If you aren't regularly backing up your data, now's a good time to start. In this piece we cover some of the basic backup strategies, a handful ... read more

The latest 2 TB hard drives are still expensive, but 1.5 TB disks provide low power consumption at a better cost-to-capacity ratio. We look at ... read more

We compare the latest 500 GB notebook drives from Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba and WD. Seagate is first manufacturer to reach 500 ... read more

Hard drive capacities have increased in large increments over the last few years, while trends indicate reduced spindle speeds of 5,400 RPM ... read more

Hard drive silencers and cases with special suspension hardware promise to reduce hard drive noise. We looked at two different products, and were ... read more

Big hard drive capacities aren't just for immobile desktops any more. We round up the latest portable disks from Fujitsu, Samsung, Seagate, and ... read more

Our old 3.6 GHz Xeon is making way for a brand new X58-based Core i7 solution with PCI-X and PCIe, which we will use to test hard drives, SSDs, ... read more

Samsung’s new 256 GB flash SSD is a screamer, while Solidata created a questionable RAID-based SSD that runs incredibly hot. Check out one ... read more

Today we're running a series of benchmarks on the latest SSD offering from Intel and Samsung to see how performance changes over time. We ... read more

Loaded with features and set up for maximum enterprise storage flexibility, we're looking into the performance and management capabilities of ... read more

Today we're testing and dissecting Samsung’s Spinpoint F2, Seagate’s Barracuda 7200.12, and WD’s 2 TB Caviar Green. They all hold 500 GB of data ... read more

Network storage is great for centralizing data on a home or small business network. The real question is: do you build your own NAS or buy one ... read more

Using 2.5” hard drives in RAID arrays provides increased storage and I/O performance with improved efficiency—as long as they are properly ... read more

Do you want a flash SSD drive with additional USB connectivity, a portable dual-drive 2.5” RAID solution, or external flash storage? We looked at ... read more

Processor speed matters. We found that a fast solid state disk drive, such as Intel’s X25-E, can be greatly impaired by a system running with all ... read more