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more about #hdd more comments → fUnKiE: 110cm? That's 1 meter long. more » Segador: It looks Thinkpad-esque. more » Nick Livingston: Does the name of this product remind anyone else of riki tiki tavi? more » jayhawk11 owns property now!!!: I'll be waiting for some dumbass to throw this in their regular laptop and start bitching about vibration/rattling. more » suland: Might be useful for PMP's. Otherwise - how much lighter it is? more » Dallifornia: Thinnest. 2.5". As in, thinner than other 2.5" drives? Yet it's a 2.5" drive. Does. Not. Compute. more » theorieofself: i'm running (6) 7200rpm drives in my FreeNAS box. i guess i could have gone with 5400rpm, but i already had all the hardware so i didn't really buy ne... more » Bluechip: I'm using Western Digital Green drives in my unRAID setup. [www.lime-technology.com] Currently at 2TB + parity and expandable up to 6 drives before I... more » travisco_nabisco: I read this article yesterday and there are a few points that need to be noted. First they used older 7200 RPM drives and current generation 5400 RPM ... more » TheCrudMan: That's why you get one of these: [www.promise.com] Put half in RAID 0 and half as backup....(I forget which RAID number that makes it) and hook it up... more » AmphetamineCrown: What would LHer's recommend in terms of the best reliability 1TB drives for a NAS? Is that size in the sweet spot at this point? Am I going to signi... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: 6-18 PIN? That's kind of weak. My "secure" password uses 30+characters, including capitals, symbols, and numbers. I'd hate to downgrade. #harddrives more » Ilo: Does anyone else think that "one touch drive erase" may not be such a great idea? #harddrives more » Nick2: Isn't Truecrypt a bit more practical than a $700 drive? #harddrives more » Noobs-R-Us: Wait for the new Intel/Apple optical cabled drives next year. It will put USB 3/Firewire 800 to shame. more » -
#lacie
The LaCie Rikiki Is the Tiniest 2.5-inch Portable Hard Drive On the Market
With LaCie, you always expect the product to look good—and the Rikiki portable HDD is no exception. They also claim that it is the smallest 2.5-inch drive on the market. More » -
#hdd
Seagate's Momentus Thin Drive is the World's Thinnest 2.5" Netbook Drive
At a mere 7 millimeters in height, Seagate's Momentus Thin drive will be the slimmest 2.5" hard drive on the market. Not only that, but supposedly it will also be one of the lowest-priced storage options for ultra-portables and netbooks. More » -
#nas
Building a NAS? Skip the Performance Drives
A while ago I was considering putting low-powered 5400 RPM drives into a NAS. I was worried about performance, but Tom's Hardware shows us that drive speed isn't the bottleneck, and how slower drives can even beat faster ones. More » -
#harddrives
Origin Data Locker Backs Rugged Looks with AES Hardware Encryption
The Origin Data Locker: For the paranoid geek who lives with his parents in their fortified underground bunker. More » -
#harddrives
Quick Test: Seagate's 1TB Portable FreeAgent Go
The season of the 1TB bus-powered USB drive is upon us. WD was first; now Seagate is shipping the FreeAgent Go, a chunky SOB—three platters worth of storage powered and connected by one skinny cable. More » -
#usb30
Buffalo's HD-HU3 Poised To Be The First USB 3.0 Hard Drive
Buffalo is set to cross the USB 3.0 finish line first with their HD-HU3 hard drive. They also plan on offering NEC's IFC-PCIE2U3 2-port PCI Expressx1 host controller with the drive so you can, you know, use it. More » -
#harddrives
Yet Another Modder Desecrates Fond Nintendo Memory From My Youth
Like I've said here before, when a modder takes a perfectly perfect piece of Nintendo lore and makes a hard drive out of it, or turns a classic item from gaming history and begets a USB drive, I weep. More » -
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#storage
WD's Ever-Smaller External Hard Drives Bring Better Security and Incremental Backups
Western Digital's new line of hard drives have the expected upgrades (higher capacity, smaller size) but also feature tough-as-nails hardware security and incremental backups. More » -
#storage
Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 Is World's First 2TB, 7200 RPM Hard Drive
SSDs might be catching up to the trusty HDD in capacity, but this first-of-its-kind, 2-terabyte, 7200 RPM drive from Hitachi serves as a reminder that for speedy mass storage people can still afford, the old standby still remains king. More » -
#storage
Intel's X25-M G2 SSD Comes With a Shiny Silver Enclosure, 10% Performance Bump
We've talked about the Intel's X-series SSD drives, but now there are benchmarks to go along with the speculation about Intel's claims and they're not a complete letdown. More » -
#design
Popsicle-Shaped Hard Drive Has a Flash Drive Handle
I don't care how cynical or jaded you are—you've got to find this external HDD/flash drive combo adorable. I mean, come on! It looks like a popsicle! It's just a concept at the moment, unfortunately. [Curiosite via Technabob] -
#storage
LG XF1 500GB Multimedia HDD Comes Complete With HDMI-Out
The LG XF1 is a 500 GB "Multimedia HDD" that packs a HDMI-out for quick media playback, and has a slick looking design to boot. More » -
#storage
Hard Rectangular Drive Is Faster, More Efficient Than SSD
British scientists have developed a new breed of hard drive that uses not spinning discs, but rather a rectangular platter and millions of moving data heads to read/write data. In theory, this could mean transfer speeds of 500 MB/s. More » -
#docks
SATA HDD Multimedia Dock II, Now with HDMI
Brando, Brando, oh purveyors off all things plastic and electronic in a myriad forms and shapes. If you didn't like the Brando SATA drive horizontal dock with HDMI output, now you can have the vertical model. More » -
#macbookpro
MacBook Pro Hands-On Gallery
We've got a delicious gallery of pics of the new 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pros. More » -
#harddrives
Adapter Turns Any Hard Drive Into An HD Player For Your TV
There are a lot of cool docks coming out for hard drives these days, and the latest from Brando is no exception. In fact, it takes things a step further by delivering 1080i video directly to your TV. More » -
#accessories
This Is Low, Brando...Even For You
We have a love hate relationship with weird gadget retailer Brando—mostly love. But this USB Mini Netbook Cooling Pad + 3-Port Hub + 2.5" HDD Dock is beyond horrible. More »
