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SilverStone HDDBOOST

The HDDBOOST combines an SSD and a conventional SATA hard disk to produce a virtual hybrid drive. Best of both worlds, or unholy matrimony?

Plextor PX-B940SA

Blu-ray burners hit 12x, but is that worth paying a premium for?

AMCC 3ware 9690SA-8I

AMCC's main focus has always been on its SATA line of 3ware RAID controllers, but the new 9690SA family represents a long overdue move into serial-attached SCSI (SAS) territory. This puts it...

Plasmon Raidtec FS3102

Since acquiring Raidtec back in 2004, Plasmon has pushed ahead with its new storage portfolio. This culminated in its Operation RAID strategy at the end of 2005, which offers big discounts to...

As with Adaptec, AMCC has lagged substantially behind LSI Logic in getting SATA II RAID controllers to market, but it's arrived with a bang. It's introduced a family of five new controllers and, in...

Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 2820SA

LSI Logic delivered the first SATA II RAID controller to market six months ago, so it's surprising it's taken arch-rival Adaptec this long to catch up. Nevertheless, the 2820SA remedies the...

LSI Logic SAS3442X

LSI Logic is making a habit of beating the competition to the punch. The MegaRAID SATA 300-8X allowed it to deliver the first SATA II RAID controller to market, and with the SAS3442X we bring you...

LSI Logic MegaRAID SATA 300-8X

Despite much posturing between big storage adaptor vendors, the accolades go to LSI Logic as the first to deliver a SATA II RAID controller to market. We asked both Adaptec and AMCC if they wanted...

Adaptec SCSI RAID 2230SLP

The appetite for rack servers is clearly driving a strong market for low-profile PCI adaptors. RAID has always been a high-priority application for 1U servers, and Adaptec's latest SCSI controllers...

3ware 9500S-12Ml

It's easy to understand the popularity of Serial ATA. It offers the best combination of cost, performance and capacity. However, although the slimmer SATA cables are easier to deal with than IDE...

Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 21610SA

Adaptec's name may be synonymous with SCSI RAID, but it has taken longer than 3ware to recognise the huge demand for low-cost storage that Serial ATA could satisfy. Nevertheless, it now takes the...

3ware Escalade 9500S-12

3ware has always been a dominant force in the ATA RAID controller market and was quick to bring this expertise to bear on the Serial ATA (SATA) interface. Its latest Escalade 9000 series consists...

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