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160 GB Hard Disk Drive Round-Up 160 GB Hard Disk Drive Round-Up
Reviews - July 17, 2008 - By Rafael Otto Coelho
We compared the performance of three mainstream 160 GB hard disk drives: Maxtor STM3160215AS, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160 GB and Samsung HD161HJ. Which one presents the highest performance? Read on.
Everything You Need to Know About Serial ATA
Everything You Need to Know About Serial ATA
Tutorials - June 27, 2008 - By Gabriel Torres
Everything you need to know about Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drive technology is here. Updated to include important information on the SATA-150/SATA-300 jumper.

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS Hard Disk Drive Review Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS Hard Disk Drive Review
Reviews - June 19, 2008 - By Gabriel Torres
VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS is a 10,000 rpm SATA-300 hard disk drive and in this review we will answer two questions: how much faster is a 10,000 rpm disk compared to a mainstream 7,200 rpm one? What is the best option, to have one 10,000 rpm disk or two mainstream 7,200 rpm disks in RAID0? Results corrected.

HighPoint RocketRAID 2302 RAID Controller Review HighPoint RocketRAID 2302 RAID Controller Review
Reviews - June 2, 2008 - By Gabriel Torres
Our review of HighPoint RocketRAID 2302, a simple RAID controller with two SATA-300 ports and two eSATA-300 ports based on PCI Express and supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD.
Thermaltake Max 4 Active Cooling HDD Enclosure Review Thermaltake Max 4 Active Cooling HDD Enclosure Review
Reviews - March 13, 2008 - By Gabriel Torres
Max 4 Active Cooling is a hard drive enclosure from Thermaltake featuring both USB 2.0 and eSATA connections.
Thermaltake BlacX HDD Docking Station Review Thermaltake BlacX HDD Docking Station Review
Reviews - March 12, 2008 - By Gabriel Torres
BlacX is an external hard drive docking station that allows you to connect hard disk drives externally to the PC thru the computer USB 2.0 port by just inserting them on the available slot.
How to Install a Floppy Disk Drive How to Install a Floppy Disk Drive
Tutorials - November 17, 2007 - By Gabriel Torres
A step-by-step guide showing you how to install (or replace) a floppy disk drive.
Hard Disk Drives Capacity Limits Hard Disk Drives Capacity Limits
Tutorials - October 1, 2007 - By Gabriel Torres
Your system doesn’t recognize your new hard drive’s full capacity? Learn all capacity barriers that you may face when installing a new hard disk drive on your system.
Does RAID0 Really Increase Disk Performance? Does RAID0 Really Increase Disk Performance?
Reviews - November 1, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
We set a RAID0 system with stripe sizes from 4 KB to 128 KB to answer two questions: Does RAID0 really increase disk performance? If yes, what is the best stripe size to use? Check it out.
How to Setup a RAID System How to Setup a RAID System
Tutorials - October 23, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
A step-by-step guide on how to setup a RAID system on your PC in order to increase your hard disk drive performance or to improve data reliability.
Robson Technology Overview Robson Technology Overview
Articles - September 26, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
The next Centrino platform (Santa Rosa) will feature an integrated disk cache using flash memory in order to speed up disk access and also save energy, codenamed Robson. Learn how it will work.
How Perpendicular Recording Works How Perpendicular Recording Works
Tutorials - June 26, 2006 - By Cássio Lima
Everything you need to know about the new perpendicular recording hard disk drive technology.
NCQ (Native Command Queuing) and TCQ (Tagged Command Queuing) Explained NCQ (Native Command Queuing) and TCQ (Tagged Command Queuing) Explained
Tutorials - April 16, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
Everything you need to know about NCQ and TCQ command queuing tecnologies, which improve the hard disk drive performance.
RAID6 Advantages Over RAID0 and RAID5 RAID6 Advantages Over RAID0 and RAID5
Articles - April 15, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn the reliability advantages of RAID6 over RAID0 and RAID5.
Samsung SP2504C 250 GB SATA-300 Hard Disk Drive Review Samsung SP2504C 250 GB SATA-300 Hard Disk Drive Review
Reviews - March 30, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
Our review of Samsung SP2504C hard disk drive, a 250 GB HDD based on SATA-300 interface with 8 MB cache, 7,200 rpm and supporting NCQ.
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