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You still haven't bought a Crucial MX100?
Subject: Storage | June 10, 2014 - 11:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: ssd, 16nm, crucial, mx100
For a mere $100 you can pick up the 256GB model or for $200 you can double that to 512GB. That certainly makes the drives attractive but the performance is there as well, often beating its predecessor the MX500 series. If reliability is a concern the onboard RAIN feature guards against writes to bad flash, there are onboard capacitors to allow writes to finish in the case of power outages and a 3 year warranty. Check out the full review at The Tech Report if you need a second opinion after Allyn's review.
"The Crucial MX100 is the first solid-state drive to use Micron's 16-nm MLC NAND. It's also one of the most affordable SSDs around, with the 256GB version priced at $109.99 and the 512GB at $224.99. We take a closer look at how the two stack up against a range of competitors, and the results might surprise you."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Crucial MX100 Solid State Drive @ Benchmark Reviews
- Toshiba Q Series Pro 256GB SSD @ NikKTech
- Samsung 845DC EVO @ SSD Review
- OCZ Vertex 460 240GB Review @ OCC
- OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB PCIe SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- Vantec EZ SWAP M3500 Series Review @HiTech Legion
- Netgear ReadyNAS RN312, RN314 & RN316 @ Legion Hardware
- Thecus N4560 SOHO/Home NAS Server Review @ Madshrimps
- Thecus N7710-G @ techPowerUp
- ADATA XPG SDXC UHS-1 U3 Card @ The SSD Review
Kingston Sees Sales Growth in PC Hardware
Subject: General Tech, Memory, Storage | June 10, 2014 - 03:08 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: kingston, ssd, hyperx
Kingston, known primarily for RAM, flash drives, and SSDs, discussed the health of their company. VR-Zone reported on the interview and highlighted the company's sentiments about the PC industry. Long story short, Kingston sees growth in sales of PC gaming hardware -- apparently 20% year-over-year. The company expects that this growth comes primarily from SSD upgrades, either from rotating media or, they claim, replacing years-old, entry-level SSDs with more modern (probably in both speed and size) options.
Nathan Su, APAC (Asia-Pacific) director of Kingston, believes that "many users" have experienced low-tier SSDs and, it seems, would be willing to invest in the full thing. He does not clarify what he means, whether he is talking about SSD caching, or just a really small (or slow) SSDs from drive generations past.
There is a bit of a concern that SSD prices will continue to fall, with some drives reaching under 40c/GB in recent sales. As a consumer, I (selfishly) hope that prices continue to drop, while still remaining profitably sustainable for the manufacturers. Hopefully Kingston is accounting for this and will continue to see growth at the same time.
Computex 2014: Samsung 845DC EVO Enterprise TLC SSDs
Subject: General Tech, Storage | June 4, 2014 - 11:37 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: computex 2014, computex, tlc, ssd, Samsung, 845DC EVO
Well that was an alphabet soup of a title.
Samsung has just announced a new line of SSDs, based on three bit per cell (TLC) memory, for enterprise customers. The Samsung 845DC EVO is rated at 530MB/s reads with 87,000 IOPS. The company will also cover up to 600TB of writes under its warranty (no mention of length in years, though). The drive will be available "later this month" in 240GB, 480GB, and 960GB models. Samsung did not mention price in their press release, but Anandtech claims the 240GB will be $250, the 480GB will be $490, and the 960GB will be $969.
Samsung's SSDs will give you some TLC???
This is basically $1/GB scaling, plus $10. I must admit, this is getting pricy. In the consumer space, we have recently seen 512GB for $199. That said, SSDs are not known for sticking to their MSRP. Also, these are enterprise-rated drives. Being TLC-based, I wonder how much (if any) SLC-style write cache was included, as per the consumer 840 EVO.
Lastly, Samsung claims that these drives use around 4W under load. This is much lower than hard drives but a little high for SSDs, according to benchmarks that I have seen. That said, there are a few ways to parse that (for example, if they mean that its peak is typically 4W, which would be pretty good for a 960GB drive).
The Samsung 845DC EVO will be available later this month for a little over $1/GB.
Computex 2014: ADATA Announces 2TB SandForce SF3700 Series PCIe and M.2 SSDs, DDR4 Memory
Subject: Memory, Storage | June 4, 2014 - 03:15 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: ssd, solid state drive, pcie, pci-e ssd, memory, M.2, ddr4, computex 2014, computex, adata, 2tb ssd
ADATA has been showing off some upcoming products at Computex, and it's all about DRAM.
We'll begin with an upcoming line of PCIe Enterprise/Server SSDs powered by the SandForce SF3700-series controller. We've been waiting for products with the SF3700 controller since January, when ADATA showed a prototype board at CES, and ADATA is now showcasing the controller in the "SR1020" series drives.
The first is a 2TB 2.5" drive, but the interface was not announced (and the sample on the floor appeared to be an empty shell). The listed specs are performance up to 1800MB/s and 150K IOPS, with the drive powered by the SF-3739 controller. Support for both AHCI and NVMe is also listed, along with the usual TRIM, NCQ, and SMART support.
Another 2TB SSD was shown with exactly the same specs as the 2.5" version, but this one is built on the M.2 spec. The drive will connect via 4 lanes of Gen 2 PCI Express. Both drives in ADATA's SR1020 PCIe SSD lineup will be available in capacities from 240GB - 2TB, and retail pricing and availability is forthcoming.
Continuing the DRAM theme, ADATA also showed new DDR4 modules in commodity and enthusiast flavors. Both of the registered DIMMs on display (an ultra-low profile DIMM was also shown) had standard DDR4 specs of 2133MHz at 1.2V, but ADATA also showed some performance DDR4 at their booth.
A pair of XPG Z1 DDR4 modules in action
No pricing or availability just yet on these products.
Computex 2014: WD Shows SATA Express-based PCIe HDD
Subject: General Tech, Storage, Shows and Expos | June 3, 2014 - 07:37 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: computex, computex 2014, WD, ssd, pcie, SATA Express, hdd
SATA Express is an interface to either connect a hard drive to PCIe lanes, or up to two drives via SATA. Obviously, PCIe bandwidth over a cable connection is the real draw. To use the full speed, however, the drive needs to be able to communicate over PCIe. Currently, the standard uses two PCI Express 2.0 lanes (1 GB/s).
Now that Z97 and H97 have launched, WD is set to show off the technology at Computex. The above image is apparently of a dual-drive product, containing 4TB of rotating media and 128GB of SSD memory. I am immediately reminded of the Western Digital Black2 dual drive which Allyn reviewed last November. That product crammed a 120GB SSD into a 2.5" 1TB HDD, which appeared to the system as two separate drives. The drive has "Technology Demonstration" written in red font right on it, but it could be a good representation of what the company is thinking about.
WD also asserts that their prototype uses standard AHCI drivers, for OS compatibility.
If you want to see this product in action, then -- well -- you kind-of need to be at Computex. At some point, you might be able to see it in your own PC. When? How much? No pricing and availability, again, because it is a tech demo.
Computex 2014: Corsair's Flash Voyager GTX USB
Subject: General Tech, Storage, Shows and Expos | June 2, 2014 - 11:01 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: usb 3.0, thumb drive, ssd, flash drive, corsair, computex 2014, computex
The Flash Voyager GTX is Corsair's attempt to be an SSD over USB 3.0. Differentiating itself from a standard USB flash drive, the Voyager GTX includes TRIM support, S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, and interfaces with USB Attached SCSI. It also comes in two, SSD-sized capacities, 128GB ($119.99) and 256GB ($199.99). These drives are rated at 450MB/s read and 350MB/s write.
This pricing structure puts the Voyager GTX against the Samsung 840 Pro, which is an interesting comparison to make. Both drives are backed by a five (5) year warranty and, while the 840 Pro has higher read bandwidth, the write speeds are fairly comparable. IOPS and write durability is not listed for the Corsair Flash Voyager GTX but, even if they are marginally behind, this has the advantage of USB.
Benchmarking should be interesting for this. I would be curious if this could lead to portable OS installations and abrupt boosts to Steam library sizes, both with SSD-like speeds.
The Corsair Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.0 drives will be available in July. The 128GB version has an MSRP of $119.99, while the 256GB is listed at $199.99.
For more Computex 2014 coverage, please check out our feed!
Computex 2014: Corsair Announces Voyager Air 2 Wireless Storage Drive
Subject: Storage | June 2, 2014 - 11:00 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: wireless storage, ios, Hard Drive, computex 2014, Android, airplay
Today Corsair annouces the Voyager Air 2, a wireless hard drive with 1TB of storage which can connect to iOS and Android devices, as well as PCs and Macs.
The Voyager Air 2 is battery-powered and rechargeable (Corsair estimates 7-hour battery life from the high-capacity rechargeable lithium-ion battery), and the included software syncs with Dropbox and Google Drive and supports AirPlay streaming to an Apple TV. It supports 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi connections for multiple users within a 90 foot range, and can stream 720p high-definition video to up to five devices at once.
And the Voyager Air 2 has quite a bit more functionality than just streaming content over Wi-Fi. It can serve as a wireless hub to share internet access via wireless passthrough, and it also functions as a USB 3.0 drive for fast data transfers when connected to a computer.
The Voyager Air 2 will be available this month with a suggested price of $179.99.
Super Talent's RAIDDrive II Plus seems to know only one trick
Subject: Storage | May 28, 2014 - 09:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: super talent, RAIDDrive II Plus, pci-e ssd
The Super Talent RAIDDrive II Plus is a rather interesting take on a PCIe SSD card, it's USB 3.0 connected 25nm MLC NAND storage is on one PCB with a SF-2281 to handle the traffic and on the second PCB is an LSI 2108 RAID on a Chip and 1GB of DDR2-800. That LSI RoC can support most RAID modes, giving you either higher performance or increased reliability all on a single PCIe SSD card. For testing purposes The SSD Review used RAID 0 and found that except in one certain scenario the card was outclassed by a single Intel 480 SSD. If you are not scared of a tough price of $4/GB on a 2TB device and need fast large block sequential reads and writes with no expectation of quick random reads nor writes this is a good choice. Otherwise you might want to consider other alternatives but the technology on this device is rather intriguing.
"The second type of PCIe add-in-card storage takes more of a brute force approach. These devices typically have off-the-shelf SATA/SAS controllers and connect via a PCIe bridge. Think of a HBA/RAID card connected to a SATA SSD, but on a single card. These designs have many advantages and disadvantages. While the cost and time-to-market can be low, they are inherently limited due to the architecture."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Samsung XP941 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD Mini Review @ Legit Reviews
- ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Tests Samsung XP941 M.2 x4, Plextor M6e M.2 x2 and Samsung 840 Pro SATA 3 SSDs @ The SSD Review
- Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 V4 6TB SATA III HDD @ NikKTech
- Corsair Force LX SSD @ The SSD Review
- Plextor M6M 256GB mSATA SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- OCZ Vertex 460 (240GB) @ Bjorn3d
- Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Edge Boost Server 7mm SSD @ The SSD Review
- Seagate Desktop 3.5″ 4TB Solid State Hybrid Drive @ eTeknix
- Lexar High-Performance microSDHC UHS-I 32GB (633x) Card Review @ Madshrimps
- Kingston Class 10 UHS-1 Ultimate SDXC Card @ The SSD Review
- SanDisk Extreme PRO 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive @ NikKTech
- SanDisk Extreme PRO 128GB USB3 Flash Drive @ Kitguru
- SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II 32GB Memory Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive @ NikKTech
- ADATA XPG 64GB SDXC UHS-I Speed Class 3 U3 Memory Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- Addonics AD25MSD mSATA to 2.5-inch SATA Drive Adapter Review @ Legit Reviews
- RaidSonic ICY BOX IB-RD3662U3S External HDD RAID Enclosure @ NikKTech
- Silicon Power Diamond D20 500GB USB 3.0 Portable HDD Review @ Madshrimps
- QNAP SilentNAS HS-210 2-Bay NAS @ eTeknix
- Synology DiskStation DS214se @ Funky Kit
- ioSafe 214 Dual-bay Disaster-Proof NAS Review @ Techgage
- QNAP SilentNAS HS-210 NAS Server @ NikKTech
- Thecus N2310 2-bay Intelligent NAS @ eTeknix
- Thecus N2560 Network Attached Storage Review @ Modders-Inc
Corsair Brings Blazing Performance to the Masses with Budget-Friendly Force Series LX SSDs
Subject: Storage | May 28, 2014 - 05:43 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: corsair, Force Series LX, mlc, toggle NAND, SM2246EN
Are you attracted to MLC SSDs with a price under $0.50/GB? Corsair's new Force Series LX uses Silicon Motion's SM2246EN controller and is rated at speeds of up to 560MB/s
sequential write and up to 300MB/s sequential read when tested by ATTO and both the 128GB and 256GB models are available on NewEgg now for just a bit over the recommended price.
FREMONT, California — May 27, 2014 — Corsair, a worldwide designer of high-performance components to the PC hardware market, today announced the release of the Force Series LX solid-state drives (SSD). Available in either 256GB or 128GB capacities, Force Series LX SSDs bring the amazing performance benefits of an SSD to new lower price point – making it easier than ever to move your PC into the SSD fast lane.
The speedy benefits of solid-state drives have long attracted PC enthusiasts, but high prices may have put off some users from making the switch to this faster storage technology. In response to this dilemma, Corsair is bringing all the perks of an SSD to a new, even more budget-friendly price point so everyone can feel the rush. With the Force LX 256GB costing $129.99 and the 128GB just $74.99, there's never been a better time to upgrade to faster SSD technology.
Powered by a Silicon Motion SSD controller, the Force Series LX SSDs offer fantastic performance up to 10 times faster than that of a conventional spinning-disk hard drive. Force LX's SATA 3 file transfer speeds of up to 560MB/sec read and 300MB/sec write can massively improve system performance. Operating system start-up and application load times accelerate to mere seconds, anti-virus scans complete far faster, and navigating your PC's files feels much more responsive thanks to near-instant access times.
A slim-line 7mm aluminum housing makes it easy to install the Force LX into almost every desktop or notebook PC with a 2.5 inch drive bay -- an ideal upgrade to breathe new life into an notebook, ultrabook or PC in need of a boost. Corsair's bundled SSD Toolbox software utility is also included as a free download, allowing you to easily optimize your SSD's performance, clone your existing hard drive, or securely erase all data on a drive. TRIM, NCQ and S.M.A.R.T. technologies automatically maintain drive performance for years to come, and Corsair tops off the package with a 3 year warranty and legendary customer service for total peace of mind.
Crucial Launching MX100 Mainstream SSD Series in June
Subject: Storage | May 22, 2014 - 04:23 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: micron, crucial, mx100, ssd
You probably saw some news floating around yesterday that leaked out about an upcoming Crucial MX100 SSD using 16nm flash with an eye towards the mainstream price segment. While we are waiting for our samples of these units to arrive, we did get this comment from Crucial on the matter.
The word is out that Crucial will be launching a new SSD in the early June 2014 timeframe called the Crucial MX100 SSD. The new MX100 will be a competitively-priced, 2.5" SSD based on Micron's new 16nm chips, and will be the successor to the Crucial M500 drive. The high-performance Crucial M550 drive will also remain part of the Crucial SSD product line-up.
We're excited to share that PC Perspective has been fully briefed on the new Crucial MX100 by the Crucial SSD product marketing team and have a review sample in hand that we're now rigorously testing. Once the MX100 drive is officially announced, we'll have a complete product overview and benchmarks to share with you directly. Stay tuned for the full scoop here!
Image source: Hardware.info
As a replacement for the Crucial M500 line, we expect the MX100 to be a big seller. Just look at the M500 price on Amazon.com today: 960GB for $459 or 480 GB for $219! That's really all we know for now, check back for Allyn's testing very soon!
Rumor: AMD Working With ASMedia on SATA Express
Subject: Storage | May 22, 2014 - 01:06 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: storage, SATA Express, rumors, chipset, amd
The new SATA Express (SATAe) and M.2 standards are hot topics in the storage world at the moment, and SATAe is one of the more interesting features of the new Intel Z97-based motherboards. Now it looks like it won't be long until AMD counters with support of its own. Well, kind of.
ASMedia is reportedly licensing their SATA Express IP to AMD for an upcoming platform. Didn't know that ASMedia already had a SATAe implementation? The ASUS Z97 Deluxe board which Morry recently reviewed uses an ASMedia controller for one of its two SATAe ports, along with one powered by the chipset.
We can only speculate on the "next gen" platform from AMD mentioned in the report, and it will be interesting to see what kind of performance numbers might be seen from this alleged product.
Pioneer Respects Base-2 with 256GB Blu-ray Discs
Subject: General Tech, Storage | May 17, 2014 - 06:47 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Pioneer, bluray
By layering eight layers of 32GB Blu-ray media, Pioneer has achieved 256GB worth of storage on a single-sided optical disc. If you are more interested in storage than labels, the company acknowledges the obvious extension to double-sided media with 512GB of capacity. They also leave the door open for 1TB and larger discs by extending their signaling method to more than twelve layers.
Image Credit: Wikipedia
It suffices to say that this is a lot of storage. If cost can be kept low enough, optical media could once again be viable for archival and backup. Once a drive is purchased, and USB 3.0 makes it trivial to purchase a single drive for multiple computers, a single disc could bit-for-bit copy a full SSD and other, more modern amounts of data. Basically, it is much less work backing up in 256GB chunks than 4.7GB or 25GB ones.
If cost can be kept low enough is a serious point, though. BD-Rs retail for about $50/1.3TB (according to a few Newegg searches) and DVD-Rs are around the same ($25/500GB). This is not too far from hard drive territory (~100$/2 TB). Of course, hard drives are also faster, rewritable, and do not need to be inserted into a drive for reading and writing... because they are one. People are transitioning away from optical media to hard drives. Cost would need to be phenomenal to reverse that momentum.
4K and UHD video content was not discussed but, let's face it, your mind went there, too.
What is the ASUS Hyper Express SATA Express Drive?
Subject: Storage | May 12, 2014 - 09:54 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: asus, hyper express, SATA Express
In this case the picture below is definitely worth 1000 words, it is easy to see just how ASUS created a RAID 0 in a single SSD. Those SanDisk mSATA SSDs are both 128GB and communicate via a ASMedia ASM1062R controller. Astute readers will wonder what this means for TRIM, as those commands often do not pass through a RAID controller and you are right to be concerned for as of yet TRIM is not supported on this drive. Even without proper garbage collection the performance of this drive is rather tempting, as you can see for yourself in Legit Reviews full article.
"Last week we talked about what makes SATA Express important and showed off some performance benchmarks of the ASUS Hyper Express SATA Express External Enclosure. We've been able to acquire our own ASUS Hyper Express drive and we spent this week trying it out on our own systems to see how it performed on one of our own systems..."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- A first look at SATA Express with Asus' Hyper Express storage device @ The Tech Report
- Intel 730 240GB SSD Review @ hardware Canucks
- Kingston M.2 Sata SSD: a quick look at engineering sample @ Kitguru
- ADATA Premier Pro SP920 512GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- OCZ Vertex 460 240GB SATA III 2.5" SSD Review @ Madshrimps
- NETGEAR ReadyNAS 102 Dual-bay NAS Review @ Techgage
- Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Kingston SSDNow E50 100GB Solid-State Drive @ NikKTech
- ADATA XPG SX900 SSD Review @ TechwareLabs
- Mach Xtreme DIY Series SATA-DOM 32GB SSD @ The SSD Review
- PNY Optima SSD Series @ The SSD Review
- Intel 730 Series 480GB SSD Review in RAID @ Legit Reviews
- SanDisk Extreme PRO 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive @ The SSD Review
- SanDisk Extreme PRO 128GB USB3.0 Flash Drive @ eTeknix
- Corsair Flash Voyager GO 64GB PC/Mobile Flash Storage Drive Review @ Madshrimps
- Synology DS414j @ Kitguru
- Synology DS214se & DSM 5.0 Overview @ techPowerUp
- Synology DS414j 4-Bay NAS @ eTeknix
- Netgear ReadyNAS RN102 & RN104 @ Legion Hardware
- VisionTek mSATA Mini Enclosure Review @ Legit Reviews
- ioSafe 214 Fire and WaterProof NAS Video Review @ Madshrimps
SanDisk Unveils 4TB SSDs... Because.
Subject: General Tech, Storage | May 6, 2014 - 07:46 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: toshiba, ssd, sandisk, 4TB SSD
If you are an enterprise, SanDisk is getting a bit SAS-y with some pretty large SSDs. How large? 4TB. Not large enough? Why are you the way you are. Also, according to VR-Zone, 6TB and 8TB versions will follow, in 2015 (Update: 5/6/2014 @ 5:56pm EST -- VR-Zone might have meant "16TB"... as Tom's IT Pro claims to have heard from SanDisk). These drives will be produced with 19nm NAND, not utilizing the 15nm cells from their partnership with Toshiba. SanDisk claims their choice of 19nm was for reliability. Also, clearly, they are not suffering with density.
Speaking of reliability, the SanDisk warranty is rated in both time as well as the supported number of full drive writes per day. The Optimus MAX SSD is rated at one-to-three drive writes per day, or 4-12TB per day, over the course of its 5-year warranty.
4TB Optimus MAX SSDs are expected to launch "to select OEMs and through the channel" in Q3.
Get Speedy Portable Storage With mSATA to USB 3.0 Enclosures
Subject: Storage | May 6, 2014 - 05:32 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: usb 3.0, ssd, portable storage, msata
VisionTek recently released a new storage product dubbed the mSATA mini USB 3.0 Bus-Powered SSD Enclosure (900696). Despite the name, VisionTek has an interesting product on its hands as it not only enables speedy portable storage (assuming you have hardware with USB 3.0 ports of course), but allows users to put any mSATA SSDs that would otherwise be gathering dust in a drawer to good use! Essentially, it is a small metal enclosure that accepts a mSATA SSD and interfaces it with a PC over USB 3.0.
The mSATA USB 3.0 enclosure measures 2.88" x 1.63" x 0.51" and is constructed of aluminum with a textured titanium color (for aesthetics) and rounded edges. Users can install any mSATA SSD up to 50mm in length. A third generation ASMedia ASM1153E controller then performs the conversion from the drive's SATA I, II, or III interface to USB 3.0. Naturally, you are going to take a performance hit due to the added latency and interface conversion introduced by the ASMedia controller versus directly attaching the drive to a motherboard's mSATA slot. Fortunately, the hit to performance is fairly minimal when dealing with large file transfers and sequential read and write performance.
According to Legit Reviews, their Kingston 120GB (SATA 3 6 Gbps) mSATA solid state drive saw sequential read and write speeds of 271 MB/s and 160 MB/s respectively when connected to a motherboard slot. When installed in the USB 3.0 enclosure, speeds dropped to 250 MB/s sequential reads and 158 MB/s sequential writes. Further, a large 71GB 4K video file transfer averaged out to 151 MB/s. The exact speeds will vary with the specific drive users install, but the thing to note is that the performance hit should be minimal (at least the performance relating to dealing with file copies, random access will take a larger hit) despite adding the USB 3.0 interface to the equation.
The VisionTek drive is available now with a three year warranty for $30.72 from Amazon, which is a tempting price for fast portable storage especially if you already have a mSATA drive laying around! Notably, it seems that VisionTek is not the only manufacturer sourcing these boards, as MyDigitalSSD has a simlar drive with an MSRP of $24.99.
If you are interested in putting together your own SSD-powered portable drive, check out the full review linked above.
Now, if I can only encourage Allyn to recycle some of his mSATA drives...
PCIe SATA Express - Faster than the speed of NDA
Subject: Storage | May 1, 2014 - 11:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: SATA Express, pcie, asus, ssd, Z97-Deluxe
KitGuru had a chance to test the ASUS Z97-Deluxe with a Concept Edition SATA Express SSD from ASUS to see what happens when you can feed the data from an SSD across two SATA ports, giving it the bandwidth of two PCIe lanes. That should allow a theoretical 10Gbps bandwidth as PCIe 3.0 lanes are still being held in reserve as there are not that many available on an LGA1150 board but as KitGuru points out "leaked information suggest (we still cannot confirm anything) that M.2 support will be native to the 'future Intel chipset'." Check out their review and be prepared to be amazed that the speed of 728MBps was lower than expected.
"We revisit the SATA Express interface to obtain a more up-to-date look at what the next generation of SATA connections is capable of. Our tools for the job; a retail Asus motherboard set to release soon, and a concept version of Asus' Hyper Express enclosure, internally powered by solid state storage."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- ASUS Hyper Express SATA Express Drive Performance Preview @ Legit Reviews
- OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe SSD 480GB @ Kitguru
- What Is SATA Express and Why It Matters @ Legit Reviews
- Plextor M6M 256GB mSATA SSD @ Custom PC Review
- Micron M500DC Enterprise SSD Review (480GB) @ The SSD Review
- Crucial M550 512GB SATA SSD @ Custom PC Review
- Silicon Power 32GB Superior microSDHC UHS-1 Flash Card Review @ Madshrimps
- 32GB OTG USB Flash Drive Roundup - Corsair, Kingston, Transcend @ Legit Reviews
- Kingston DataTraveler MicroDuo OTG 32GB USB Flash Drive @ NikKTech
- Lexar Professional 600x SDXC UHS-1 Card @ SSD Review
- Kingwin KF-252-BK Internal Hard Drive Hot Swap Rack Review @ Tweaknews
- Synology DiskStation DS414j
- Vantec NexStar 6G 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure Review @HiTech Legion
- Synology DS1513+ 5-Bay NAS @ eTeknix
OCZ Launches the RevoDrive 350 PCIe SSD
Subject: Storage | April 24, 2014 - 05:41 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: RevoDrive 350, PCIe SSD, ocz, SF-2282
OCZ has announced the release of the RevoDrive 350, a PCIe SSD using the SandForce 2282 controller and available in 240, 480 and 960GB models which should be priced at $530, $830 and $1300 respectively. This is certainly more expensive than SATA SSDs but then again if you check out the three reviews you can see that this drive is also significantly faster than SATA drvies.
- OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB PCI-E SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 480GB @ Legion Hardware
- OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe @ The SSD Review
SAN JOSE, CA – April 24, 2014 - OCZ Storage Solutions - a Toshiba Group Company and leading provider of high-performance solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced the RevoDrive 350 Series with workstation-grade design capabilities and maximum performance for professional content creation, multimedia, and extreme gaming applications. Achieving three times the performance of SATA-based SSD solutions, RevoDrive 350 is based on proven performance architecture and features 19nm Toshiba NAND to complete OCZ's portfolio transition to in-house flash, offering a high-performance yet cost-efficient SSD solution for bandwidth-intensive client applications.
Using the PCI Express Gen. 2 x8 interface and up to four LSI SF-2282 processors to offer more available bandwidth than the previous generation, RevoDrive 350 features up to 1.8GB/s sequential speeds and up to 140,000 4K random write IOPS, delivering SSD RAID performance without the hassle in an easy-to-deploy, single card solution. Enabling both performance and functionality for applications ranging from scientific computing to extreme gaming systems, this workstation-class storage product accelerates application performance and takes full advantage of today's multithreaded processors and software, supporting up to 50GB of host writes per day for 3 years to provide leading endurance for media professionals over less robust consumer SSDs.
"The new RevoDrive 350 is built using proven technology with the added benefit of utilizing in-house premium Toshiba flash and OCZ's proprietary Virtualized Controller Architecture (VCA) 2.0 to deliver highly efficient performance aggregation while reducing the burden on host resources," said Daryl Lang, Senior Vice President of Product Management for OCZ Storage Solutions. "This next generation PCIe SSD is the ideal solution for performance-minded users looking to maximize both bandwidth and density for the complete gamut of gaming, content creation and workstation applications."
VCA 2.0 effectively makes the RevoDrive 350's multi-controller design appear and act as a single drive to the host system to enable drive-level management features such as secure erase, SMART, and TRIM. In addition to mass data storage, the RevoDrive 350 can also be used as bootable device, promoting ultra-fast system boot-ups.
Improving on the previous generation, RevoDrive 350 features a sleek integrated heatsink that provides a more stable and cooler thermal SSD environment, and includes optimized drivers redesigned from the ground up with new Linux support in addition to Windows® OS. Available in 240GB, 480GB, and 960GB capacities, RevoDrive 350 provides ample space, and comes backed by a 3-year warranty.
Toshiba 15nm Flash Memory in Mass Production
Subject: General Tech, Storage | April 24, 2014 - 12:57 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: toshiba, ssd, 15nm
While we often see smaller fabrication nodes discussed in terms of faster and more power efficient processors, it also increases storage density for memory circuits. In fact, it is probably easier to visualize how a process shrink will increase memory capacity than it is to ponder the benefits for CPUs and GPUs. Smaller features in the same area gives more places to cram data. Toshiba is starting to mass produce 15nm NAND Flash at Fab 5 in Yokkaichi.
While not mentioned in the press release, I believe that SanDisk and Toshiba are still in a partnership. The facility being discussed was actually a $4 Billion USD joint-venture between these two companies. I, reasonably, expect that SanDisk will also see some benefits from today's announcement. According to the press release, 15nm MLC is already in mass production with TLC following in June.
I brought up this story to Allyn, to see if he had any insights on it. He noted that 15nm is getting quite small. I asked about its implications in terms of write longevity, as that is has been the biggest concern in previous node shrinks. He guesses that the flash should be able to handle around 1,000 writes on average, compared to ~3,000 writes on IMFT's 20nm process. Keep in mind, IMFT prides itself on enterprise longevity and so, at least to me, it sounds fairly reasonable. Toshiba also mentions that they will have products for the high reliability market, such as enterprise SSDs.
The announcement does not mention anything that you can go out and buy yet, though. At the moment, it is behind-the-scenes stuff. It should be soon. I doubt that Toshiba would mass produce components like this without products or OEMs lined up.
Kingston Digital Releases Larger Capacity mSATA Drives
Subject: Storage | April 22, 2014 - 06:24 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: kingston, msata, ssdnow, SandForce SF-2241, SandForce SF-2281, ssd
Fountain Valley, CA – April 21, 2014 – Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the addition of 240GB and 480GB capacities to the existing SSDNow mS200 mSATA SSD line. Kingston's SSDNow mS200 mSATA solid-state drive allows system builders and enthusiasts a cost-effective performance boost with quicker boot time and application loads while requiring less power than HDDs.
The mS200's small-form factor is perfect for notebook, tablet and Ultrabook PCs, as well as a variety of embedded systems. It can also be used as a caching device with motherboards that support Intel Smart Response Technology (SRT) to improve system performance. mS200 has read speeds up to 550MB/s and write speeds up to 520MB/s.
The 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB mS200 mSATA SSDs have a caseless, PCB-only design with no moving parts and are backed by a two- or three-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability. For more information visit www.kingston.com.
Features & Specifications:
- LSI SandForce 2241 (30GB, 60GB, 120GB) and 2281 (240GB, 480GB) controller with SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) interface: twice as fast as the previous generation, yet more cost-efficient
- mSATA interface: fully compliant with industry standard, easy to fit, guaranteed to work
- NAND Flash memory based: shock-resistant with low power consumption
- Supports Intel's SRT: combines capacity advantage of HDD with performance improvements of SSD in dual-storage configuration
- Supports S.M.A.R.T.: monitors the status of your drive
- Supports TRIM: maintains maximum performance on compatible operating systems
- Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s), SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s), SATA Rev. 1.0 (1.5Gb/s) ·
- Capacities1: 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, 240GB, 480GB
- Automatic Encryption (AES 128-bit):Password at the drive level ensures secure data protection
- Sequential Read/Write2:
- 30GB – 550 MB/s / 510MB/s
- 60GB – 550 MB/s / 520MB/s
- 120GB – 550MB/s / 520MB/s
- 240GB – 540MB/s / 530MB/s
- 480GB – 530MB/s / 340MB/s ·
- Maximum 4k Read/Write2:
- 30GB – up to 86,000/ up to 77,000 IOPS
- 60GB – up to 86,000/ up to 79,000 IOPS
- 120GB – up to 86,000/ up to 48,000 IOPS
- 240GB – up to 72,000/up to 40,000 IOPS
- 480GB – up to 72,000/up to 18,000 IOPS ·
- Random 4k Read/Write2:
- 30GB – up to 7,500/71,000 IOPS
- 60GB – up to 14,000/77,000 IOPS
- 120GB – up to 17,000/45,000 IOPS
- 240GB – up to 21,000/41,000 IOPS
- 480GB – up to 21,000/13,000 IOPS
- PCMARK® Vantage HDD Suite Score: 60,000
- Power Consumption: 0.4W Idle / 1.2 (TYP) Read / 1.8W (TYP) Write
- Storage temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C
- Operating temperature: 0°C ~ 70°C
- Dimensions: 50.88mm x 30mm
- Weight: 6.86g
- TRIM Supported
- Vibration operating: 2.17G
- Vibration non-operating: 20G
- MTTF: 1,000,000 Hrs
- Warranty/support:
- 30GB – two-year warranty with free technical support
- 60GB, 120GB, 240GB, 480GB – three-year warranty with free technical support
- Total Bytes Written (TBW)3:
1 Some of the listed capacity on a Flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. As such, the actual available capacity for data storage is less than what is listed on the products. For more information, go to Kingston's Flash Memory Guide.
2 Based on "out-of-box performance." Speed may vary due to host hardware, software and usage.
3 Total Bytes Written (TBW) is derived from the JEDEC Workload (JESD219A).
4 Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD)
A swiss army NAS from Asustor
Subject: Storage | April 16, 2014 - 11:07 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: asustor, AS-204TE, NAS, xmbc
The Asustor AS-204TE is an Atom powered Linux Network Attached Storage device for home use which comes with a respectable amount of applications. uTorrent will run on the device, it is capable of communicating with the XBone Media Centre as well as iTunes as well as FTP transfers and even PLEX to allow it to connect to your mobile devices. You can install up to 16TB of storage on four 3.5 or 2.5" disks which will run at SATA II and can be set up as single disks, JBOD and RAID 0, 1, 5, 5 + Hot Spare, 6 or 10. All of those features do come with a cost, the NAS will run you almost $500 without any disks included; if the sticker shock doesn't scare you away you should read techPowerUp's comprehensive review.
"Asustor is hard at work to establish itself as a good name on the NAS scene, and they are on the right track. Today, we will take a look at the AS-204TE, which Asustor says to be the best multimedia and storage-center solution for your home because it comes equipped with all typical NAS functions, an HDMI port, and XBMC support."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Synology DS414 High Performance 4-bay NAS Server for SMB & SOHO Review @ Madshrimps
- Thecus N5550 5-Bay NAS Server and XBMC Home Theater Computer Review @MissingRemote
- ADATA AE800 DashDrive Air Review @HiTech Legion
- Zalman ZM-VE300 USB 3.0 External Drive Case Review @ Legit Reviews
- Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable HDD Review @ Techgage
- Should You Select MBR Or GPT When You Install A New Drive? @ TechARP
- Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 SED 4TB SATA III HDD @ NikKTech
- Keep your SSD Healthy ADATA SSD Toolbox @HiTech Legion
- MyDigitalSSD Pocket Vault SSD @ The SSD Review
- Samsung XP941 Native PCIe M.2 SSD @ SSD Review
- Plextor M6S SSD @ SSD Review
- Plextor M6e 512GB PCI Express Solid State Drive @ eTeknix
- Crucial M550 512GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Intel 730 Solid State Drive @ X-bit Labs
- OCZ Vertex 460 240GB SSD @ eTeknix
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Hi, i just joined the forum today and i need some help about a new fixed gear bike. I'm probably not going to get one until Christmas (the earliest), but i want to have a good opinion about my wants and needs.
i don't exactly want a SUPER colorful fixie, but i do want one that's not a normal color (black/blue/silver).
i've been looking on roadbikeoutlet and saw the vilano zulu fixed gear
it has an option for green (which i'd love), but i read in the archives of this forum that it's all a hunk of junk, but will it last for a noob like me? i think i'd ride it daily for a total of 30 minutes, not including the time i'd practice with it (trackstands, backwards, you know, the works). i'm learning on my brother in law's fixie for now, but i want my own sometime soon.
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they seem to have much more positive reviews from people of this forum and have more legit reviews online. but, the only color that i would love is orange in one or two of the choices
my budget is around $300. i don't think i'm able to handle a DIY fixie project anytime soon, so buying a crappy frame + repainting it would be out of the question, especially since i go to college in a week (ucdavis).
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The impact of the proposals, as outlined in the Community Marin 2013 document, would: - Discourage the creation of jobs by restricting development and making it more expensive to build, buy or rent. Higher costs equal less construction, thereby reducing or stagnating building- and trade-related jobs.
- Discourage companies from expanding or moving here. Between 2009 to 2012, 565 net new businesses entered the Marin economy. But the county will not be able to compete with other jurisdictions if there are new fees imposed on and increased resistance to commercial development.
- Make it harder to maintain or improve our infrastructure: The lack of local workers in the building trades would make any infrastructure projects either more costly and lessen the local economic benefits from those projects.
- Make it more difficult for people who live here, to stay here, especially our children. Discouraging commercial development can be a deal-breaker for local residents. Finding new jobs will be harder, commutes will become longer for residents, and tax revenues that support local schools and public services otherwise will slowly diminish. Without jobs, new households are not formed, public safety is underfunded, communities are weakened and taxpayers pay more.
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My current Bionx configuration - a Bionx PL350 mounted on a Montague Paratrooper bicycle - was purchased as something that I could easily take along when traveling, and this was my first opportunity outside of Utah to test the combination.
Since other obligations took me to northern Nebraska, I put the bicycle - folded - into the back of the car and set aside a morning to ride part of the Cowboy Trail: a rail trail project with one end anchored at Norfolk.
The Cowboy Trail is one of the most ambitious projects rail trail projects in the nation: 321 miles of prepared trail extending through most of what are called the "Sandhills". This is a very lightly populated area (more cows than people) and it will be interesting to see if the state of Nebraska itself will have to step up to provide basic amenities - campgrounds, watering stations, etc. - through this area.
My ride covered only a very small part of this route: 30 miles beginning at Norfolk ... 15 miles out, 15 miles back.
Bionx Vs The Wind
Wind conditions on the day of the ride - and, indeed, the whole week I was there - were what I would consider to be extreme. Wind out of the west-by-northwest (the same direction as the trail) at around 20MPH, with gusts up to 50. Even the locals, who are used to situation, admitted that it was "kind of a windy day".
Once again, I found that having the Bionx unit made a real difference in my riding. Without electric assist, I would have been looking for a Starbucks where I could spend the morning, and probably not even thinking of spending several hours fighting against my old invisible enemy.
As it was, the Bionx rendered invaluable assistance - and still had plenty of juice left, even though the assist level was at "3" for most of the trip.
Since I had the charger with me, the unit was ready to go again the day after the ride - and I used it, later, in some urban situations.
Back In Town
So the Bionx unit "delivered the goods" out of town. But now, back at home, it has started to misbehave again. Making a sound that duplicates, almost precisely, the sound of running water. It's a metal on metal sound: coincident with the Bionx wheel turning ... but not with the pedals turning. So my first conclusion is that there is some sort of problem with the axle.
The Cowboy Trail is paved with crushed limestone, so some grit might have gotten into a bearing somewhere.
It's my understanding that the Bionx motor is sealed, so there should be no problem there.
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I've been avoiding posting because I don't want to seem like the negative nelly of the group but I'm miserable. I have been throwing up and sick every day since week 5 and I am still not getting any better. Pregnancy for me has been a terrible experience and it has pretty much changed my mind about having any more kids after my daughter is born. I'm fine with only have one child but I'm desparate at the thought of another 16 weeks of sickness and misery. I just want this time to be over as fast as possible. I need some relief. Is there anyone out there like me? None of my friends have had this kind of pregnancy so I'm feeling alone and hopeless. Either way I hope each of you has a healthy happy baby!
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Same! Well, I did go through a two week teaser of no nausea at like 15 weeks, but other than that, I've pretty much had 5 months of hell. It hasn't been bad enough for me to lose weight, because I mostly throw up an empty stomach... but not always! :-/ And yeah, this is my frist and I've seriously contemplated not getting pregnant again because of this. My mom keeps telling me I'm only this sick because it's my first pregnancy... I hope that's true :( So you're not alone!
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Hello, I am from April 2012 group... and i was the same as you are... i am now 30+4 weeks and i still throw up every day!! but now i am very used to it..cos it happens only in the mornings..mostly.. :) so everyone told me all the time that its gonna go over..but that just never happened:D it is really funny that you can get used to throwing up but yeah cant wait the time when i do not throw up anymore:D i wish you luck with your pregnancy :)
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Oh I'm so sad to hear that you are sick but I'm so glad to know you are out there! Everyone is also telling me I'll forget the sickness and do it again but I just really dont think I will. I'm also 33 and not interested in having children much later than 36 and that seems to close to even think about getting pregnant again. I hope you feel better soon! If not, feel free to bend my ear with complaints anytime! I totally sympathize.
Have any of u spoke to ur doctors about zofran (odansetron) it pretty could stuff. I cant function without it my first pregnancy was hell and this one was 10 times worse untill i got zofran. I was sick constantly lost 2st in 3weeks, was hospitalised 3 times. No other medication has worked with me.
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Yeah I've been taking Zofran or Phenergan basically the whole time. I still get sick, but probably because I've been taking them more "when needed" than the twice a day as directed. It's only because 1. Zofran gives me crazy headaches/constipation. :( and while Phenergan pretty much only makes me drowsy, I get worried about that because it's Category C, even though I doubt my OB would give me something that could potentially be harmful.. :-/
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Are you taking anything for the nausea? Like Zofran or Phenergen? I got lucky and hardly had any morning sickness, but my sister had it her entire pregnancy, and had to take Phenergen every day in order to feel OK. She even stopped taking it one day at like 30 weeks to see if she would still get sick without it, and she did....so she took it up until she delivered. I would definitely talk to your Dr. about different options because you should not be feeling this miserable the entire time :( Hth...
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Thanks for the recommendation! I was on Zophran for a while but my doc has asked me to not use it. She is antimedication and only gave it to me because I told her I had read about it online. She doesn't like any medication during pregnancy and on one hand I agree but on the other...well I'm sick all the time. I tried to change doctors but no one would take be because I'm too far long in my pregnancy. It looks like I'll just have to suffer it out until June.
I am so sorry.. i think that nausea/vomiting is the absolute worst part of pregnancy.. I would rather have any other symptom than that!! I am pregnant with our 3rd and I will say that my first was the worst.. I was sick for 20 weeks.. like 20 times per day every day all day..even woke me out of my sleep sick.. I swear I would just keep a pillow in the bathroom and lay there till I had to puke again.. I never had enough fluids or food in my system to make me feel better.. it was god awful!! I swore I would NEVER get pregnant again.. well I waited 3 and half years before the next kid because i was terrified of getting sick again.. turns out that one (while still awful) only lasted 16 weeks but was definetley not as bad as the first.. then the 3rd I was sick for 14 weeks.. and it was again much better than even the 2nd..so I guess what I am trying to say is that maybe it will get better for you.. don't give up.. I know it is sooo hard I have been in your shoes.. I am embarassed to admit this.. but I remember walking into my Dr. office around 16 weeks with my first and asking for an abortion.. I was delirious from all of the vomiting and just lost hope.. it was a super low point in my pregnancy for me.. I felt awful and just wanted it to stop!! thankfully between my awesome Dr and my husband they talked me off the ledge and I made it through.. but it was hard. You will be in my thoughts.. and I hope this passes for you soon.. try unisom and b/6 together.. or zofran..they might help take the edge off.. neither worked for me the first time.. but did for this last one.. Good luck!!
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The Darrington NFAA National Field was discussed: The tournament dates are still the same Monday through Friday but it is now a 3/5 format.
The Vegas shoot location is good for 4 years in early February...
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2016 International results, records and shooter of the year have been posted.
April 2016 Release is available on the web. Get it here first.
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Burning Eyes
My eyes have really been bothering me...for months. They burn almost daily, some days worse than others. It's like when I was a kid and swam in a chlorinated pool for a long time and my eyes would burn from the chlorine.
I went to an Ophthalmologist and was tested for dry eye and they said I had border line dry eye condition and I am now using Restasis but they still really burn.
Could this be related to my MS? Could it be related to my immune system reacting to some irritant or allergy?
Does anyone else have an issue similar to this with any suggestions?
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Mine have just started. I have had MS for 16 or so years with no flare ups since the first one. About a week ago my eyes have started to burn just like you described and am wondering the same thing; is it ms or not.
I called my DR but have not heard back from her yet. I am also having a tough time reading anything close or in low light.
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The products that Marlen sells are very popular because of their quality. She is able to sell more during festive seasons and weekends, since it is a custom in many families to buy vegetables on the weekends to give great flavor to the weekend soups. Her greatest challenges are plant diseases and low prices. Competition is not a problem for her since she feels that her customers have been with her for a long time and are therefore faithful to her; they also appreciate the transparency with which Marlen conducts her business.
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Chart Of The Day: Spanish Debt
Beleaguered Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy just broke another record. As if a plague of corruption scandals was not enough, Spain's debt-to-GDP has now reached levels not seen in over 100 years. As El Pais reports, Spanish debt levels rose at an alarming EUR 400 million per day in 2012 making for the largest annual increase in debt in the nation's history - all the while proclaiming austerity.
The EUR 146 billion increase in debt in 2012 is the equivalent of more than 14 percentage points of GDP leading to a staggering EUR 882.3 billion or 84% of GDP overall - far exceeding the government's own budget forecast of 79% and expected to rise significantly further in 2013. The last time levels of debt were this high relative to GDP Spain was recovering from war and the loss of its colonies.
At EUR 38.7 billion, Spain has never spent so much money to pay only the interest on its debt, 33% more than budgeted for last year. Despite the apparent Draghi-inspired truce that investors appear to have agreed with Spain's bond markets, the average interest expense remains 4.1% and as one economist put it, Spain fails in all the variables that serve to stabilize the debt: its economy does not grow, its pays a relatively high interest rate, and has a primary deficit (prior to payment of interest on the debt); unless this situation is corrected, this "is a dynamic that eventually leads to non-payment," especially as the nation's unemployment surges and GDP shifts from recessionary to depressionary.
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Shock and awe....didn't see it coming really.
Just like 100 years ago.
Ah, the good olde days
When I was a kid we used to walk uphill in the snow 6 miles each way barefoot to school and back with a sack of IOUs on our back and...
When will the politicians learn how to pronounce b-a-n-k-r-u-p-t-c-y?
Once the gang banksters are done looting trillions in debt money (offloading the debt that created that debt money to the citizenry) and offloaded their trillions in bad debt holdings to society.
Greece is the "dry run" for America and the larger European nation states.
Each nation will be bankrupted and enslaved in the "bailout" process.
It's all a fraud based on 5th grade math...
You had FEET? We had to share a pair!
84%? Not a big deal...Its nothing that couldn't be brought in line by another Franco.
Debt fell steadily during his tenure.
Meanwhile, the U.S. is at 105.9% debt to gdp and counting.
Yes, yes we are worse off than Spain (somehow).
Nothing Dr. Krugman could not solve with a few space aliens.
Rajoy just broke another record. As if a plague of corruption scandals was not enough, Spain's debt-to-GDP has now reached levels not seen in over 100 years
Just like that kind of metor that crashes down on earth every 100 years...
1 week later, people will respons you: "WHAT METEORITE? NEVER HEARD OF IT..."
Tried to give you a +1, but the arrows aren't working on your comment.
No worries, I'll forget what you said by noon...
I do that with mindcontrol... all of the time...
The left brains handles Logic. So it you have braindamage on that side, you can work for the European government.
The official "€-stat" measure of govt debt excludes a lot of liabilities. Acc to Bank of Spain in Q3 2012 Spanish govt liabilities were 1015.507 bn. At the same time the official measure showed 817.164 bn. That makes a difference of roughly 200 bn (almost 20%-points in debt/gdp terms). Stats can be found here: http://www.bde.es/webbde/es/estadis/infoest/a1105e.pdf
So Spain's debt-to-GDP is 84%, whereas the U.S.'s is +/- 102%. Yet Espana is "suffering" 4.1% interest expense on that debt - about a 200 bp premium on the U.S., presumably for all of the extra "risk".
It is going to get ugly beyond belief when the US Treasury yield dam breaks and interest rates start to move toward where they ought to be.
Ugly is in the eye of the beholder. Some of us may find it quite pleasing. Got food?
Just wait until the peasants find out the bankers rehypothecated all the gold 20 times and there is no gold.
The US interest on treasuries can't increase, you have the FED that will monopolize it. Free money!
Then the dollar dies faster. The BRICs are already moving away from the Fed's monopoly money, so should you.
Bullish! As that cocksucker krugman would say, more spending and debt equals more GDP growth. Oh wait GDP is contracting?? That just means they're not spending enough. Look at the low yield on the spanish 10yr, the market is begging them to borrow more. sarc/
Hope all these keynesians burn in hell.
Europe's crisis is over, at least in the eye's of the political elite, but perhaps its good for europe, it may be able to get this euro close to the 1 to 1 dollar and the quickly peg the fucker 1 to 1, the way it should have been done from the start
Time to send some ships to the new world, gather (steal) some gold, and enslave some locals.
You don't get it.
The function of Europe is to transfer its fuel ration west & east of its shores.
The scale on the right side of the 'Spain Debt" graph looks off...882,300 is above the 1,000,000 mark
Well... With currency wars going on, what currency shall I exchange my Euros for?
And don't say gold. Gold when it isn't physical is junk and delivered by scammers and ponzi schemes. Physical gold demands an incredibly high VAT and is so incredibly illiquid that it's a shitty investment. When things get so bad that you need physical gold, it's better to have weapons and food.
Since you seem to have made up your mind, why ask?
Stick to weapons and food.
Fine gold does not pay VAT (European directive), check your facts (silver does btw)
"Fine gold does not pay VAT (European directive), check your facts (silver does btw)"
VAT, silver (coins)
BTW, Estonia, VAT free Silver:
IBEX down just 0.4%,or just 30 points, it has already recovered 100 points...How???
Kicked the printer and it's running again.....sorry about that.
And of course, why not toss those non performing loans over to the government's bad bank too? More debt for the Spanish citizens to cover instead of the banks.
Yup, Spain is in good shape.
Spain is not doing it right. They need to buy all their debt, just like the USA does. See problem solved.
Spanish songs in Andalucia
the shooting sites in the days of '39
Oh, please leave, the ventana open
Federico Lorca is dead and gone:
bullet holes in the cemetery walls
the black cars of the Guardia Civil
Spanish bombs on the Costa Rica
I'm flying in a dc-10 tonight
Spanish bombs; yo te quiero infinito
Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón
Spanish bombs; yo te quiero infinito
Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón
Spanish weeks in my disco casino
the freedom fighters died upon the hill
They sang the red flag
they wore the black one
but after they died, it was Mockingbird Hill
Back home, the buses went up in flashes
the Irish tomb was drenched in blood
Spanish bombs shatter the hotels
My señorita's rose was nipped in the bud
The hillsides ring with "free the people"
or can I hear the echo from the days of '39
with trenches full of poets
the ragged army, fixing bayonets to fight the other line?
Spanish bombs rock the province
I'm hearing music from another time
Spanish bombs on the Costa Brava
I'm flying in on a dc-10 tonight
Spanish bombs; yo te quiero infinito
Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón
Spanish bombs; yo te quiero infinito
Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón
oh mi corazón
oh mi corazón
Spanish songs in Andalucia:
mandolina, oh mi corazón
Spanish songs in Granada, oh mi corazón
Spain need to find another Continent filled with Gold and "naive" inhabitants.
I told you so. For the last few months, I have been periodically visiting the Spanish budget situation. Whenever I analyzed the actual amounts of bonds sold and other metrics, I came to the conclusion that Spain's budget deficit was much worse than admitted by the Spanish Finance Ministry.
Prime Minister Rajoy and his People's Party should have zero credibility today in light of the massive corruption scandal recently brought to the fore, but the mainstream media has yet to report the large discrepancy among what the Spanish claim the budget deficit will be, 7.4% including bank bailouts, 9% from confidential sources within the ministry, or what appears to be the actual deficit, 14% according to the El Pais article.
How do we calculate 14%? The Spanish government issued €146bn in new debt for 2012. This figure does not include the rising amount of IOUs to government suppliers, the drop in the government's cash position or intragovernmental loans from pension and other assorted funds to the central government.
To make matters worse, Spain will need to borrow at least €173bn to finance itself in 2013 meaning that it is less than a year away from a 100% debt to gdp ratio:
Spain Firmly Within Juncker Zone
Spain is ripe for an "aha" moment, that point in time where investors realize that they have profited as much as they could from their bond holdings and begin taking profits. Spain will default on it debt pile, but it will not be called a default. Rather, the troika will use an Orwellian euphemism to refer to the entire disaster.
I have a better Chart of the Day!!!! http://info.moneyweek.com/files/8113/5427/1267/UK_Public_Debt2.jpg
Ibex futures now just 10 points from the high of the day...if by magic!
I am wondering....
Have we invented a perpetual ecoomic motion machine?
GDP in almost every major economy is now negative - some big economies are in depression - joblessness is at record highs and worsening - corporate profits are soft
Yet the stock market keeps going up
And as The Fuck-Faced Wizard Greenspan said on CNBS the other day - that's all that matters (I don't watch CNBS but the interview was posted on ZH or other and I like to self-flagellate wondering why in the fuck he is not a pariah while watching this cocksucker) See the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4XQaO3RYX8


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