Synology has once again expanded its line of 2-bay NAS servers by launching the DiskStation DS213j. Designed for small offices and home use, this compact NAS server is equipped with a 1.2GHz processor, a 512MB DDR3 RAM, two 2.5-/3.5-inch SATA HDD/SSD bays (up to 8TB), 2x USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, a built-in 92mm cooling fan and supports for multiple RAID setups (0,1) as well as JBOD. Pricing info is still unknown at the moment. [Synology]
We really enjoy the ability to consume content on any device from just about anywhere we may roam. The cloud has been a big part of making that happen, but there are still a few things the cloud can’t do nearly as well as local storage — namely, share large files and provide continuous full backups of large media libraries. Attempting to bridge that gap is the Seagate Central. Ranging in price from $189 to $259, depending on whether you get it with 2TB, 3TB or 4TB of space, the Central connects to your home network and gives you a single place to store or back up your content, making it accessible both at home and on the go. That’s the idea, anyway. But what about the reality?
Gallery: Seagate Central review
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Seagate has been in the solid state business for a while now, but they were only catered towards the enterprise market at the time. However, the company announced a new series of solid state drives that are aimed at consumers. This marks Seagate’s first steps into the consumer solid state business.
There are three new solid state drives that will be launched by Seagate: the 600 SSD, 600 Pro SSD, and the 1200 SSD. As the higher number would indicate, the 1200 series is the mac daddy out of the three, with a SAS interface that boasts a transfer speed of 12Gbps, and it comes packing with storage up to 800GB in either a 1.8-inch or 2.5 inch form factor.
As for the 600 series, you’ll be treated with a 6Gbps SATA interface in a 2.5-inch form factor, and up to 480GB of storage. The difference between the 600 and 600 Pro may seem minimal, but Seagate claims that the 600 Pro offers lower power consumption for use in servers and cloud storage purposes.
The company also unveiled what they’re calling the X8 Accelerator. It’s another solid state solution, but it comes in PCI-Express form, boasting up to 2.2TB of storage, and it’ll fit into any x8 PCI-E port. Pricing for all of Seagate’s new SSD gear hasn’t been announced yet, but the products should be popping at computer retailers anytime now.
Seagate SSDs make mainstream play with 600 and 1200 series is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Pairing flash storage and traditional spinning-platter drives for the best of both worlds isn’t new, but SanDisk and WD think they’re collectively on to a winner with the newly-shipping WD Black SSHD. The solid-state hybrid drive squeezes together 500GB of Western Digital storage with a chunk of SanDisk iSSD flash capacity, which is used as a caching drive to boost data transfer times much in the way of a regular SSD.
In fact, the WD Black SSHD builds on Western Digital’s 2.5-inch UltraSlim drive, announced back in April, which is a mere 5mm thick. That’s paired with a 19nm SanDisk flash drive, for something that ends up half the volume of a traditional 2.5-inch notebook drive.
The goal is to get the SSHD into ultrabooks and the like, where the tiny form-factor will allow for smaller and lighter chassis. However, since it’s a standalone drive, upgrade potential will also be greater; existing embedded flash storage options generally leave the owner no room to boost internal capacity later on in the ultraportable’s life-cycle.
Upgrades will have to wait until WD and SanDisk start offering the Black SSHD to end-users, with OEMs the first to get the tiny sliver of storage. No word on how much it will cost at this stage.
WD and SanDisk ship TARDIS-like Black solid-state hybrid drive is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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External storage maker Synology has announced a new storage product called the DiscStation DS213j. The company says the new storage devices a budget-friendly dual bay NAS server designed for file storage and sharing with data protection in the home. The device can also be used as a product cloud storage device for small offices as well.
The DS213j has some key hardware improvements to increase its performance significantly. It uses a 1.2 GHz processor that is floating-point enabled. By being floating-point enabled, the storage device can generate thumbnails for images faster. Faster thumbnail generation means that users can access their photographs quicker than before.
The device also promises significantly faster image previews. It is fitted with 512 MB RAM allowing it to operate more quickly when running multiple applications. The storage device promises read speeds of over 100 MB/sec and write speeds of over 70 MB/sec.
People concerned about power consumption and being green will appreciate the fact that the storage device consumes only 3.65 Watts power when the drives are in hibernation mode. When in full operation, it consumes no more than 20 W of power. The drive also supports wake on LAN and other power saving features. The DS213j is shipping globally right now.
[via Synology]
Synology DS213j jolts NAS brain for faster home storage is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Seagate has come a long way in its attitude toward solid-state drives: it went from fighting the future to embracing SSDs with open arms, albeit only in enterprise at first. Now, it’s launching its first-ever flash drive for end users, the 600 SSD. The storage will seem familiar to those who’ve gone shopping for regular SSDs, offering a 480GB max capacity, a laptop-friendly width and a 6Gbps SATA interface. Also, it may be just the perfect fit for those with extra-slim PCs: one 600 SSD variant will have the same 5mm height as Western Digital’s Blue UltraSlim. Seagate hasn’t disclosed its pricing, but the 600 SSD as well as the server-oriented 600 Pro SSD, 1200 SSD and X8 Accelerator should be available now.
Filed under: Storage
Source: Seagate
Buffalo has announced a new high-capacity storage solution that promises the speed of an SSD while offering the capacity and cost of a traditional hard drive. The storage solution is called the DriveStation DDR and it’s a high-performance external USB 3.0 hard drive featuring 1 GB of DDR3 RAM cache. That 1 GB of DDR3 RAM allows for accelerated transfer speeds.
The 1 GB of RAM integrated into the drive allows it to outperform other USB 3.0 hard drives according to Buffalo. Data transfer speeds promise to be up to 408 MB/s, which is 2.3 times faster than typical USB 3.0 hard drives according to Buffalo. The storage device works for both PC and Mac computers.
The drive is available in 2 TB or 3 TB capacities. The drive measures 1.8 x 5.0 x 8-inches and weighs 2.2 pounds. It gets power from an included AC adapter. The drive supports Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP in 32 or 64-bit flavors.
The DriveStation DDR is formatted in NTFS by default and requires reformatting to work with Mac computers. The 2 TB version of the drive is available for $139.99 with the 3 TB version available for $179.99. Both versions of the drive can be picked up online and in some retail stores right now.
[via Buffalotech.com]
Buffalo DriveStation DDR claims SSD speed without the wallet hemorrhaging is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Microsoft’s celebrating a rather important milestone for SkyDrive: 250 million users, with 50 million of those signing up in just the last seven months since the debut of Windows 8. With the cloud storage service being so tightly integrated into Microsoft’s new OS, it’s no surprise that its popularity has started to skyrocket. And, with recent upgrades to the platform, it’s becoming an increasingly viable alternative to competitors like Dropbox, Google Drive, Box and SugarSync. To commemorate the milestone, Microsoft has a nice self-congratulatory infographic at the source filled with all sorts of fun stats about Redmond and its favored file-syncing system.
Filed under: Storage, Internet, Software, Microsoft
Source: Microsoft
While there’s an abundance of cloud storage services, few of them have dedicated conferences to help developers exploit that online space. Dropbox could well be a vanguard on that front, then — it just announced its inaugural developer conference, DBX. The initial event takes place on July 9th at San Francisco’s very familiar-sounding Fort Mason Center. Along with providing help straight from the source for the Sync API and other coding tools, DBX will serve as the launch platform for “new products.” There aren’t any clues as to what that entails, but we suspect that’s enough of a tease to have some Dropbox diehards booking their flights.
Filed under: Storage, Internet, Software
Via: Dropbox
Source: DBX
SMART Storage Systems is proud to introduce their newest line of SAS SSDs, the Optimus Eco. Coming in capacities ranging from 200GB to 2TB, these 2.5-inch enterprise SSDs are packed with 19nm MLC NAND Flash memory chips, a SAS 6.0 Gbps interface and can deliver read and write speeds of up to 500MB/s and 500MB/s, respectively. The Optimus Eco will be available in June 2013. [Product Page]
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