Surprise, surprise… A little war of words is brewing over solid-state drives (SSDs) and their market ascendancy in 2012. SanDisk, a company best known for making memory cards — the kind that goes in cameras and other gadgets — says that its “small form-factor client SSD” business is going gangbusters. Moreover, this is the year that […]
Green storage: Does the SSD tipping point draw near?
The price per gigabyte ratio keeps swinging in favor of improved solid-state drive (SSD) adoption, but not faster than prices keep tumbling on traditional hard drives. Apart from high-performance servers, storage arrays, a smattering of portables, and of course, PC enthusiasts that spend top dollar for the fastest components, SSDs are still having a tough […]
Seagate Launches Green Barracuda LP Hard Drive
If you don want to pay a king’s ransom to outfit your PC with an energy-saving SSD — or you simply might not want to make the capacity trade-off — the next best thing to do is invest in an…
Green IT News Roundup – Monday, April 20
Demo: How CloudRack Optimizes Energy Use – Data Center Knowledge The CloudRack C2 employs cabinet-level power distribution technology and fans in the rear of the enclosure, enabling server trays that contain no fans or power supplies. In this video from…
Hot Hardware Reviews Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green Power Hard Drive
That’s right, 2TB. See, that’s why SSDs have a bit of a ways to go before they can challenge traditional disk drives. But that too appears to be changing. HotHardware put Western Digital’s mammoth Caviar Green through its paces to…
