Adaptec by PMC introduces the first in the market RAID controller series with the outstanding amount of SAS/SATA 6 Gb/sec ports. Adaptec Series 7 combines low-profile expansion cards developed particularly for PCI Express 3.0 bus. The integrated properties are called to enhance the bandwidth of the bus due to the availability of sixteen SAS/SATA 6 Gb/sec ports.



According to the claimed specifications, these RAID controllers are capable to demonstrate up to 450000 IOPS performance (on random writing (4 KB) conditions) when the number of connected SSDs equals to 16. Such performance showings are currently insuperable by a number of contemporary RAID controllers.


Adaptec Series 7 includes eight models which are differentiated by an amount of external and internal ports. All the models are low-profile expansion cards which are equipped with up to 24 ports. Such technological innovation became possible thanks to the implementation of compact HD mini-SAS sockets and …

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Bykski is one of those companies, which start their career taking an inspiration from more experienced and old brands. Their first products were rather similar to already existed ones on the market and had no great success. But their low prices, compared to the competitors, helped them not to go out of the market. Everything has changed after providing new technologies in their work. Now the company relies more on their own vision than on the devices of other brands. As a result of it, Bykski products are now easily recognized among other ones. Furthermore, Bykski has eаrned OEM cоntracts for such cоmpaniеs as Thеrmaltаke and Cоlоrful.


Today we are going to speak about Bykski FOUR CPU waterblock. Bykski designers tried to create a new image in the world of water blocks. They combined metal cover that partially covers the top with a bright colourful plastic sheet (colour options are available). To admire all the advantages of this product, let’s …

Currently the Seagate Exos X hard disk drives family contains of two models – the 10 TB Seagate Exos X10 and the 12 TB Seagate Exos X12. These products are constructed for data centres and cloud storages. During the OCP U.S. Summit 2018 event the American manufacturer has introduced its new top-rated HDD of the series mentioned, called Seagate Exos X14. The capacity of the device is 14 TB.



The specialty is produced in a regular 3.5-inch form factor with the PMR (Perpendicular Magnetic Recording) technology applied. Supposedly, the novelty is built on the latest platform utilizing nine 1.55 TB platters. However, this information has not come from the vendor. The spindle rotates at 7,200 rpm.

 

While producing its specialty the manufacturer used the helium filling tech, thus, we may expect relatively low power consumption and reduce of noise, vibration and friction at operation. Seagate Technology is sure, that Seagate Exos X14 offers …