Synology America Corp. today proudly announced the launch of the successor to its award-winning DS1511+, the DS1512+. The new five-bay brings improved performance and increased reliability. When paired with two DX510 expansion modules, the DS1512+ can easily scale to up to 15 drives' worth of capacity (up to 60TB of storage).

The DS1512+ is Synology's first five-bay to support USB 3.0. With significantly improved throughput, USB 3.0 will help users to improve their transfer speeds, whether doing a backup or restore, or simply migrating data to or from the server.

Compatible with VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Xen, the DS1512+ makes an economical addition to virtual networks. With a price point under $800, and boasting read and write speeds of up to 192MB/s and 194MB/s respectively when the NICs are bonded, it offers great performance for the price.

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DataLocker Inc., a leading developer of encrypted data storage products, today announced the new DataLocker Personal, a secure encrypted USB 3.0 portable hard drive designed to make secure storage simple and easy to use. The DL Personal joined the DataLocker DL3 and DataLocker Enterprise in the company's expanding secure storage product family.

The DataLocker Personal emphasizes simplicity in operation and ease of use while maintaining high standards for security. The DataLocker Personal features 256 bit AES XTS mode full drive encryption, password protection against brute force attacks and a patented touch screen authentication interface.

"This is an ideal secure storage device for consumers and small businesses who want to quickly and easily protect and secure important data files," said Jay Kim, Founder and COO, DataLocker. "Like our other products, the DataLocker Personal offers high capacity storage, full AES-256 bit hardware encryption, and can be used on Windows PCs, Linux machines and any Mac OS enabled Apple computer. The key is DataLocker has made military-grade security an affordable and usable option for all consumers."

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ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash Storage application products, today announced the introduction of the DashDrive Durable HD710 portable hard drive. The DashDrive family is the newest addition to the company’s impressive lineup of storage devices, signifying mobile, rapid, and dependable data access.   

The housing of the HD710 is comprised of a unique silicone material, and the drive incorporates military-grade shockproof and waterproof (IPX7) construction with an ultra-fast USB 3.0 interface. Its sporty outlook and dynamic design match the requirements and style of sports and outdoor enthusiasts, with color options including blue, yellow, and black.

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ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash storage application products, today announced the launch of a complete lineup of expanded capacity solid state drives. The new SSD range includes the XPG SX900, the Premier Pro SP900, and the Premier SP800, all of which use new optimized firmware to utilize greater storage capacity of the NAND Flash components. The XPG SX900 is a groundbreaking 512GB capacity solid state drive utilizing the SandForce 2281 controller, making it a milestone in ADATA’s history of NAND Flash based products. All of the drives being launched use superior NAND Flash for improved stability and performance.

The XPG (Xtreme Performance Gear) family of products has been expanded to include solid state drives, and the SX900 is a perfect match for the performance requirements of this elite group. Its maximum sequential read and write speeds are 550/530 MB per second, with maximum random 4k write speeds as high as 85,000 IOPS. With capacities of 64, 128, 256, and 512GB, the SX900 is poised to take its place as a market and performance leader.

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