There was a time when high-performance disk drives used SCSI — the Small Computer System Interface — and everything else was kid stuff. Now, advanced forms of SCSI are still around but there are other ...

Native NVMe support is an opt-in model, so enterprise users need to enable it via the registry. What some users have found ...

For fans of vintage computers of the 80s and 90s, SCSI can be a real thorn in the side. The stock of functioning hard drives is dwindling, and mysterious termination issues are sure to have you ...

Microsoft has introduced native NVMe support in Windows Server 2025, calling it a “storage revolution” due to the potential performance gains it delivers. Modern NVMe devices, including PCIe Gen5 SSDs ...

Xvdd or Xen Virtual Disk D are virtual storage drives or disks used in virtualization environments like games or specific software, facilitating data storage for virtual systems. Small Computer System ...

SCSI (small computer system interface) and ATA (advanced technology attachment) are two standards for connecting storage devices to a computer. Traditionally, ATA was cheaper while SCSI was more ...

Even though NVMe has been out for over a decade, Windows still classifies these newer, drastically faster storage devices the ...

When SCSI first appeared on computer systems in the mid-1980s, it was precisely what its name indicated. SCSI – for those of you with an interest in etymology but who lack a sense of history – stood ...

In brief: Solid-state drives afford a wealth of benefits compared to mechanical drives, and now IT admis and hardware enthusiasts clinging to legacy systems have the opportunity to leverage SSD perks ...

When I started working for MacUser magazine in 1993, I was assigned to a gray cubicle with an old Mac IIci inside. (The summer intern didn’t get the latest and greatest.) I don’t know how that was ...