A tad pricey but a well-built desktop DAS appliance with plenty of fault-tolerant storage and top performance

It may lack eSATA, but this is a fast and cheap terabyte drive.

The LaCie Little Big Disk Quadra is less than the size of a Harry Potter book, yet crams in two 500GB 2.5in hard disks.

Smart and easy to use, and can be positioned vertically or horizontally

An external drive that despite being a decent performer is making Walter Gropius roll in his grave as we speak.

This aluminium storage box is a prime candidate for a living-room media network, especially if you need 1TB of storage space.

Clean lines undermined by poor performance and a high price.

Identified during installation by the operating system as a Pioneer DVR-A06P, this unit was later confirmed to be an OEM version of the same drive. Both feature a circular air vent on the rear of the chassis, designed to allow for optimum airflow while in operation.

LaCie has announced new RAID devices for Windows and Mac OS computers.

Two external hard drives in lego-esque cases. One of them is worthy of our recommended stamp.

Superior real-world transfer performance makes it a winner this month.

Inexpensive, but a frugal assortment of features

LaCie launches a handy gadget that converts your SD info into USB format, and looks the part while doing it

The 19" LCD fits now represents outstanding value for money, and is so much nicer to use than a 17" screen. We round up and test the best.

As prices continue to fall in a competitive market, we take a look at the latest crop of devices for backup and storage.

We’ve collected some of the cheapest, oddest and most feature-packed hubs to connect all your USB peripherals connected.

We put seven NAS drives from the likes of Maxtor, Netgear, Synology, Thecus, Western Digital and Iomega to the test to find out which is best for storing your files

Is your PC’s hard disk getting cramped? Invest in an external hard disk and never again worry about running out of room.