LaCie’s External Hard Drive With Thunderbolt 10Gbps Technology

Intel’s Thunderbolt technology will become part of LaCie’s external storage technology, providing whooping 10Gbps data transfer speed and capable for comple system backup within minutes.

LaCie External Hard Drives with Thunderbolt technology will be able to run both PCI Express and DisplayPort protocols simultaneously, and The LaCie Little Big Disk is a neat storage emdia for audio or video professionals that demand high transfer speed, portability and large storage capacity on-the-go.

LaCie Little Big Disk also comes with Neil Poulton signature, the original creator of d2 Hard Drive Series.

Expect to see LaCie Little Big Disk with Thunderbolt technology by second quarter this year. No info on pricing yet.

Source: Lacie.com

A-Data Classic CH11 USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

A-Data is bringing to the CeBit 2011 its new Classic CH11 series USB 3.0 external hard drive. With the USB 3.0 SupeerSpeed 5Gb/s interface, the drive offers up to 90MB/s transfer speed.

The A-DATA CH11 is available in 500GB, 750GB and 1TB capacities. These USB 3.0 hard drive will be priced at €52.73, €70.22, and €84.72, respectively.

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OCZ Vertex 3 and Vertex 3 Pro Solid State Drives

OCZ Technology is launching the new 2.5-inch Vertex 3 and the enterprise-class Vertex 3 Pro solid state drives. Both series uses SATA III interface to deliver double the performance of the previous generation Vertex 2. Both of them features TRIM support to optimize performance over the drive’s lifespan.

The consumer-grade Vertex 3 is based on 2Xnm MLC NAND flash technology and utilizes the new SandForce SF-2200 SSD processor offering up to 550MB/s read and 500MB/s write transfer rates and up to 60,000 IOPS (4k random write). It comes in 120GB and 240GB capacities.

On the other hand, the Vertex 3 Pro enterprise SSD sports SandForce SF-2500 SSD SATA III processor and uses enterprise-grade MLC NAND flash. It comes in 100GB, 200GB, and 400GB models.

via :www.ocztechnology.com