Latest news on storage

In the latest storage news, heres what has been keeping our tech
developers busy:
Seagate has launched the new 7200rpm Enterprise NAS HDD:
Recently the prices of SSDs have quite drastically fallen lately but
there still exists a major chunk of users who prefer to use the old
traditional mechanical hard disk drives especially in the enterprise
space. This is because hard disk drives are more cost effective in
the enterprise space for non performance critical tasks are
performed here.
This newly released Seagates 7200rpm Enterprise NAS HDD is
expected to be available at 2TB, 3TB, 4TB, 5TB and at 6TB
capacities. Thus, it means that one can achieve 96 TB of total
capacity using a 16 bay rack mount. The new Enterprise NAS HDD
is also comparable to a high performance HDD as it rotates at
7200rpm. Moreover the drivers are fitted with RV sensors to
overcome vibrations which can detect and compensate for
disturbances that may be caused due to vibrations. The Enterprise
NAS HDD drivers are expected to come with a five year long
warranty
Among other news in this storage guide, the OCZ RevoDrive 350 is
now finally available. If you want super fast storage solutions then
is the answer you are looking for.
The OCZ RevoDrive 350 Series PCIe-based SSDs are now available
as was promised earlier this year. To refresh you the details of
OCZ RevoDrive 350 Series, heres the bullet points.

OCZ RevoDrive 350 is super fast driver as it uses numerous

SandForce controllers in RAID arrays to further enhance
performance.

It is available in combination with the increased bandwidth

of the PCIe interface which allows the RevoDrive 350 to
deliver chronological read and write speeds of up to
1.8GB/s.
The random 4k reads and writes of the RevoDrive 350 are
rated at 135,000 IOPs and 140,000 IOPs respectively.
The drives are expected to be priced at a starting range of
S$799 for the 240GB model while the 480GB model will cost
around S$1299 and the 960GB model will cost about
S$1999. All the 240GB, 480GB and 960GB models will be
provided with a 3 year warranty.

In other latest storage news, the most talked about topic of the
day is whether one will be willing to pay CAD$599 for a 256GBUSB
Thumb Drive.
Recently, the highly talked about VIUD, a USB drive which is
indestructible in nature, was launched. It has been designed with
keeping in mind the users who are somewhat clumsy or unlucky
or if you dont mind us saying a little crazy. This highly durable
thumb drive has been built to be able to withstand all sorts of
punishment you can think off. The model is made of aluminum
and here is all the specification details:

Case Materials: Aluminum 7068-T6511, Titanium Grade 5

Case Coating: Aluminum Hard Coat Anodizing (Type III)
Weight: 68 g (Al), 94 g (Ti)
Dimensions or size: Size: 0.9 x 0.9 x 3" (23 x 23 x 77 mm)
USB: 3.0 (2.0 compatible)
Operating Temperature: -20 to 50 C
Total Load Rating: 3 tons
Shock Rating: 1600 G
Temperature Rating: 100 C for 60 minutes, 200 C for 10
minutes, 500 C for 60 sec, 2000 C for 30 sec

Drop Height: 50 m (164 ft)

Pressure Rating: 3000 psi (20.7 MPa, 2 km water depth)
Side Load Rating: 2 tons
Write Speeds: 25-100 MB/s (depends on capacity)
Read Speeds: 45-175 MB/s (depends on capacity)

Thus, one can conclude with these specifications that the USB
sounds quite hardcore and durable.
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