Have you ever found yourself waiting impatiently for your Synology NAS to catch up with your demands—whether it’s loading files, running backups, or managing virtual machines? Many of us rely on NAS ...

I've got a Core i5-based gaming machine with a Z68 chipset, and a basic 1TB Seagate HDD. My intention is to start using Intel's Z68 caching, which seems straightforward enough, but I had an idea that ...

HighPoint Technologies, launches the RocketCache 3240X8; a ground-breaking SSD caching solution that is set to revolutionize high-performance storage for desktop PC’s and workstations. Unlike ...

A solid-state drive (SSD) is fast, reliable, and has no moving parts, making it the perfect replacement for the mechanical hard disk drive (HDD). The only problem is that SSDs are incredibly expensive ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Enhancements to server and ...

Everyone on Reddit and YouTube portrayed SSD caching as the magic pill for every performance woe I was facing on my NAS. After a point, I started to half-expect the NAS to fly as soon as I added SSD ...

(1) Solid state storage used as a cache between the computer's main memory (RAM) and a hard drive. The SSD cache holds the data with the most activity, and reading and writing the cache is faster than ...

Last week, we noted that Apple's new iMac models utilize Intel's latest Z68 chipset, a component that Intel had yet to even publicly introduce at the time of the iMac's debut. The chipset has been ...

When solid-state drives first broke into the consumer market, there were those who predicted the new storage format would supplant hard drives in a matter of years thanks to radically improved ...

If you install OCZ’s latest solid-state product in your desktop or laptop, it won’t show up as a separate drive that you can drag and drop data onto. Instead, the OCZ Synapse solid-state drive (SSD) ...