External USB 3 hard drives are pretty common these days and GNC has reviewed several models in the past. However, this is the first portable RAID unit that I've had on my desk. On show here is the G-Technology G-RAID mini and with a pair of 2.5" drives, the G-RAID mini offers a choice of RAID 0 or RAID 1 in a very
The folks over at Buffalo Technology have announced a screamingly fast external drive, the DriveStation DDR. By adding a 1 GB DDR3 cache to a standard SATA drive, they've created a USB3 hard drive with SSD transfer rates. Write speeds are doubled from around 170 MB/s to over 400 MB/s, which is pretty nippy in anyone's book, and read speeds
On review today is the G-Technology G-Drive Mobile, a 1 TB mobile external hard drive. Aimed squarely at the Apple MacBook crowd, the brushed aluminium finish and white LED compliments the host machine, and the combination of both USB3 and FireWire 800 show its Mac heritage. Of course the drive can be formatted for Windows or Linux use but the
Rocstor specialise in data storage and secure encryption solutions: that's encrypted external hard drives to you and me, but it's an increasingly important market. Andy and Scott talk to Anthony Rink from Rocstor about how their products can keep your data safe. Rocstor offers a range of external data storage products with real-time encryption built-in as standard. The encrypted drives
Today at CES International, Plextor announced the PlexEasy, a standalone external 8x DVD and CD burner that will burn discs from SD cards and USB-connected devices without the need for a PC. It can connect directly to a wide variety of devices including both mass storage devices and Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) devices such cameras, smartphones, tablets, and camcorders. Photos can be
The Buffalo DriveStation Velocity is a 2 TB USB 3 external drive, and given the size and the interface, it's aimed at people who want lots of data and want it quickly. Let's get the external features of the device out of the way and then check how quick it is. In the box, there's only the drive, the power
Buffalo Technology has announced the launch of the MiniStation Extreme, a ruggedised USB3 portable hard drive. Conforming to the US Military's MIL-STD-810F 516.5 Procedure IV, the shock protection on this drive means that it will survive a fall from over 2 m or 6 ft. And if securing your data against physical damage isn't enough, the MiniStation Extreme also comes