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Latest — Nov 26, 2023

Seagate Exos X24 Platform Released in Dubai with 24 TB CMR Drives

Seagate has unveiled the X24 platform, and here's a comprehensive overview of its key features. For channel partners and integrators, the platform will exclusively introduce CMR drives, available in capacities of 12TB, 16TB, 20TB, and 24TB. CMR drives are optimal for various workloads so its understood that channel in Dubai

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SSDs are more reliable than HDDs but you need to know more

Whenever there is discussion about SSDs versus HDDs, the focus seems to be on the higher IOPS, transfer rates, and lower power consumption of SSDs. We seldom discuss reliability. The absence of an industry consensus and a lack of published data (with the exception of Backblaze, which regularly shares insights

Kapsolo alternative to Port Design connect privacy screen in UAE

Privacy screens have gained significant popularity, particularly in office settings, where laptops and desktops are commonly used for handling sensitive information that requires confidentiality. While 3M is acknowledged as a leader in high-quality privacy screens, it comes at a premium price. However, several other players such as Port, Dicota, Penzer,

Seagate Exos 30TB and 33TB ST30000NM002F and ST33000NM000F Surface in UAE

The ongoing battle for hard drive capacity has seen the anticipation of a 30TB announcement for a while. Online discussions hinted at Seagate unveiling a 30TB drive in Q3, as reported by AnandTech, but nothing was officially confirmed until today. We now have an image of an authentic 30TB Exos

Synology Launches New Plus Drive Series - HAT3310

It has been a while since Synology first introduced the HAT3300 drives for mid-range devices , and now a replacement model HAT3310 drive has been announced This new model is expected to hit the market in the United Arab Emirates by the end of December. Although Synology has yet to provide

QNAP TS-1277AXU-RP Series available in Dubai (Replaces the TS-1277XU-RP)

QNAP has introduced many new products this month including the 3 models in X77AXU series. These models will replace the X77XU-RP models * TS-h1677AXU-RP-R7-32G ( replaces TS-h1677XU-RP-3700X-32G) * TS-h1277AXU-RP-R7-32G ( replaces TS-h1277XU-RP-3700X-128G * TS-h1277AXU-RP-R5-16G ( replaces TS-h1277XU-RP-3700X-32G) Comparison-wise, there are 4 main areas of difference. Here is a quick table showing the difference between the 2

OWC Mercury Elite Pro is a good alternative to WD my book Duo

WD My Book Duo is an External DAS ( AKA External Hard drive) with USB C connection and options of RAID. OWC Mercury Elite Pro offers everything that WD has and then a little more. WD My Book Duo vs OWC Mercury Elite Pro : Table of differences Here are all the

SanDisk professional G-RAID 2 evolves to G-RAID Mirror

G-Technology, which has been rebranded to Sandisk Professional, is a highly renowned name in for Thunderbolt 3 storage. Sandisk Professional offers a variety of storage solutions, and one of the smallest RAID-enabled drives they offer is the G-RAID2, which received excellent reviews. It now has a successor known as the

High Speed NAS for Media Editing

Original Question : Hi Akash, I run a sports video business and have many gigs of video files I want to archive. I bought 4 of these drives WD Re Pro 16TB NAS Hard Drive, Cache Size: 512 MB. What hardware should I buy that I can load these into and

LTFS with OWC Thunberbolt3 Drive in Windows 11

OWC has many impressive products, with one standout being the OWC Archive Pro—the LTO-8 drive equipped with a Thunderbolt 3 interface. Remarkably, there are just three global vendors providing Thunderbolt 3-based LTOs: Symply, OWC, and Mlogic. However, configuring OWC can pose a challenge. The product comes bundled with Argest