News & Reviews:   seagate

Today, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) system and SNS Network Technology Berhad (SNS Network) have announced that they are collaborating with Seagate Technology to provide enterprise data storage solutions in Malaysia. SNS Network signed an agreement with Seagate to formalise the collaboration.

As the years go by, file storage requirements increase. While the average consumer is probably never going to need more than a few terabytes, content creators would appreciate having large storage devices. In that sense, the 24TB HDD that Seagate could launch next year is huge.

Seagate, has just announced three new portable storage devices before CES 2015. All the three hard drives offers cloud based storage options and will be showcased at the CES event held in Las Vegas. The first model called the 'Seagate Seven' will be the world's thinnest 500GB hard disk drive in the market. The company says that the 'Seven' will be available by the end of the month. The second model is the new 'Seagate Personal Cloud' which comes in three storage capacities – 3TB, 4TB and 5TB. The Personal Cloud for home users will start at $170 (RM601). However, the new Seagate Wireless is the pick of the announcements by the company. This particular hard drive takes portable storage to the next level by offering 500GB of cloud based storage for smartphone and tablet users who are hungry for memory. The Seagate Wireless does not require any cable connections as everything can be wirelessly streamed to the connected devices. Like the name suggests, this hard drive can create its own Wi-Fi signal. Up to 3 mobile devices can connect and stream media from this portable drive at the same time. It also has its own rechargeable battery which provides up to 6 hours of run time on a single charge. The Seagate Wireless will be available for sale by the end of January 2015 for $130 (RM460). The company is yet to reveal information about Malaysia release dates and pricing though.

Seagate recently revealed that it is now shipping the industry's first enterprise solid state hybrid drive. Named the Enterprise Turbo SSHD it combines a 15K RPM hard disk drive with an SSD for mission critical data. The drive currently has capacities up to 600GB and is three times better than existing 15K RPM drives. Features for the Seagate Enterprise Turbo SSHD include:

• World’s Fastest Enterprise Hard Drive - ultra-fast speed with up to 3X increase in random performance over standard 15K-RPM drives.
• Industry’s First Enterprise SSHD - delivers transparent SSD-like performance to most heavily accessed data.
• Ultimate Capacity - features up to 600GB of capacity
• Affordably Priced - yields 3X the current mission critical HDD random performance at an HDD-comparable price.
• High-Reliability - provides enterprise endurance and reliability.

The amount of data that you can store on a tablet or smartphone is very limited and even a 32GB flash memory card can get filled up in an instant with today's HD videos, 720p recordings and 8MP to 13MP pictures. Why buy a more expensive smartphone or tablet just so you can get more memory when you can simply buy an external hard disk drive? Well, this is because most external hard disk drives don't connect well to a smartphone or tablet. Unlike most external hard disk drives, the recently released 1TB Seagate Wireless Plus is an external hard disk drive that provides wireless connectivity, without requiring a wireless router.