge increase in both random and sequential performance, though it’s
Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 SSD Review
With the introduction of PCIe 4.0 and several new devices that support it (for AMD processors anyway, Intel will jump in soon), we are about to see storage speed take another massive jump. While we’ve seen some examples on the enterprise side, now to look at client SSDs with the Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 SSD.
VAVA 12-in-1 Dual 4K Docking Station Review
As the market has started shifted with more people working from home, the demands for docking stations have been skyrocketing. With that demand, there are several emerging companies looking to fill this growing market segment. VAVA has released a few new docking stations, with today’s focus being the 12-in-1 Dual 4K Docking Station. This dock
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 4TB SSD Review
Last month, OWC released a new 2.5” consumer SATA SSD with the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 4TB SSD. Made to work with either Macs or PCs, the new drive is aimed at creative professionals and aims to deliver good performance for those using high definition video, digital cinema, professional audio, and graphic production workflows.
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In recent years, we continue to experience how storage performance is getting faster, which has been challenging the old storage protocols that have become a bottleneck for data centers. Despite using the latest fabric speed of 100GbE and new networking standards, such as InfiniBand, those slow network protocol technologies restrain flash device’s performance, keep it
StarTech 12U Quiet Office Server Cabinet Review
StarTech has been known to produce and release unconventional products for some time. Nothing out of left field, they take something, see a slight need, and do a little twist to make it fill a niche. When one thinks of server racks or cabinets, silence typically doesn’t go hand in hand. With the StarTech 12U
How To: Recycle Hard Drives for Free
Storage devices are more abundant than ever, a number that will continue to increase as new technology hits the market; and at a seriously rapid pace. Coupled with their limited lifespan, this means consumers and businesses constantly replace their old hard drives and SSDs for new ones, which leaves the old drives just sitting around
Samsung SSD T7 Review
The Samsung SSD T7 is the latest model of the company’s flagship portable SSD line. Sporting a sleek and slim design, the T7 leverages the USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface and offers a speedy physical alternative to store digital projects and redundancy for backups coupled with the Cloud. It also offers another option for supplemental
Lenovo ThinkStation P330 Workstation Review
The Lenovo ThinkStation P330 is an entry-level tower workstation that can be configured to a fit a range of budgets, from builds under $1,500 to ones that can reach over $6,000. Though the P330 falls somewhere on the lower-end of the performance spectrum of workstations, it is highly customizable (which is par for the course
Synology SAT5200 SSD Review
Synology has entered the SSD world with the launch of SSD lines specifically designed to handle demanding environments like virtualization workloads, high traffic volume database storage, and AI and HPC projects within the NAS environment. One of these drives is the Synology SAT5200, a SATA SSD ideal for mixed and intensive 24/7 workloads while boasting




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