Storage — digital storage, in this case — is where the information resides before being accessed.
The recent WD Black product line for hardcore gamers doesn’t mean Western Digital has forgotten about its general audience. The proof? The storage maker today announced a refreshed lineup of its signature WD My Passport drives. The new portable storage devices, including the WD My Passport and WD My Passport …
The WD Black P10 is the first in a series of Game Drives announced earlier this month. But you don’t need to be a gamer to appreciate it. The portable drive is fast in my testing, and its rugged, cool-looking design is a boon for any user. On the downside, …
You’re probably familiar with WD Black as an internal hard drive (HDD), or the super-fast NVMe solid-state drive (SSD). Here’s the news: Western Digital today launched WD_BLACKas a brand-new product line dedicated to gaming. A host of storage options The new WD_BLACK Game Drive portfolio includes the existing SN750 NVMe …
Looking for a long-lasting standard solid-state drive (SSD) for your computer? SK hynix has a new option for you. The Korean chipmaker today announced the Gold S31, the first drive in the company’s SuperCore series of consumer-grade SSDs. The new SATA drive uses the standard 2.5-inch design — it’ll fit …
Small but potent, the newly-released Synology DS620slim is my type of NAS server. You know, the Asian type. Stereotyping aside, this server is an all-new offering from Synology regarding design. Maybe that’s why it’s a 620 and not 619 per Synology standard naming convention. One thing is for sure, it’s …
The TerraMaster F2-210 NAS server is an affordable alternative to the Synology DS218+. At half the cost, $150 disk-less, it’s quite a deal. To top that off, the new server is fast, has a responsive web user interface, supports 4K transcoding, and includes many add-on features. But you do get …
The Synology DS419slim is the latest in Synology’s “slim” line of NAS servers which use 2.5-inch standard (laptop) hard drives instead of the 3.5-inch standard (desktop) drive. As a result, the new server is super compact despite the fact it can house up to four internal drives. But in the …
The Seagate IronWolf 110 is a standard SATA solid-state drive (SSD), yet it’s pretty different from all other SSDs I’ve used. It’s the first SSD explicitly designed for network-attached storage (NAS) servers. Since servers generally work 24/7, the new SSD’s biggest trick is its longevity. It’s an enterprise-grade SSD with …
