http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/drive.burns.blu.ray.discs.at.up.to.12x.speeds/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/owcsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing on Tuesday announced that it is now offering a Mercury Pro external Blu-ray drive with a quad interface. Users can choose between USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, or eSATA connection methods. The company claims the Pioneer BDR-205 can reach burn speeds of up to 12X on Blu-ray discs, 16X with DVDs, 4X on DVD-DL media, and 40X for CDs.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/drive.burns.blu.ray.discs.at.up.to.12x.speeds/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/11/qio.media.reader.writer.for.on.location.apps/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/quitemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sonnet Technologies has announced its Qio professional universal media reader/writer for in-studio or on-location apps. The system features dual P2, SxS and CompactFlash slots, and has the ability to transfer information between two different cards simultaneously. It provides an integrated SATA controller which is based on the companies Tempo SATA E4P SATA card, and enables the four eSATA ports to... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/11/qio.media.reader.writer.for.on.location.apps/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/09/radion.intros.new.raid.5.6tb.storage.systems/ <img align='left' src=' http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/raidtemp.jpg ' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Radion has introduced several GearRAID quad-bay data storage subsystems with enhanced data protection when the drives are configured as a RAID 5 array. The storage devices integrate an Oxford936QSE chipset, enabling four 2TB drives to be configured as a RAID 5 array with a maximum of 6TB of overall storage space. The drives are capable of automatically backing-up data, while one hard drive can fai... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/09/radion.intros.new.raid.5.6tb.storage.systems/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/23/mobileraid.mr4ut/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0811/sansdigitalsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sans Digital has unveiled its latest RAID storage device, the 4-bay MR4UT enclosure. A RAID controller and 400MB per second I/O processor are integrated into the housing, eliminating the need for separate hardware or drivers. Users can configure the drives as RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5 or JBOD arrays, with the option to keep one drive as a hot spare to be used if an active drive fails. The HDD trays sup... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/23/mobileraid.mr4ut/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/20/storage.options.announced/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/vantec-logo-20.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Vantec has introduced two FireWire 800 devices, the NexStar 3 Quad Interface hard drive enclosure and the FireWire 800/400 Host Card PCI FireWire adapter. The NexStar 3 enclosure is a 3.5" enclosure and features a SATA hard drive interface with eSata, FireWire 800/400 and USB 2.0 ports. It also has a power/hard drive access light and is constructed of aluminum for heat dissipation. The case supp... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/20/storage.options.announced/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/highpoint.esata.raid/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/hig_080110_3120sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HighPoint Technologies on Wednesday unveiled the RocketRAID 3122 PCI-Express controller card, offering users a low-cost, performance solution for connecting eSATA hard drives to a Mac Pro. The RocketRAID 3122 requires a 1x PCI-express slot, and can use up to 10 daisy-chained drives on two external 3Gb/s eSATA ports. Users can choose between RAID levels 0 and 1. HighPoint is selling the RocketRAID ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/highpoint.esata.raid/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/28/new.pci.raid.cards/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/sansdigital-raid-28.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sans Digital has announced three PCI RAID cards that feature a new set of Silicon-Image-based host bus adapters with selectable RAID and BASE BIOS jumpers. The new series includes three different models. A 2-port eSATA PCIe 1x card, a 4-port eSATA PCI-X card and single-port Infiniband SFF-8470 PCI-X card. They are available now via the Sans Digital website, with the 4-port eSATA card retailing fo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/28/new.pci.raid.cards/ Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/new.sata.cable.for.mac.pro/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/newertech_e-SATA-24.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Newer Technology has announced its first eSATA Extender Cable, which is compatible with all Mac Pro models. The cable connects to the two unused internal Mac Pro SATA ports and replicates them in a PCI slot, allowing users to use two external eSATA connections. The cable is engineered as a "Perfect Fit Solution" enabling six total SATA drives to access the motherboard. NewerTech's eSATA Extender ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/new.sata.cable.for.mac.pro/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/sonnet.esata.for.mac.pro/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/16-sonnet-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sonnet Technologies on Tuesday unveiled the eSATA Extender Cable for Mac Pro computers, a product designed to connect up to two external SATA drives to unused SATA ports on the machine. Sonnet claims that the cable connects to two hidden SATA connectors that sit underneath a fan module, and extends them to the rear of the unit, securely held in place by a PCI slot cover. The eSATA Extender cable w... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/sonnet.esata.for.mac.pro/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/23/owc.drops.mercury.pricing/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/22-mercury-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing today announced lower pricing for its Mercury Elite-AL Pro quad interface drive line, offering sizes up to 1TB, which the company claims are among the best values on the market. The drives feature Firewire 400 and 800, as well as USB 2.0 and eSATA, allowing the drives to be connected to almost any computer system. Pricing for the drive line starts at $160, and offers up to 15... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/23/owc.drops.mercury.pricing/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:45:00 GMT