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Seagate Enterprise Performance TurboBoost 15K 600GB HDD Review
February 4, 2015 | Seagate's Enterprise Performance TurboBoost 15K v5 hard drive features 32GB of eMLC NAND to boost application performance. Here's our full review.

Toshiba MG04 Enterprise 5TB HDD Review
January 14, 2015 | Toshiba's MG04 expands capacity up to 5TB, and marks the first 4Kn sample in our lab. Let's take a look at how it stacks up against other offerings.

Seagate Enterprise NAS HDD Review (NAS Testing)
January 5, 2015 | Today Chris puts Seagate's Enterprise NAS hard drive through the paces as he installs it in a NAS to see how it performs.

Seagate Enterprise Performance 15K HDD v5 600GB HDD Review
December 17, 2014 | Seagate's Enterprise Performance 15K v5 hard drive offers 600GB of capacity and provides enhanced performance with lower power consumption.

Seagate Enterprise Capacity 2TB 2.5 HDD v3 2TB Review
October 22, 2014 | Seagate remains competitive in the 2.5-inch enterprise hard drive segment with a new high-capacity workhorse featuring 2TB of capacity. Let's take a look.

Seagate Enterprise Performance 15K HDD v4 450GB Enterprise Review
October 21, 2014 | The Seagate Enterprise Performance 15K HDD v4 increases capacity to 600GB, and boasts solid gains in performance. Let's take a closer look at the drive.

WD Red 6TB NAS Enterprise HDD Review
October 7, 2014 | WD's Red 6TB HDD offers 6TB of capacity, and addresses eight-bay RAID and NAS applications. Let's take a closer look now as Paul puts it through its paces.

WD Red Pro 4TB Enterprise NAS HDD Review
September 30, 2014 | WD's Red Pro provides enhanced performance, and extends the benefits of the Red series to the SMB and SME space. Let's take a closer look in Paul's review.

12Gb/s SAS Seagate 6TB Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 Review
June 28, 2014 | The world's first 12Gb/s SAS HDD lands in our lab, and it brings with it an exciting discovery on the PCB that tells us the secret of an upcoming product.

Seagate 6TB Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 Review
May 7, 2014 | Seagate's 6TB Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 delivers a big boost in capacity and performance. Read on as Paul gives us the full rundown of the new drive.

HGST Ultrastar He6 6TB Helium Enterprise HDD Review
March 30, 2014 | Paul examines HGST's Ultrastar He6, which delivers the highest capacity and storage density in tandem with low power consumption and cool operation.

Seagate Savvio 15K.3 Enterprise HDD Review
March 24, 2014 | We drill down on the performance of the new Seagate 15K.3 enterprise HDD and look at how it fits into the Seagate portfolio of hard disk drives.

WD Xe 10k SAS 2.5-inch Enterprise HDD Review
March 21, 2014 | WD's Xe provides high-density performance storage for demanding applications. We take a closer look at how it competes with other 10k HDD solutions.

Toshiba AL13SE Series 10k SAS 2.5-inch Enterprise HDD Review
March 19, 2014 | Paul takes a close look at the Toshiba AL13SE series, a mainstay in the datacenter for high performance and mission-critical workloads.

Seagate NAS and WD Red HDD DAS RAID Performance Analysis
January 20, 2014 | The Seagate NAS and the WD Red hard drives go head-to-head in our DAS RAID 0 and RAID 5 tests. Let's see which one is the best choice.

HGST 6TB Ultrastar He6 Helium-Filled HDD Investigated
November 4, 2013 | HGST revolutionizes data storage with the advent of the He6 Helium-Filled HDD. Paul takes a close look at this exciting new storage development.

Seagate NAS 4TB HDD Enterprise Review
October 9, 2013 | Seagate's 4TB NAS HDD provides a direct competitor to the WD Red line from WD. We place them head-to-head to see which comes out on top.

WD Re (WD4000FYYZ) 4TB Enterprise HDD Review
September 13, 2013 | The 6Gb/s WD Re datacenter HDD's offer up to 4TB of resilient storage under even the heaviest workloads. Let's put the 4TB SATA model to the test.

WD Red 4TB NAS HDD Enterprise Review
September 6, 2013 | The latest generation of WD Red NAS HDDs offer an increase to 4TB in the 3.5-inch form factor with features tailored specifically for NAS users.

HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 Enterprise HDD Review
August 16, 2013 | HGST's Ultrastar 7K4000 is a 3.5" 7,200 RPM Enterprise-class HDD geared for cloud storage, massive scale out, RAID arrays and NAS. Let's take a look.

Seagate Enterprise Capacity Constellation ES.3 Enterprise HDD Review
August 14, 2013 | Seagate's Enterprise Capacity Constellation ES.3 hard disk drive offers a solution for high capacity requirements and 24x7 bulk data storage.

Toshiba MG03ACA400 4TB Enterprise HDD Review
August 12, 2013 | Toshiba's MG03ACA400 4TB Enterprise HDD offers a capacity-intensive Tier-2 solution for storage of unstructured data. Let's take a close look at it.

Seagate 1.2TB Enterprise Performance 10K v7 Enterprise HDD Review
August 9, 2013 | The Seagate Enterprise Performance 10K v7 is a 10,000 RPM SAS HDD designed for mission critical server applications. Let's take a close look.

Western Digital WD Se Enterprise HDD Review
July 11, 2013 | The WD Se rounds out WD's expansive range of storage solutions for the datacenter. The WD Se is designed to aDDRess the need for high capacity scale out storage in replicated and NAS environments, providing a more economical method of storing large amounts of data.

Seagate Enterprise Performance 10K HDD V.6 (Savvio 10K.6) SAS Enterprise HDD Review
June 12, 2013 | The Seagate Enterprise Performance V.6 offers users the sequential performance of 15K HDDs in a small form factor. Enhanced power consumption, standard encryption and other new features round out the latest enterprise HDD offering from Seagate.

Toshiba MK01GRRB/R 2.5-inch 6Gb/s SAS 15,000 RPM Enterprise HDD Review
October 4, 2012 | Toshiba's MK1401GRRB comes in a compact 2.5-inch form factor, yet provides tremendous power and capacity at 15,000 RPM. We take a closer look at Toshiba's flagship 2.5-inch enterprise HDD.