The LCD screen on the front panel, displays the status of the USB drives connected to it, and supplies info such as link status, IP address, data, time, etc. There are two unmarked buttons to the right hand side of the LCD, which are supposed to be the directional keys for the LCD. They may be a little confusing at first, but you get used to it real quick. The key to Seagate Black Armors back up solution is the very intelligent Acronis True Image, which provides licenses for 10 computers. This makes it capable to perform a full system restore on a crashed computer which is stored in the armors as back up memory. Some of the other unique and effective features of the armor include the creation of separate accounts. This can be done through a default ‘admin’ account, admin account can be used to access the device, but it has very limited access like you cannot use the remote NAS server  [...]

Sea-gate has launched a monumental hard disk with a storage capacity of  2TB and a cache memory of 64 Mb. Called the barracuda XT, this monster hard disk is aimed at hard-core gamers and multi-media developers and features a 6GB/sec SATA hard disk. Most 2tb models manage speeds up to 5400- 5900 rpm on an average but the XT does a 7200 rpm because it is built on a 4-disk platform. To make things  better, the XT is beefed up with a cache memory of 64 mb and a high- performance 6gb/sec interface. This hard-disk is all set to raise the bar for all high- performance desktops. Aseagate representative sated that the company wanted to take advantage of 6GB/second SATA interface and hence upgraded the cache memory from 32MB to 64Mb. They also explained that the 64MB  [...]