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Does Intel's SRT need an Intel SSD to work properly?
It is a common question with the release of the Z68 series of boards, as people wonder if they really need to shell out the money for an Intel SSD in order to take advantage of Intel Smart Response...
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Corsair's Accelerator ... cache me if you can!
Forget Intel SRT, the Corsair Accelerator Series cache SSDs and the Nvelo Dataplex software which come with them will give you the best of both your HDD and SSD and increase both read and write speeds...
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$50 cache SSD anyone?
SanDisk has been making flash based storage product for quite a long time and while they may not come to your mind when you are thinking of buying an SSD, they do have a variety of product lines...
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AMD caches in on fast boot times with downloadable RAMDisks
We've heard mentions of AMD's downloadable RAMDisk software which will portion off a part of your system RAM to act as a cache drive to give you all the benefits of an SSD cache drive without the...
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Seagate Introduces SSHD Lineup with Dual Mode NAND Cache
Following the announcement that the company would be axing 7200 rpm notebook drives, Seagate has introduced its third generation hybrid hard drives. The new Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drives (SSHD)...
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Western Digital's SSHD Black magic revealed
The Tech Report sat down with Matt Rutledge, Vice President of Western Digital's client computing group to discuss the software behind their new HDDs with an SSD cache. Sandisk will be providing the...
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New Samsung 840 EVO employs TLC and pseudo-SLC TurboWrite cache
Samsung's release of the 840 EVO earlier today likely prompted some questions, such as what type of flash does it employ and how does it achieve such high write speeds. Here is the short answer, with...
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HAMRs, Shingles and SSD cached HDDs; size versus speed
Enthusiasts are wholeheartedly adopting SSDs for their storage media of choice with HDDs relegated to long term storage of infrequently accessed storage. For SMB and enterprise it is not such an easy...
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Can Seagate's cached HDD compete with an SSD + HDD setup?
Benchmarking cached HDDs can be a difficult task as they are specifically designed to cache commonly used data which results in two very different speeds for data access, the 8GB SSD and the actual...
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OCZ Trion 100 240GB 480GB 960GB SATA SSD Review - Toshiba TLC
Introduction:Since their acquisition by Toshiba in early 2014, OCZ has gradually transitioned their line of SSD products to include parts provided by their parent company. Existing products were...
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$50 cache SSD anyone?
SanDisk has been making flash based storage product for quite a long time and while they may not come to your mind when you are thinking of buying an SSD, they do have a variety of product lines...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AMD caches in on fast boot times with downloadable RAMDisks
We've heard mentions of AMD's downloadable RAMDisk software which will portion off a part of your system RAM to act as a cache drive to give you all the benefits of an SSD cache drive without the...
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Seagate Introduces SSHD Lineup with Dual Mode NAND Cache
Following the announcement that the company would be axing 7200 rpm notebook drives, Seagate has introduced its third generation hybrid hard drives. The new Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drives (SSHD)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Western Digital's SSHD Black magic revealed
The Tech Report sat down with Matt Rutledge, Vice President of Western Digital's client computing group to discuss the software behind their new HDDs with an SSD cache. Sandisk will be providing the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Samsung 840 EVO employs TLC and pseudo-SLC TurboWrite cache
Samsung's release of the 840 EVO earlier today likely prompted some questions, such as what type of flash does it employ and how does it achieve such high write speeds. Here is the short answer, with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HAMRs, Shingles and SSD cached HDDs; size versus speed
Enthusiasts are wholeheartedly adopting SSDs for their storage media of choice with HDDs relegated to long term storage of infrequently accessed storage. For SMB and enterprise it is not such an easy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can Seagate's cached HDD compete with an SSD + HDD setup?
Benchmarking cached HDDs can be a difficult task as they are specifically designed to cache commonly used data which results in two very different speeds for data access, the 8GB SSD and the actual...
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OCZ Trion 100 240GB 480GB 960GB SATA SSD Review - Toshiba TLC
Introduction:Since their acquisition by Toshiba in early 2014, OCZ has gradually transitioned their line of SSD products to include parts provided by their parent company. Existing products were...
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Full Steam ahead! Cache your games in this DIY cache server
There are tricks to managing your Steam library if you are running low on space or simply setting up something new, from tricking Steam by copying files manually or the new feature which allows you to...
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Intel Quietly Launches Official Optane Memory Site
We've been hearing a lot about Intel's upcoming Optane memory over the past two years, but the information had all been in the form of pressannouncements and leaked roadmap slides.We now have an actual...
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