
In more CES news today, Western Digital announced its first USB 3.0 external hard disk drive the My Book 3.0. In the press release, the company claims an “Interface” that is 10x faster than USB 2.0 devices with transfer rates “Up To” 5 Gb/s. Unfortunately though, they do not state any real world file read/write ... read more
January 5, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Did you ever wish you could just look at a hard drive and see what is on it, or how much free space is still available? Well Western Digital (WD) has now added intelligent display technology to it’s My Book Studio line of external hard drives designed for the Mac. I had the opportunity to ... read more
November 30, 2009 in Reviews by John Omvik

Data Robotics Inc. today announced two new products in their award winning product line-up. The Drobo-S designed for single host access adds an extra (5th.) drive slot, eSATA connectivity and a dual drive redundancy setting. The Drobo Elite is an 8-bay enclosure based on the Drobo Pro design featuring 2 – iSCSI ports and the ... read more
November 23, 2009 in News by John Omvik

Well I’ve been on a role lately ranting about one of my greatest concerns, backup and data integrity. Then last night the first winter storm arrived early on the central coast of California. I am originally from the east coast, so I have a lot of experience with winter storms and how do deal with ... read more
October 13, 2009 in News by John Omvik

If you keep more than one external hard disk drive in your desk or studio, chances are you are never sure what is on them or how much space you have available. This is about to change as Western Digital announced a new line of My Book Studio drives that feature the same e-ink display ... read more
October 8, 2009 in News by John Omvik

New WD Caviar Black 2TB uses four 500GB platters and achieves 7200 RPM spin speed and 64MB cache and a SATA 3Gb/s interface. In addition to speed new drives include additional mechanical design elements that contribute to reliability of the drive.WD Caviar Black 2 TB and WD RE4 2 TB hard drives feature the following:Dual ... read more
September 4, 2009 in News by John Omvik