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What To Do When Your Iomega USB 3.0 SSD Fails

September 6, 2013 By Stephen 3 Comments

Back in 2011, Iomega sent me a fantastic surprise: A blistering fast 256 GB USB 3.0 SSD. My review was extremely positive, since it really was state of the art at the time. However, like most buyers, my experience has since turned sour as the USB connector failed. Here's how to recover some usability from it. Although the Iomega USB 3.0 SSD shipped in a solid aluminum … [Read more...] about What To Do When Your Iomega USB 3.0 SSD Fails

Micron Builds a Ford Taurus: The P400e SSD Hands-On Review

December 5, 2011 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Solid-state drives (SSD's) have been around for a while, but they have never been a mainstream alternative for enterprise server booting and applications. SSD's were positioned as high-performance storage for special use cases and were too expensive for mainstream adoption. But that might change with the latest generation of SSD's, as exemplified by the new Micron P400e that … [Read more...] about Micron Builds a Ford Taurus: The P400e SSD Hands-On Review

Micron Bursts Into the PCIe SSD Market

June 2, 2011 By Stephen 1 Comment

This morning, Micron announced their "RealSSD" P320h SSD, bringing them into the PCIe storage market for the first time. Already a leading supplier of both consumer and enterprise SATA SSDs, as well as the world's leading supplier of NAND flash in partnership with Intel, this move puts Micron in direct competition with existing suppliers like media darling Fusion … [Read more...] about Micron Bursts Into the PCIe SSD Market

Iomega USB 3.0 SSD: Hands-On Review

February 21, 2011 By Stephen 3 Comments

Iomega recently shipped me a USB 3.0 SSD for review. I previewed this unit in December, concluding the ultra-capacity, ultra-performance portable device was a new category rather than a giant thumb drive or overpriced alternative to portable hard disks. Now that I've got some hands-on time with the drive I can enthusiastically affirm that my impression was correct. Warning: … [Read more...] about Iomega USB 3.0 SSD: Hands-On Review

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