I have to admit that I get a bit frustrated with Crucial at times because they seem to always be sitting back in the weeds, only to release a product just when nobody expects it….and Computex 2017 isn’t any different. Crucial is sitting back once again (meant light-heartedly of course).  I will be the first to admit that I have …

It wasn’t too long ago that Kingston announced their newest DCP1000 enterprise NVMe SSD, in teaming up with Liqid, with incredible claims of 6.8GB/s performance and 1.25 million IOPS from a single device.  This HHHL AIC speaks of ultra low transactional latency, along with ultra-high throughput, making it the ideal choice for data centers looking for extreme performance.   Thanks …

Intel Optane Memory is Intel’ first phase in release of their Optane flash technology line that Intel hopes might revolutionize the flash industry.  At its most basic level, it is SSD storage that caches your hard drive with performance speeds up to 1.4GB/s, a speed that has yet to be seen for this type of storage in the industry.  The term ‘Optane’ is …

Quick post to let all know what we have in store in the next few weeks.  We just got the Kingston DCP1000 Data Center NVMe SSD in today and this SSD is rather special.  With advertised capacities up to 3.2TB and performance up to 6.8GB/s and 1.2mil IOPS, this SSD just could be the fastest single SSD solution worldwide right …

A flash drive was dropped at my door a few days back that, not so long ago, I would never have foreseen.  It is the Kingston Ultimate GT USB 3.1 Gen 1 flash drive and its storage capacity is an amazing 2TB.  Considering that it is probable twice as thick as a normal flash drive, it’s pretty amazing that I …

As much as so many like their iPhone, the glaring negative of that device is their proprietary integrated storage.  The inability to add a SDXC card to increase the memory of that phone, not only hinders use of the phone but also, the consumer ends up paying well over a 100x increase for the same storage they might get if …

Every so often, I get my hands on a new tech device that really makes me smile. Undoubtedly, it becomes a key gadget that I keep with me in my travels, and one that I tend to show off at tech events I attend.  The Glyph 2TB AtomRAID portable SSD just happened to show up on our doorstep a few days before …

Every year or so, we try to upgrade our hardware to stay current with tech trends and bumping our newest test bench up to the new Kaby Lake design was no different.  With Intel’ newest Optane Technology knocking at the door, the Z270 was a must.  If you are wondering whether the boot to Z270 is worth the jump from Z170, …

Technology that makes life simple is a bit easier said then done and something we always strive for.   Technically speaking, the cloud does just that but, let’s be honest…people want their files within reach.  iCloud is a great example of this as, regardless of how easy it is to set up and secure, people don’t want their files located somewhere …

Of particular interest at CES 2017 this week was our meeting with Longsys who was showing off a new design of theirs called the SATA Disk in Package (SDP).  The SDP is a very small SSD that contains the SATA connector, a Marvell 88NV1120 DRAM-less  controller, as well as 3D TLC memory.  Having the SDP in hand, we could see …