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Intel SSD 335 Series - Better Under The Hood |
With the prices of SSDs gradually and steadily coming down, they are quickly becoming must-have items for anyone looking for a faster and more responsive computer whether desktop or laptop. Intel is regarded as one of the top names in the SSD market, thanks to its production of drives that are among the fastest in the world. |
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WD Black 4TB - 4TB Storage Goes Mainstream |
Hot on the heels of the enterprise-class RE SATA 4TB (WD4000FYYZ) hard drive’s release, WD came out with another 4TB HDD offering. November last year saw the launch of the WD Black 4TB (WD4001FAEX) which is targeted at non-enterprise users. |
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Acoustic Energy 301 Loudspeaker - Metal Master (Part 1) |
Just over twenty years ago, Acoustic Energy launched its original AE-1 loudspeaker to considerable acclaim. It quickly earned a reputation as one of the best compact near-field monitors you could buy, establishing the credentials of the brand. The AE-1 continues to this day as the AE-1 Classic, but for those with less to spend AE offer their 3 Series. |
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SQL Server 2008 : Index maintenance |
The maintenance actions outlined in this section are directly associated with the corresponding analysis activities from the previous section. We'll begin with dropping unused or duplicated indexes before looking at removing index fragmentation. |
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Boot Drive Migration |
You should also remember that your system will be out of commission for some time and this isn’t a quick process – if you’re lucky, and it all runs without a hitch, it can take less than an hour, but if there are issues or errors this can quickly extend to five hours or more, so it’s not something to try when you’re in a rush. |
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WD My Passport Edge 500GB – The Smallest One Yet |
The portable hard disk drive has evolved tremendously over the last few years. From a device that needs another power source to becoming one that just simply plugs in via USB port. For better or worse, they all come in so many shapes and sizes. And oft late, in a variety of colors too. |
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OCZ Vector 512GB - Jumbo-capacity SSDs |
Jumbo-capacity SSDs, at some level, have never quite been able to shake the niche label. When SSDs first became a realistic option for power users, the cost per gigabyte of even MLC NAND was still high enough that drives over 200GB were a pricey proposition. |
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Corsair Force Series GS 240GB - Blessed With Toggle-Mode NAND |
This attractive, midrange, consumer SSD is blessed with Toggle-Mode NAND, a strain of double data rate MLC flash memory originally developed by Toshiba. Toggle NAND, as Corsair well knows, has become a favorite among SSD shoppers looking for top performance. |
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SQL Server : Reusing T-SQL Code - The Dangers of Copy-and-Paste |
The biggest problem with copy-and-paste as a means of solving a set of similar problems is that, of course, it leads to code duplication. In turn, this means that we need to maintain multiples copies of essentially the same code, but with each copy subtly modified to suit a particular need. |
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Western Digital Black 4TB Hard Drive - 4TB Storage Goes Mainstream |
Hot on the heels of the enterprise-class ReSATA 4TB (WD4000FYYZ) hard drive’s release, WD came out with another 4TB HDD offering. November last year saw the launch of the WD Black 4TB (WD4001FAex) which is targeted at non-enterprise users. Like the ReSATA 4TB, the Black 4TB is a 3.5-inch internal hard drive that makes use of the current SATA 6Gbps interface and has a standard rotational speed of 7200RPM. |
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Intel Solid State Drive 335 Series - Better Under The Hood |
With the prices of SSDs gradually and steadily coming down, they are quickly becoming must-have items for anyone looking for a faster and more responsive computer whether desktop or laptop. Intel is regarded as one of the top names in the SSD market, thanks to its production of drives that are among the fastest in the world. |
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HDD, SSD and Hybrid Hard Drive Competition |
The capacity of the hard disk drive (HDD) is getting bigger and bigger, solid state drive (SSD) are becoming popular while hybrid hard drive combining the strength of HDD and SSD also promises to have a future which is not less attractive. |
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SQL Server 2008 : Index analysis (part 2) - Identifying indexes to add |
The analysis and potential removal of duplicate, unused, or infrequently used indexes can be periodically scheduled as a weekly or monthly maintenance task. In contrast, the addition of indexes is usually the result of a performance-tuning exercise, often started to investigate the sudden or gradual performance decline in one or more queries. |
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USB Hard Drive Hangout (Part 1) - WD My Passport 2TB |
There are times when a USB key can’t handle the action we’re throwing at it and we need something bigger to step in and get the job done. Like a police officer for backup, it’s at these times that we summon a USB 3.0 hard drive. |
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WD 4 TB Black Review – It’s The One To Get |
As consumers, we have only two options when it comes to 7,200rpm 4TB hard drives: the Hitachi 7K4000 (Verdict 8, Holiday 2012) and this bad boy right here – the WD 4TB Black drive. Seagate does not currently offer a 7,200rpm 4TB Barracuda, but it does offer a 3TB version. |
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WD My Passport Edge - Fast Mobile Drive For Mac 500GB |
You ignore label “for Mac” of this mobile drive. My Passport Edge of Western Digital is external storage equipment that is extremely mobile and used for any PC foundation. It is speeded up by USB 3.0 configuration. |
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