Storage
Seagate Technology has reportedly notified its customers abouts its plans to raise prices on new hard drive orders and for demands that exceed prior agreements, echoing a similar move by Western Digital, which increased its prices earlier this month. These changes come in response to a surge in demand for high-capacity HDDs and constraints in supply due to decreased production capabilities of both Seagate and Western Digital, reports TrendForce. According to industry insights reported by TechNews, the sector anticipates that the scarcity of high-capacity HDD products will persist throughout the current quarter and possibly extend over the entire year. It is forecasted that HDD prices will rise by 5% to 10% in Q2 2024 alone and could increase further as a reault of the ongoing...
Samsung SSD 840 (250GB) Review
Samsung has been making steady progress in becoming one of the major players in the consumer SSD market. Even before the SSD 470, Samsung was a major player in...
86 by Kristian Vättö on 10/8/2012Synology Launches 12-bay DS2413+ and Wi-Fi Enabled 2-bay DS213air
Synology has been on a tear lately, with product launches happening in quick succession. Approximately a month back, we had the launch of the 2013 2-bay lineup (DS213 and...
14 by Ganesh T S on 10/2/2012The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 7
We're back with another podcast. This time we start out with a discussion of Borderlands 2 and philosophies on sidequests in games. We briefly talk about TI defocusing its...
48 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/1/2012Samsung SSD 840: Preliminary Benchmarks
I just got back from Seoul last night where Samsung held their SSD Global Summit for the first time. As a souvenir, Samsung gave us all an 840 SSD...
12 by Kristian Vättö on 9/27/2012Samsung SSD 840 Pro (256GB) Review
If we had an award for most improved in the SSD space, it would have to go to Samsung. When we first encountered Samsung MLC drives a few years...
96 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/24/2012Samsung Releases TLC NAND Based 840 SSD
Along with Samsung's release of the 840 Pro SSD today, Samsung is also releasing a more mainstream oriented 840 SSD. It's based around the same Samsung MDX controller as...
29 by Kristian Vättö on 9/24/2012ioSafe N2: A Disaster Proof NAS with Synology DSM
ioSafe used to manufacture disaster proof NAS solutions / backup appliances such as the ioSafe R4. The R4s used to cost upwards of $10K, weighed more than 120 lbs...
15 by Ganesh T S on 9/18/2012Synology Launches DS413 and DS413j 4-Bay NAS Units
A couple of weeks back, we covered Synology's launch of the 2013 2-bay NAS lineup, the DS213 and the DS213+. The most interesting aspect of the launch was the...
7 by Ganesh T S on 9/18/2012NGFF SSDs: Putting an End to Proprietary Ultrabook SSD Form Factors
We've seen a bunch of custom SSD form factors with the arrival of Ultrabooks as well as systems like the MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro. The need is...
41 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2012Hands On With Western Digital's New 5mm Hybrid Hard Drive
Remember the 5mm hybrid HDD announcement from yesterday? I just spent some time with the drive itself at the IDF Tech Showcase. The 5mm drive will be OEM-only at...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2012OCZ Vector: The First True Indilinx Based SSD (Barefoot 3) from OCZ
I just saw the outcome of a year long effort from both the Indilinx and the PLX teams at OCZ: the Vector SSD (pictured above). Unlike the Octane and...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2012Netgear’s RAIDiator 5.3.6 Launches ReadyNAS Cloud Features
We have taken a look at the Netgear NV+ v2 multiple times in the past. With the launch of RAIDiator 5.3.6, Netgear is keeping up their promise to keep...
1 by Ganesh T S on 9/11/2012Western Digital Teases 5mm Hybrid Hard Drive
Intel's Ultrabook push has forced hard drive makers to do two things: take hybrid drives more seriously (because of the Ultrabook performance requirements) as well as focus on thinner...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/10/2012Building the 2012 AnandTech SMB / SOHO NAS Testbed
The market for network attached storage (NAS) devices has registered huge gains over the last few years. In keeping up with the market trends, the coverage of NAS units...
74 by Ganesh T S on 9/5/2012Promise Pegasus J2 Review: The Smallest High Performance Thunderbolt Drive
Promise was the first to get us a Thunderbolt chassis with the Pegasus R4/R6. Not only was the Pegasus the first shipping Thunderbolt storage chassis, but it continues to...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/2/2012OCZ Agility 4 (256GB) Review
For the last few years, OCZ's consumer SSD lineup has primarily consisted of two models: Vertex and Agility. The history of these two goes all the way back to...
41 by Kristian Vättö on 9/1/2012Plextor M5 Pro (256GB) Review
Plextor has been making steady progress in becoming a real player in the SSD market. As we saw with the M3 Pro, they have a firmware team capable of...
37 by Kristian Vättö on 8/31/2012Western Digital My Book VelociRaptor Duo Review
With Thunderbolt ports available on both Macs and PCs, as well as Thunderbolt controller costs dropping thanks to the introduction of Intel's Cactus Ridge, the Thunderbolt storage space is...
30 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/30/2012Synology Launches DS213 and DS213+ 2-Bay NAS Units
Synology's 2-bay NAS units have consistently performed well in our tests. Today, the latest additions to the 2-bay lineup have been launched in the form of the DS213 and...
9 by Ganesh T S on 8/28/2012Corsair Releases Neutron/Neutron GTX SSD Pricing
When we published our Neutron/Neutron GTX SSD review this morning we didn't have official pricing from Corsair. That's not all that unusual as pricing for many components can be...
3 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/20/2012