Tagged: Serial ATA

Synology Disk Station DS1511+ NAS server – Serial ATA-300

A 7-pin Serial ATA data cable.
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Synology Disk Station DS1511+ NAS server – Serial ATA-300. I had a reader search for this today and I didn’t have any articles. The Synology Disk Stations are all Time Machine compatible. These are a great way to do network backups.

More experiences and reviews of this product here.

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Western Digital MyBook Studio Edition II (via Xakriel’s Tech Support Blog)

Western Digital WD20EADS two terrabyte hard di...
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So is this WD fault or Firewire? Does this happen with other brands?

I was confused when a user recently decided to use a relatively new external hard drive, but it wasnt mounting on her computer. It looked like the computer didnt even recognize that the drive was attached. She was using a Mac, and Disk Utility wasnt seeing the drive at all when connected via FireWire 400. The odd thing was that I remembered partitioning the drive on my computer. As it turns out, there is an interesting issue, where USB (the me … Read More

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Is it really worth buying a cheap SSD (via The world of Jamie I)

OCZ Vertex II SSD
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Like most things in life you get what you pay for. Still I have wondered if getting a cheap SSD would be a worthwhile replacement if my HD ever fails. I hope they have some with adapters for an older ATA MacBook.

So, you are thinking of buying an SSD for your computer, and you see cheap ones available, would these be really worth it. Dylan Combs explains in a recent video why it is best to avoid cheap SSD’s.  Also be sure to subscribe to Dylan Combs. Do NOT Buy A Cheap SSD – Heres Why! – Jamie I … Read More

via The world of Jamie I

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