Light Shaking Makes Hard Drives Faster
There is still life left in spinning rust; even though you have likely moved on to SSDs of various flavours in your rig there are still many that depend on HDDs every…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Mar 2, 2021 | General Tech | 1
There is still life left in spinning rust; even though you have likely moved on to SSDs of various flavours in your rig there are still many that depend on HDDs every…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 19, 2020 | Storage | 0
TechSpot were curious about the actual effect the new storage technology has on game load times, as that is the specific reasons many have purchased their drives. They tossed in HDDs for…
Read Moreby PCPer Staff | May 15, 2020 | General Tech | 1
Join this week as we discuss all of the announcements from NVIDIA's GTC 2020 virtual event, check out the just-announced Unreal Engine 5, evaluate retail pricing for Intel's new 10th Gen Desktop…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Apr 9, 2019 | Storage | 2
TechSpot have taken a look at the current state of the storage market and have chosen what they feel are the best products in six different categories; enthusiast SSDs, mainstream SSDs, HDDs,…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Jan 29, 2019 | General Tech | 14
Backblaze have been one of the larger remote backup providers for quite some time now, and running their 104,778 HDDs gives them a lot of insight into drive failures. They are kind…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Nov 5, 2018 | General Tech | 12
Seagate is looking to create its own law about the increase of density in its products, aiming to double capacity every 30 months on its hard drive families. They may not be…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Sep 14, 2018 | Storage | 2
Inside the Barracuda Pro are eight platters each 1.75 TB in size and comes with a nice addition to the warranty, if the drive dies before two years have expired you can…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Apr 20, 2018 | Storage | 0
The SSD market is somewhat daunting to a newcomer, not just the various interfaces and technology but also the huge selection of models from the various suppliers. HDDs and NAS devices are…
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Apr 18, 2018 | Storage | 1
Following up on the prior release of a 14TB SMR (shingled magnetic recording) HDD, WD has launched a PMR (parallel magnetic recording)version of the same - the Ultrastar DC HC530: While...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Apr 17, 2018 | Storage | 5
Today (well, tonight) Toshiba changed up their HDD branding to make things a bit easier to grasp for the consumer, as well as adding surveillance and video streaming models to their lineup: Toshiba…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Dec 14, 2017 | Storage | 4
The 12TB WD Gold is not quite as impressive as Toshiba's 14TB drive but it should be more affordable for consumers with specific needs or for SMBs. Like the Toshiba...
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Dec 7, 2017 | General Tech | 0
Storage density is running into physical size limitations, as we seek to find ways to store a bit in a smaller area. Currently a bit on a HDD takes up an area…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 13, 2017 | General Tech | 7
Some of you may remember the days when it was inadvisable to yell at a HDD array, the latency issue has been mostly overcome with the advances in technology over the…
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | May 18, 2017 | Storage | 6
Western Digital increased the capacity of their Red and Red Pro NAS hard disk lines to 10TB. Acquiring the Helioseal technology via their HGST acquisition, which enables Helium filled...
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Mar 21, 2017 | Storage | 11
The Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB Enterprise HDD won't give you the fastest access to your data, but if you have a large amount of storage in a reliable format it is worth…
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Dec 6, 2016 | Storage | 17
Since their acquisition of SanDisk and recent wrapping up of a long-time integration with HGST's Helium tech, Western Digital took the lid off of a round of product...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Oct 10, 2016 | Storage | 11
The Drobo 5D launched a few years ago and continues to be a pricey solution, running close to $600. This was due to added complexity with its mSATA hot...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Oct 4, 2016 | Storage | 3
We looked at the third-gen 4-bay Drobo over a year back, and while the performance and price were great, it was held back by its limited number of drive bays. Drobo fixed…
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