By the end of the month, the tech community will have lost another invaluable member, StorageReview.com. They've had their difficulties in the past, including some heavy critisicm and a loss of their entire MySQL database last month. Not many sources covered an area as throughly as SR, from IDE to SCSI hard drives, from CD-RW to DVD drives.

SR had a large part in defining the way we test hard drives. Over the years, their database of performance figures eventually allowed users to compare almost 200 different drives. Eugene and Davin of SR came to the decision after looking back at just a $500 profit over the past three months and countless hours put into the web site.

As I recall, their Leaderboard played a major part in helping me make the decision to purchase my Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 a couple of years ago and then my IBM Deskstar 60GXP a few months ago. I'm sure that many other computer users can say the same. Truly a great resource. There is always the possibility of their assets being picked up by another establishment, so we can hope for that. A full message from the heads of SR is available to read on their front page.

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