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Samsung 990 PRO Series NVME SSD release date

Samsung 990 PRO Series NVME SSD release date

Samsung 990 PRO Series NVME SSD release date   Samsung 990 PRO Series SSDs Will Be Available for Pre-Order on November 1st Samsung Electronics America today announced that the Samsung 990 PRO PCIe 4.0 SSD Series will be available for pre-order on November 1, 2022. Featuring breakthrough innovations in proprietary NAND, controller, and software technology, the Samsung […]

Amazon Prime Day Oct 2022 – Early Access Deals on Synology, QNAP, HDDs, SSDs, Cameras and Network Switches

Prime Day Bargains on NAS, Hard Drives, SSDs, Cameras and Network Equipment ANOTHER Amazon Prime Day in 2022? Yep, just a month before Black Friday kicks off and Amazon has decided to host an impromptu 2nd in-house sale event beginning on Tuesday 11th Oct until midnight on Wednesday 12th Oct (in 15 countries; Austria, Canada, […]

Synology NAS and M.2 NVMe SSD Storage Pools – FINALLY!

M.2 NVMes Use as Storage Pools Coming to Synology NAS and DSM EXCELLENT news for anyone that has been following the Synology NAS platform and DSM for the last few years, with the apparent reveal that Synology are intending to officially allow the use of M.2 NVMe SSDs as Storage Pools on their newest generation […]

WD Black SN770 SSD Review

Review of the WD Black SN770 M.2 NVMe SSD for NAS Drives I don’t think it would be an understatement to say that Western Digital and their WD Black SN850 released back in 2020 was one of the very (if not THE first) commercially accessible m.2 SSDs that allowed domestic users to hit 7,000MB/s. Getting […]

WD Black SN850X SSD Review & Testing

Review of the WD Black SN850X PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Before you sink your teeth into the review of the WD Black SN850X SSD, it is important to understand that this is not the same as the widely available and industry applauded SN850 SSD. On the face of it, the difference is simply the […]

Is KIOXIA ECERIA M.2 NVME SSD good for Synology caching

Is KIOXIA ECERIA M.2 NVME SSD good for Synology caching

Is KIOXIA ECERIA M.2 NVME SSD good for Synology caching? These SSD seem to be a qood value for money. But one year later one after another started to show warning messages. Short answer to this one is a NO.   When choosing NVMe for caching you need to look at reliability ratings such as […]

Qnap TS-264 NAS with 2.5GbE LAN, M.2 SSD cache and HDMI 2.0

Qnap TS-264 NAS with 2.5GbE LAN, M.2 SSD cache and HDMI 2.0

Qnap TS-264 NAS with 2.5GbE LAN, M.2 SSD cache and HDMI 2.0 TS-264-8G CPU Intel® Celeron® N5105/N5095 4-core/4-thread processor (up to 2.9 GHz) CPU architecture 64-bit x86 graphics processor Intel® UHD Graphics floating point operations encryption engine (AES-NI) hardware acceleration shift system memory 8 GB built-in (not expandable) maximum memory 8 GB flash memory 4 […]

Compatible SSD for Synology NAS

Compatible SSD for Synology NAS

 If you we’re going to use SSD which would you use for NAS? There are thee most popular SSD choices people make today. Most popular are Samsung SSD since now other brands offer bigger capacities then 4TB. Lately also WD and Seagate have created their NAS series SSD, WD RED and Seagate Ironwolf. My personal […]

What is cheapest 2.5 inch SSD I could use in a NAS

What is cheapest 2.5 inch SSD I could use in a NAS

What is cheapest 2.5 inch SSD I could use in a NAS   Price/TB Price Capacity MTBF RPM read/write IOPS Watt W Endurance Seagate Barracuda 120 SSD ZA2000CM1A003 2.5″ SATA 6Gb/s 2TB SSD £94.5 £189 2TB 1.8M hours MTBF SSD 560/540 90K 2.8 5yr 0.32 Samsung SSD 860 QVO MZ-76Q2T0BW 2.5″ SATA 6Gb/s 2TB SSD […]

Synology SSD vs other brands (SAT5200-480G /SAT5200-960G / SAT5200-1920G)

Synology SSD vs other brands (SAT5200-480G /SAT5200-960G  / SAT5200-1920G)

Synology SSD vs other brands (SAT5200-480G /SAT5200-960G / SAT5200-1920G)   SAT5200-480G alternatives/ comparison Price/TB Price inch MTBF read/write IOPS Watt W Endurance url £225 £108 2.5 2M Hours MTBF 550/520 24-98K 2.9 3yr 1.3 Samsung Datacenter SSD PM883 MZ7LH480HAHQ-00005 2.5″ SATA 6Gb/s 480GB SSD £254.17 £122 2.5 2m hrs MTBF 555/520 58-98K 4.86 5yr 1.3 […]

Fastest M.2 NVMe SSD – how to choose

Fastest M.2 NVMe SSD – how to choose

Depending on a use case, SSD wears out at a different rate. In harsh environments like RAID, cache, and heavy access you need to look at endurance rating. Bigger means a longer lifespan and not a decreased performance even with a heaviest access. Apart from that, you could look at MTBF which is life expectancy. […]

Best SSD for ACER Predator Helios 300, G3-571-77QK Laptop

Best SSD for ACER Predator Helios 300, G3-571-77QK Laptop

Best SSD for ACER Predator Helios 300, G3-571-77QK Laptop Installing 2nd SSD, unsure which one to pick I have an ACER Predator Helios 300, G3-571-77QK. I want to install a 2TB SSD SATA III in the secondary HD slot, but am unsure which one to choose. Any suggestions or guidance? I use the laptop for […]

Best 2.5″ SSD

Best 2.5″ SSD

Which SSD? I am researching the purchase of an SSD for a Mac Mini (Late 2012) which I’m using as a standalone PLEX Media Server. Right now I have maxed out the memory (16GB) and it has a Barracuda SSHD as the drive. It is my hope that an SSD will not only speed up […]

Samsung NVMe 980 non-pro M.2 SSD leaked

Samsung NVMe 980 non-pro M.2 SSD leaked

Samsung PCIE 3.0 X4 NVME  M.2 2280 – MZ-V8V250BW from € 69.95 MZ-V8V500BW from € 89.95 MZ-V8V1T0BW from € 149.95     Application registered 2020-09-17 Device: SSD – MZ-V8V1T0 (MZ-V8V1TA,MZ-V8V500,MZ-V8V50A) Application Number: 202017210000257966 Company: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Device Name: SSD Model: MZ-V8V1T0 Sub-Model: MZ-V8V1TA,MZ-V8V500,MZ-V8V50A Authorization Number: RR-SEC-MZ-V8V1T0 Alphanumeric Authorization Number: RRSECMZV8V1T0 Manufacturer: Samsung Electronics […]

Best and Fastest 2.5inch SSD for NAS – how to choose

Best and Fastest 2.5inch SSD for NAS – how to choose

Best and Fastest 2.5inch SSD for NAS – how to choose   Depending on a use case, SSD wears out at a different rate. In harsh environments like RAID, cache, and heavy access you need to look at endurance rating. Bigger means a longer lifespan and not a decreased performance even with a heaviest access. […]

Samsung 990 Pro SSD Officially Revealed – Hardware Confirmed

The Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD FULLY Revealed For those that have been closely following the world of SSDs in summer 2022, one of the most intriguing leaks of a future product was undoubtedly the reveal on the PCI-SIG pages of a SAMSUNG 990 Pro that was reported to be a PCIe Gen 5 SSD. […]

Samsung 990 Pro PCIe 5 SSD Uncovered

Samsung 990 Pro PCIe Gen 5 SSD Coming Soon   UPDATE Samsung 990 Pro SSD Officially Revealed – Hardware Confirmed   Good news for anyone that has been waiting for Samsung to make their next BIG move in the commercial SSD sector, with the recent accidental leak this week by the PCI-SIG website that disclosed […]

TerraMaster compatible NVMe M.2 SSD

TerraMaster compatible NVMe M.2 SSD

What SSD fits in TerraMaster for caching? SAMSUNG 980  2280  NVMe SSD MZ-V8V8250 250 GB F2-223,F2-423,F4-423,F4-223,T6-423,T9-423,T12-423,U4-423,U8-423,U12-423 Recommended Crucial P2 2280  NVMe SSD CT1000PSSSD8 1000 GB F2-223,F2-423,F4-423,F4-223,T6-423,T9-423,T12-423,U4-423,U8-423,U12-423 Recommended Seagate IronWolf 525 2280  NVMe SSD) ZP2000NM30002 2 TB F2-223,F2-423,F4-423,F4-223,T6-423,T9-423,T12-423,U4-423,U8-423,U12-423 Western Digital Red SN700 2280  NVMe SSD WD5500G1R0C 500 GB F2-223,F2-423,F4-423,F4-223,T6-423,T9-423,T12-423,U4-423,U8-423,U12-423

Samsung 980 Pro versus WD Black SN805X SSD Comparison

PCIe 4 NVMe SSD Comparison – WD Black SN850X vs Samsung 980 Pro When the PCIe4 Generation of SSDs first launched in 2020, two brands that EASILY made the biggest impact at the time were WD and Samsung. Although neither was the first to commercially release an SSD into this new potential 8GB bandwidth tier […]

Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus versus WD Black SN850X SSD Comparison

PCIe 4 NVMe SSD Comparison – WD Black SN850X vs Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus If you have been out of the loop in the world of SSDs in the last couple of years, you may have missed the tremendously improvements in performance and storage that have occurred since 2020. Every since the commercial availability of […]