Nowadays you can use an SSD as cache (64GB max) to boost the transfer rate of a normal hard disk (Sata II or Sata III). This feature can increase the performance of large capacity disks. We'll walk ...

How to add an SSD cache to your Synology NAS (and why you’d want to) Your email has been sent For mass storage, the cost-per-GB ratio of traditional platter hard drives can’t be matched by solid-state ...

Patrick Couzens asked about using both a solid state drive (SSD) and a hard disk drive (HDD) in the same computer. I think this is an excellent idea. It gives you most of the speed advantages of an ...

Yesterday, we noted the new iMacs featuring Sandy Bridge processors and Thunderbolt technology came with an option in the Apple Store’s online configuration page to pack a hybrid Serial ATA Drive + ...

SSDs are a clearly superior drive format, but they’re more expensive per gigabyte than their platter-based hard disk drives. The natural middle ground is to get an SSD for your Windows installation ...

Like a lot of you, I, too, wondered if it was worth splurging on NVMe drives just for caching. I mean, I could’ve spent that cash on more storage or a better CPU if I were building a DIY NAS, right?

Mushkin has an interesting product at hand with the Catalyst cache drive series. Now, all our test system these days run of an SSD with applications running from a NAS storage solution. So I had to ...

According to IHS iSuppli, the SSD market will continue to boom this year, thanks to the rapid rise of so-called cache drives. These drives -- we reviewed a 60GB example from Corsair last month -- are ...