Lower database performance than other high-end drives
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You could be forgiven for thinking that Toshiba ought to be leading the pack in solid-state drives – after all, the company invented NAND flash back in 1989. But until recently, Toshiba had been more focused on supplying semiconductor storage to...
One of the first things we look at when reviewing SSDs is the casing used and whether it is metal and sturdy. For their SSD Toshiba pass on both aspects but there is the added bonus that this is a 7mm form factor drive which makes it very flexible in...
Despite its plain looks and complicated product naming scheme, the Toshiba THNSNH512GCST left me very impressed. Its Marvell-based controller delivers leading performance, even without a DRAM cache chip. In our real-life testing, we see the drive...
Toshiba isn't a name that readily comes to mind when choosing a solid-state drive, which is surprising considering it invented NAND flash 25 years ago. But while companies like OCZ, Intel, Kingston, Corsair, Samsung and myriad others are shouting about...
Between Technology X and the SSD Review, we have been fortunate to get our hands on all of the latest Toshiba cSSD form factors, as well as their newest Q Series Pro SSD which earned our Top Value Award. Heck, the Toshiba M.2 SSD has still only been...
Toshiba’s THNSNH we have tested today is a most extraordinary product. Its controller is directly related to Marvell's and it employs high-quality 19nm Toshiba flash memory with Toggle Mode 2.0 interface, which makes it similar to the Plextor M5 Pro...
Toshiba HG5d series 256-GB-SSD On the whole, Toshiba's HG5d delivers a decent performance . The test results are quite balanced and only significantly worse than established competitors' in few aspects. In practice, you will hardly notice the difference...
Toshiba is no stranger to NAND flash; it actually invented NAND back in 1989. A Toshiba engineer observing the erase procedure under a microscope noted that it erased in a "flash," and thus the world came to know of NAND as 'flash' memory.A scant 24...
Today weve moved away from mainstream SSD brands to consider what Toshiba has to offer, have we been impressed?Judging the Toshiba drive on performance, we are largely impressed by what it has to offer. In a variety of different scenarios and...
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