"Drives" news, interviews, and features

News about Drives

• Samsung takes "world's largest storage drive" crown with 16TB SSD

  Speed or storage capacity? That question may prove irrelevant as solid state storage leapfrogs the hard disk drive.

• U2 tours with all-flash array to rock latest video effects

  A ruggedized EMC VNXe3200 drives giant transparent LED screens

• The rise of SSDs over hard drives, debunked

  Despite reports that SSDs will soon be on par with hard drives in price, experts say that won't be happening anytime soon.

• SanDisk enters portable drive market with high-speed SSDs

  SanDisk has announced its first lineup of four portable SSDs -- two high-capacity thumb drives and two pocket sized drives -- one of which is ...

• Intel releases the 750 Series SSD, its fastest consumer flash

  Intel today released its fastest consumer SSD, which offers two to four times the performance over its previous high-end flash drive.

• Bit by bit, Intel looks to quadruple SSD storage

  Intel is looking to cram four bits per cell in an effort to cram more storage into SSDs

Features about Drives

• Debunking SSD Myths

  Despite the huge gains that solid-state drives are making, some myths persist, all unjustified

• Tested: Which PC upgrades offer the biggest performance boost for your buck?

  We took a mainstream PC and individually upgraded it's processor, graphics card, memory, and storage

• Delorean hard drive is perfect for time machine

  Back to the Future hard drive breaks time/style barriers

• Acronis Drive Monitor Is S.M.A.R.T. about hard drives

  Monitor your hard disk's health with this freebie from backup vendor Acronis

• Lab notes: Kingston vs. VelociRaptor storage smackdown

  Our analysts do a little rogue performance testing after hours