The most recent Back-up Storage articles from Personal Computer World

Review: Lacie 2big Network network-attached storage

Alan Stevens — 2008-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Monday 17 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Choose big storage or Raid protection on this Nas appliance

The Lacie 2big Network is an impressive, professional-looking network-attached storage (Nas) appliance. As the name implies, it’s big on storage space, with optional Raid protection also available if needed....

Review: D-Link DNS-313 NAS

Emil Larsen — 2008-01-17T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Thursday 17 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Feature-rich Nas device

With this barebones network-attached storage (Nas) device all you have to do is add your own 3.5in Sata hard disk....

Review: Western Digital Mybook Studio hard disk

Simon Crisp — 2007-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

Simon Crisp, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 18 December 2007 at 00:00:00

Choose your connection to this 1TB drive

The Mybook Studio Edition hard drive is smaller than previous models in the range, yet it has a larger capacity and the bonus of four interfaces....

Review: CMS V2ABS-CE-120 backup drive

Simon Crisp — 2007-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Simon Crisp, Personal Computer World, Monday 29 October 2007 at 00:00:00

Data encryption built in

There is a multitude of portable backup drives on the market these days, but not many come with data encryption built in....

Review: Imation Odyssey removable storage

Alan Stevens — 2007-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 16 October 2007 at 00:00:00

As much storage as you want with this removable Sata disk solution

Odyssey is a neat serial ATA (Sata) hard disk storage solution that can be used as a tape replacement for small-business backup or for any application requiring access to fast,...

Review: MGE UPS Systems Evolution 1150 power supply

Alan Stevens — 2007-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 16 May 2007 at 00:00:00

MGE UPS Systems Evolution 1150All you ever wanted in a UPS, and then some

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is just a big battery, right? Wrong. There’s a lot more than just a battery to this essential piece of high-availability kit, especially if you’re...

Review: CMS ABSplus Notebook Backup external drive

Simon Crisp — 2007-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Simon Crisp, Personal Computer World, Monday 5 February 2007 at 00:00:00

Lightweight, user-friendly but pricey external drive that makes backing up less arduous

The ABSplus range from CMS comes in a choice sizes – the device we looked at was a 40GB USB2 model and, while labelled for notebook use, it would be...

Review: Sony AIT-5 (SDX-1100) backup drive

Alan Stevens — 2006-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 20 December 2006 at 00:00:00

A tiny tape drive with a big appetite

Sony’s Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) format is 10 years old, during which time the company has doubled drive capacity every two years and continually improved performance to keep pace with...

Review: NEC AD-7173A Labelflash DVD writer

Emil Larsen — 2006-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Friday 1 December 2006 at 00:00:00

Fancy pictures burnt onto the top side of a DVD

In early 2005 HP and Lite-on launched Lightscribe, a technology that etches images onto the top side of DVDs. Fujifilm and Yamaha responded in mid 2005 with their very similar...

Review: Buffalo Linkstation Pro

Alan Stevens — 2006-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 30 August 2006 at 00:00:00

Cheap, but very cheerful, storage device

Raid storage systems can be expensive and a little over the top for a small business. In fact, most can get away with just one disk in a network-attached storage...

Business review: Storcase Data Express for Backup

Alan Stevens — 2006-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 9 August 2006 at 00:00:00

Quick and reliable small-business device at a reasonable price

With hard disks now very cheap, small businesses are increasingly opting for disk-based backup as a cheaper, faster and more flexible alternative to tape....

Review: Maxtor Onetouch III Mini Edition

Rob Jones — 2006-05-23T00:00:00.000Z

Rob Jones, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 23 May 2006 at 00:00:00

A portable back up drive that's very easy to use

Maxtor has built a reputation for producing easy to use external hard disk drives either for your desktop or to carry around....

Review: Iomega Storcenter network attached storage

Will Stapley — 2006-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 26 April 2006 at 00:00:00

Always on storage for your home network

If you've got a home network and are fed up having to ensure a specific PC is turned on in order for other PCs to access documents and files, network...

Review: Tandberg 420LTO tape backup drive

Alan Stevens — 2006-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 21 March 2006 at 00:00:00

Suitable for small businesses that are prepared to pay a premium

A common problem with small business servers is lack of space for a tape drive with, often, just a single half-height bay to play with....

Lacie Brick Desktop Hard Drive

Will Stapley — 2006-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Saturday 4 February 2006 at 00:00:00

An external disk for backup

According to Lacie, the design of this 250GB USB2 external hard drive is meant to remind you of your childhood – a certain four-lettered Danish toy company springs to mind....