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LaCie Unveils Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2 Portable Drive

January 5, 2014 By Eric Reagan

LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2

LaCie announced the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2 drive at CES 2014 today. Now that Apple has released the Mac Pro with Thunderbolt 2 we can expect to see more of these peripherals hitting the market – and I think we’ll see a lot at CES 2014. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: hard drive, lacie, SSD, storage, Thunderbolt

 

G-Technology G-Dock ev and G-Drive ev Review

November 4, 2013 By Eric Reagan

G-Tech G-Dock ev

The G-Technology G-Dock ev is a new hard drive dock that is something we could really only dream about (if that) before the arrival of Thunderbolt. The G-Dock features two drive bays that accepts G-Technology G-Drive ev and G-Drive ev PLUS that, once inserted, mount on your system over the G-Dock’s Thunderbolt connection.

The novel feature of the G-Dock is that the G-Drives can be ejected and taken with you for use on the go via a USB 3.0 connection on the “portable” G-Drive ev units. However, the G-Drives connect into the dock via a SATA connection instead of the USB 3.0 used for when the drive is portable. A very slick set-up indeed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: external hard drive, G-Dock ev, G-Drive ev, G-Tech, hard drive, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, Thunderbolt

Sony Unveils Rugged Storage Drives

September 15, 2013 By Eric Reagan

Sony Hard Drive

Sony recently introduced a new line of rugged, professional hard drives in SSD and standard spinning hard drive flavors. The SSD version (PSZ-SA25) is available as a 256GB capacity drive, while the spinning hard drives are available in 500GB and 1TB capacities (PSZ-HA50 and PSZ-HA1T). The drives feature one USB 3.0 and two FireWire 800 ports. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Sony Tagged With: hard drive, Sony, SSD, storage, usb 3.0

WD My Passport Slim, a New Ultra-Portable 2TB Drive: Hands-On Report

September 5, 2013 By Eric Reagan

WD My Passport Slim

Western Digital has released its new My Passport Slim line of portable hard drives, which offer capacities in 1TB or 2TB flavors and a USB 3.0 interface. The My Passport Slim features an aluminum enclosure and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: hard drive, My Passport Slim, WD, Western Digital

WD My Passport Ultra Compact USB 3.0 Hard Drive Unveiled

May 15, 2013 By Eric Reagan

Western Digital My Passport Ultra

The Western Digital My Passport Ultra is a new USB 3.0 hard drive that is available in 500GB, 1TB and 2TB sizes, as well as a variety of colors. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: hard drive, My Passport Ultra, storage, USB 3, Western Digital

G-Tech G-Dock ev Swappable Dual-Bay Storage System

April 11, 2013 By Eric Reagan

G-Tech G-Dock ev

G-Tech showed the G-Dock ev and G-Drive ev hard drives (shown above) at NAB 2013. I stopped by their booth to take a closer look at them.

The G-Dock ev is a Thunderbolt dock, which ships with two of the G-Drive ev drives. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: G-Dock ev, G-Drive ev, G-Tech, hard drive, NAB 2013, Thunderbolt

G-Tech G-Drive Mini Adds USB 3.0 and New 7200 RPM Drive

January 9, 2013 By Eric Reagan

G-Tech G-Drive Mini 1TB USB 3.0

G-Tech unveiled a new G-Drive Mini at CES 2013. I’m a big fan of the old G-Drive Mini units that sport dual FireWire 800 connections. The new G-Drive Mini units keep the dual FW800 ports, but also add a USB 3.0 connection and a 1TB 7200RPM hard drive (up from 750GB). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: CES 2013, FireWire 800, FW800, G-Drive, G-Tech, hard drive, storage, USB 3, usb 3.0

OWC Aura Pro MacBook Pro Retina Upgrade and Envoy Pro External USB 3.0 SSD Kits

January 6, 2013 By Eric Reagan

OWC Aura Pro

OWC has a new 480GB SSD drive that serves as an internal hard drive upgrade for the MacBook Pro Retina. The Aura Pro is available as a single replacement drive or with the Envoy Pro kit that features an enclosure with USB 3.0 connectivity for putting the original drive that you’re replacing and using it as an external drive.

Check out the overview video from CES 2013 below.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: CES 2013, hard drive, Macbook Pro Retina, Other World Computing, OWC, SSD, usb 3.0

WD Unveils My Book Studio with USB 3.0 and 4TB Capacity

November 13, 2012 By Eric Reagan

WD USB 3 My Book Studio

Western Digital is adding to its My Book Studio line with a new 4TB drive that features a USB 3 interface.  The new unit retains the single drive form factor in 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and 4TB flavors.

The new USB 3 drives are Mac formatted out of the box for compatibility with the newest Macs that now offer USB 3 (of course, they are also backward compatible with USB 2.0).  Accordingly, the new drives are compatible with Apple Time Machine and they offer 256-bit hardware-based encryption for added security against unauthorized access to the drive and its contents.

Pricewise, the My Book Studio 1TB is $159.99; the 2TB is $189.99; the 3TB is $239.99; and the 4TB is $299.99.  The new drives are already available on Western Digital’s website and I expect them to show up soon at B&H Photo.

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: apple, hard drive, mac, My Book Studio, storage, Time Machine, USB 3, WD, Western Digital

ioSafe N2 Aims to Be a Disaster Proof Private Cloud NAS

September 19, 2012 By Eric Reagan

ioSafe N2

ioSafe has launched an indiegogo campaign to help build its next disaster proof storage device – the N2.

The N2 will provide up to 8TB of storage along with a 2GHz Marvel CPU and 512MB memory.  The N2 will be able to withstand fire damage up to 1550° F and submersion in fresh or salt water up to 10′ for 3 days.  (Read my ioSafe Extreme Rugged Hard Drive Review.)

Aside from the robust build, the N2 will be able to serve as a personal cloud drive that allows you to access content from anywhere you’ve got an Internet connection, including the ability to operate as an iTunes server.

The N2 should begin shipping in January 2013, starting at $600 for a diskless version.  For more details, check out the indiegogo intro video below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: hard drive, indiegogo, ioSafe, N2, NAS

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