IBM unveils new 1 Tera Byte tape drive
Posted by admin in Storage on 29. Aug, 2008 | No Comments
IBM has unveiled a 1 terabyte tape drive capable of achieving a data transfer rate of 160 Megabytes per second. The drive supports data encryption and features a magneto-resistive head design that significantly reduces read errors for server enterprise environments.
According to IBM, tapes offer the “most green and cost-effective form of storage and will enable [...]
Hard Disk that is Fire and Water retardant
Posted by Simon Whiston in Storage on 02. Jul, 2008 | 1 Comment
The harddisk named isSafe claim it is the first company to offer fire and waterproof harddisk. The harddisk is considered a brilliant component in a server envrionment or even family use for saving those important family pictures.
The harddisk comes in two sizes 2.5″ and 3.5″ enclosures. The hard disk itself can sustain temperatures of 1400 [...]
AMD ATI 4800 Series Graphics Cards
Posted by Simon Whiston in Graphics, Storage on 25. Apr, 2008 | No Comments
ATI are about to fight back with their latest editions of their graphics cards the 4800 series. The products are based on the RV770 Chip process. The 4870, 4850HD and 4850PRO all use GDDR3. The graphics cards are built on a 55nmand have 480 stream processors.
The 4870 is built with high-end GDDR5 memory [...]
VelociRaptor The latest Western Digital Hard Disk
Posted by Simon Whiston in Storage on 23. Apr, 2008 | No Comments
Western Digital created a drive capable of 10,000 RPM for fast data access. No other hard disk company has created an enthusiast hard disk at the same speed for the consumer market.
The VelociRaptor pictured above has twice the capacity of the older Rapter hard disk which currently have 150Gib. The new hard disk has [...]
