Editorials for 2011

Browse our Editorials section, featuring 7 items for 2011 curated from the Storage category. Dive into the latest releases, detailed buying guides, expert tips, performance benchmarks, and hands‑on reviews - everything you need to compare options, stay ahead of trends, and make the best informed choices. Also, learn about how TweakTown tests and reviews hardware.

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To Hell with their Cloud. Build your own Today!

November 21, 2011 | We keep hearing about how the Cloud will do this and it will do that - so on and so on. Let's ignore future tense and see what it does right now!

An Interview with LSI about the SandForce Acquisition

October 28, 2011 | Chris sits down with LSI's VP, Gary Smerdon to talk about the company's recent acquisition of SandForce - the biggest player in the SSD controller market.

OCZ Technology Vertex 3 SSD Form Factor: Bigger isn't Always Better

May 18, 2011 | It seems OCZ's latest drives take on a form factor all their own.

SandForce SF-2141 Controller & Intel Z68 Chipset: Destined to be Together?

May 3, 2011 | Chris plays a game of connect the dots while speculating all the way to the big picture.

TweakTown's SSD Fill Testing Explained

March 31, 2011 | After a month of testing and fine tuning, we are ready to explain the new SSD test used exclusively in our SSD reviews hereon.

SandForce SF-2000 Series Client Launch

February 25, 2011 | SandForce has just released details of their two new consumer controllers - the SF-2100 and SF-2200. Chris shares these details with us in perspective.

The State of Solid State in 2011

January 18, 2011 | Marvell, SandForce, Intel, Toshiba and Indilinx are ready for 2011 with high-speed SSDs running at speeds of up to 550MB/s.