Nexto announces NVS2500 backup storage device

Nexto, a manufacturer of portable backup storage devices, has announced the NVS2500 backup device claiming to offer back up speeds of up to 80MB/s. Primarily designed for video professionals, it is compatible with Compact Flash, SDHC and MemoryStick Pro, though its fastest speeds are reserved for SxS media. Built around a 2.5” SATA hard drive, it offers eSATA/USB and FireWire support. It also allows simultaneous backup to both its internal HD and an external USB hard drive. It also features a 2.4" preview LCD, rugged construction and a free-fall sensor for maximum drive protection. The NVS2500 is available in 160GB, 250GB, 350GB and 500GB storage capacities.

O.T Stealth.Com Releases a Powerful Rugged Fanless Mini PC

O.T Stealth.Com Releases a Powerful Rugged Fanless Mini PC

Early January Stealth.com (Toronto) introduced the LPC-650, an Ultra Compact desktop PC powered by a Core 2 Dou… And yesterday for us in Japan or Friday in North America, Stealth.com announced the LPC-625F a fanless mini Core2Duo
In Just 200 x 200 x 60mm Stealth.com succeed to fit a Penryn Dual Core P8400 CPU (optional P9500), from 1 to 4GB of RAM, 120 to 500GB of HDD Sata with optional SSD, Intel GMA X4500, HDMI & DVI Out, WiFi… For $1,595… Way more expensive than a Mini but also way more powerful too.

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Akihabaranews

NextGear A450X1

NextGear A450X1, The Latest Gamer Desktop from Mouse Computer Japan

Here's the NEXTGEAR A450X1, the latest powerful, gamer oriented desktop from Mouse Computer Japan. Powered by an AMD Phenom X4 CPU 9750 (2.4GHz), it has 4GB of RAM (DDR2 PC2-6400), 640GB of SATA II HDD, a DVD Multi Recorder, an ATI Radeon HD4870 with 512MB of VRAM, and is sold with either Vista or XP Home for 119,910 Yen (980€)

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Fujitsu's New Harddrive

Fujitsu’s New 500GB 2.5” HDD with AES 256bit encryption

Here's another 2.5” SATA 500GB HDD from Japan, not much to add here since it's pretty obvious what it does It's interesting to note Fujitsu will release two versions, the regular 2.5”SATA HDD (MJA2 BH series and the Security Freak powered MJA2 CH featuring built-in AES 256bit encryption function.

Both HDDs have 8MB of cache, a 1.4W of consumption in writing mode (1.3W in reading mode), an average SATA speed (1.5 to 3Gbit/s), 5400rpm, and only emits 2.4dB.

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Fujitsu

The next-gen of HDD Rack available now

The next-gen of HDD Rack available now

Here you are some new type of Rack which are now available, the SATA HDD External case with RAID, and the SATA and SAS HDD Internal Rack.

About the first one, it can receive two 3.5-Inch SATA HDD (up to 2x 1TB of Capacity), Supports RAID 0 / 1 (Striping, Mirroring, Standard, Combine). We got it hands on, and it’s seems to be robust. Like a classical HDD Rack, you’ll just have to insert your Hard disk into the Slot, and it’s ready to go.

Regarding, the second device, it’s an internal Rack, which can be connected by SATA port, or SAS port. There’s no limit concerning the storage capacity, and can receive up to three 3.5’ SATA and SAS Hard Disk. Seems to be really interesting solution!

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Akihabaranews.com

ASG7700: Acer's New Desktop

ASG7700: Acer's New Desktop Beast Available Now in Japan

Acer's new ASG7700-A11 desktop is available now in Japan. This new Hellcat comes with an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 (3.00GHz), two GeForce 9800 GTX graphic cards, NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI chipset, 4GB of memory (up to 8GB), 1TB of SATA HDD (7,200rpm), Blu-ray disc drive, six USB ports, a multicard reader, two eSATA ports, four DVI-I ports, and two S-video outputs.

329,800 Yen (2250€).

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Akihabaranews

New SATA HDD Rack 3-In-1

New SATA HDD Rack 3-In-1


It’s been a while since we've seen any news concerning 2.5’’ and 3.5’’ HDDs. Now here's a new HDD rack 3-to-1 that provides a USB Hub and card reader (SD/CompactFlash/Memory Stick), and features USB 2.0 and eSATA ports.

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Akihabara

Next Generation SSD

The next generation of SSD, the fastest ever signed by Mtron!

SEOUL, South Korea-- Mtron Storage Technology Co.,Ltd. (KOSDAQ:046320), a manufacturer of Solid State Drive (SSD) in South Korea, announced today that they were going to reveal new 260 MB/s controller technology at “World IT Show 2008” and OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy in Seoul, Korea from June 18 to 20. Mtron also added that they would launch new SSD products equipped with the new controller technology in early 2009.

Improved from current 4-channel system with the maximum read/write speed of 130/120MB/s, Mtron’s next generation controller technology provides an outstanding performance based on its 8-channel system with the maximum read/write speed of 260/240MB/s(based on SLC) and random write IOPS 8,000(4KB). It is twice faster than current controllers and the fastest speed in the current SSD market by far.

Steve Jeon, CEO of Mtron, said, “This new controller provides not only improved performance, but also it provides high stability and reliability by minimizing errors and instability that a typical flash memory chip has. Based on the superb technology from our 1st generation controller, Mtron will lead the next generation controller industry with the latest technology.”

In addition to the announcement of new controller, Mtron uncovered their new SSD products as well. The new Mtron’s SSD products are Mtron SSD Express Card, Mini PCI-E Card for mobile devices, and Mtron XTM 7500 for highly specialized industries such as aviation, military, and medical industry.

Mtron SSD Express Card and Mini PCI-E Card deliver maximum read/write speed of 110/65MB/s, run its own software for OS installation and booting, and provide the best environment for the system running. Based on Mtron’s innovative technology, these new products are not limited to the current HDD standard sizes, and therefore can be applied in various forms and sizes for different devices and usage.

Mtron SSD XTM 7500 provides an excellent stability and performance against extreme environment such as rapid temperature change from -45℃ to 90℃. In May, this product proved its strong protection against extreme temperature, shock, and vibration when it was chosen as the primary storage for NASA’s Anita Project. It will be available on the market in August

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Akihabaranews

Datamore Twin from SavitMicro

Datamore Twin from SavitMicro, another RAID HDD enclosure

Here you are another wonder coming from Korea and Savit Micro, the DATAMORE TWIN, which is in fact an USB and eSATA HDD enclosure which support 2 3.3” SATA HDD, as well as RAID0/RAID1/NORMAL/JBOD/JBOD33/JBOD50. Our Datamore Twin feature a Silicon Image Sil5744 SteelVine RAID processor, processor which is usually embedded in High-end mother boards and can support Hot-plug for example.

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Akihabaranews

SATA HDD to PS3

Hook-up Any Kind of SATA HDD to Your PS3

Since the PS3 is now fully compatible with DviX and WMV files, I tend to use it more and more as a media center. Hooked to my NAS, I can easily stream video back to my beloved PS3… But for those you have yet to invest in a NAS but own 3.5” SATA HDD, here's the CRGM-BK2 from Century, a SATA cable made to use 3.5” HDD with your PS3.

I have to admit that this is far from the best solution ever, you'll still need to hook-up your HDD to a power source, but I'm sure some of you guys will appreciate it.

DVICO TViX HD M-6500A

DVICO TViX HD M-6500A

Rhaaa ! Gimme Gimme ! Here you are the latest wonder from Divco the TViX HD M-6500A, the ultimate DivX Box that EVERY GEEK (including me) should own!
Just released last Friday in Korea, our little player has the new Sigma SMP8635 processor which allows our DivX box to support most of the video codec available like of course DivX, Xvid and so on, but also the H.264, the MKV and AVC-HD! Finally I will be able to stop converting my MKV files in WMV HD to be able to watch them directly on my AQUOS LCD. Since one good news never come alone, our M-6500A has a HDMI 1.3a port, support SATA HDD up to 1TB, can be used as a NAS with Copy/Move function (you no longer need a PC !) from any external HDD or on any network HDD devices, has a Gigabit Ethernet connectivity and optional Wifi !

This new wonder of Divco will soon be mine! But what about you?

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TVIX

External Drives with Fan

Cool down your external SATA HDD Case.

Novac just released a new USB and eSATA external HDD enclosure (3.5”) with a 8cm FAN on the side in order to cool down your HDD... Yes that all... Oh and there is another version which does not have any fan but some fancy LED on it... Next !

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1TB RAID CLASS 3.5 from Samsung

Samsung Announces New 1TB RAID CLASS 3.5” Hard Disk Drives for Enterprise Storage and Surveillance Applications

Seoul, Korea, January 3, 2007 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, announced today its new F1 RAID Class 3.5” SATA hard drive featuring 1TB of capacity specifically designed and manufactured for enterprise storage and surveillance applications. Offering the world’s highest recording density using only three platters and running at 7,200rpm, the F1R drive is designed for demanding applications such as database, email servers, web servers, super computing, software development, data warehousing, surveillance, call center and nearline/backup storage systems.

“Demand for storage capacity continues to grow at an annual rate of nearly 60 percent and high capacity disk drives are increasingly being deployed in data centers to meet this demand.” according to John Rydning, IDC’s research manager for hard disk drives. “Samsung’s new F1R with 1TB of capacity on three platters offers enterprise customers an attractive combination of capacity and features for this growing segment.”

Samsung’s new Spinpoint F1R is made to meet the industry’s highest quality standards, providing a mean time between failure (MTBF) of up to 1.2 million hours. The new F1R also offers enterprise class features such as command completion time limit, and vibration tolerance with RV controller (RVC). It features a 16 or 32MB cache, a Serial ATA 3.0Gbps interface, a 175MB/s maximum media transfer rate, and NCQ for random I/O performance. Samsung leads the industry with its implementation of perpendicular recording and three platter 1TB design.

The new Spinpoint F1R is ideal for use in video surveillance and similar environments with critical features such as high reliability in heavy-duty, 24/7 operations, low power consumption, improved performance, high capacity, and A/V streaming firmware command set. The Spinpoint F1R ensures low heat generation and power consumption, high durability and stability in extreme environments (low/high temperatures, high humidity), stable performance for prolonged operation periods, and large storage capacity for extended recording time.

Samsung has improved recording stability via PMR recording and data integrity, and reliability through full-extent dynamic Flying-On-Demand (FOD) control. This advanced FOD control technology ensures enhanced read/write sensitivity by dynamically lowering the fly-height in read or write mode while maintaining a consistent and higher fly-height across the disk in standard mode.

“The dramatic increase in digital content is driving the need for greater storage capacity across the board, ” said Andy Higginbotham, director of hard drive sales and marketing, Samsung Storage System Division. “With our new F1R, we are entering the enterprise marketplace in full force by offering best-in-class performance and low power consumption.”

The Spinpoint F1R incorporates a wide range of proprietary technologies to achieve increased performance and lower power consumption. The three-platter structure provides a higher data storage density per platter, resulting in faster data processing speeds when compared with other 1TB drives. The optimized electronics and power saving modes reduce power consumption and resulting heat dissipation, making the F1R the coolest operating 1TB drive in its class. Under the same test conditions with similar drives, the Spinpoint F1R uses the lowest power, just an average of 6.7 watts in idle mode and an average of 7.2 watts in random seek mode. In addition, the drive operates at just 2.7 Bell in idle mode.

The Spinpoint F1R drive features a 334GB per-platter capacity, a 7200RPM spindle speed, and a 32MB cache. Its performance is further enhanced through Samsung’s optimized firmware system, a rotational vibration controller (RVC) for vibration tolerance, and an optimized system-on-chip (SOC) controller that lowers power consumption.

Samsung’s Spinpoint F1R will be available in the first quarter of 2008. Count me in....


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AkihabaraNews

Logitec SATA HDD Stage Rack

Logitec will sell its own SATA HDD Stage Rack! Remember the SATA HDD Stage Rack, a cradle which allowed you to plug any SATA HDD and connect them to you PC via USB ? SATA HDD Stage Rack, plug any 2.5 or 3.5" SATA HDD to your PC at any time!… Due to the AMAZING success of this device, Logitec Japan decided to counter attack with their OWN version the LHR-DS01SAU2 or better known as the Cradle eSATA HDD with a 4 port USB !

Sold in Japan at the end of December, the new product give users the possibility to get b oth a 4 port USB 2.0 hub and to connect your cradle to you PC on either UBS 2.0 or eSATA !

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AkihabaraNews