Hard drive stories
Hands-on review: WD_Black SN770 NVMe SSD Game Drive
Fri, 20th May 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
Western Digital expands its WD_Black range of NVMe solid-state drives with the WD_Black SN770 Game Drive.
Synology launches new SAS drives for enterprise customers
Tue, 20th Jul 2021
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storage
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hard drive
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sas
Synology has launched its HAS5300 SAS enterprise hard drives, designed to meet growing demand for high-capacity, high-performance, and resilient storage systems.
The villain lurking in your PC - a cautionary tale
Tue, 15th Sep 2020
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it in manufacturing
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seagate
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hard drive
There’s likely something in your desktop PC just waiting to ruin your day.
Western Digital adds top tech to data centre solutions
Tue, 14th Jul 2020
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servers
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western digital
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hdd
Worldwide availability of 16TB and 18TB capacities for Ultrastar HDDs, WD Gold HDDs and Ultrastar storage platforms.
QNAP releases new NAS series for home users
Thu, 30th Apr 2020
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storage
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private cloud
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nas
The TS-x31K series NAS is designed for home and personal cloud storage for users who wish to build their own private clouds.
Western Digital unveils 20TB mechanical HDDs
Fri, 6th Sep 2019
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hyperscale
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western digital
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hard drive
Select customers will be able to sample Western Digital’s 18TB Ultrastar DC HC550 CMR HDD and the 20TB Ultrastar DC HC650 SMR HDD, with full production expected to begin in the first half of 2020.
Seagate delivers first EXOS 16TB HDD and new drive for SMB NAS
Thu, 13th Jun 2019
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nas
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smb
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seagate
The company has also released the Ironwolf and IronwolfPro high capacity hard drives for home and SMB NAS.
Are hard disk drives damaged by smoke recoverable?
Fri, 5th Apr 2019
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dr
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hdd
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hardware
The old saying ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail’ is certainly an apt proverb in IT circles - ESET shares some advice for recovering smoke-damaged HDDs.
Gallery: Seagate’s Singapore R&D facility pioneering storage innovations
Wed, 27th Feb 2019
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storage
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it infrastructure
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seagate
The Shugart was completed in June 2015, spanning 440,000 square feet and capable of housing approximately 850 employees.
Toshiba pushes hard drive capacity further with 16TB CMR
Mon, 14th Jan 2019
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storage
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toshiba
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hard drive
The MG08 series hard disk drives are the industry's largest capacity conventional magnetic recording hard drive.
Hands-on review: Crucial’s BX500 SSD gets the job done
Tue, 16th Oct 2018
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
The Crucial BX500 comes in two flavours, 240GB and 480GB, giving users a no-frills boost to their PC at a budget-friendly price.
Synnex Australia and Toshiba partner to sell into ANZ
Fri, 6th Jul 2018
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synnex
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toshiba
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hard drive
Toshiba and Synnex Australia announced their collaboration for internal hard drive product sales and after-sales services for the ANZ region.
Western Digital announces product line geared for AI-powered video surveillance
Thu, 5th Jul 2018
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surveillance
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ai
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cybersecurity
According to IDC, the amount of big data exabytes generated by surveillance solutions is expected to grow by 25% per year through 2021.
DJI’s Fly Drive gets airdropped into ANZ
Mon, 28th Aug 2017
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drones
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hard drive
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dji
The Fly Drive can store over 60 hours of 4K 30fps video footage...
How history will retell the flash storage story, and how we will look back at this transition
Fri, 21st Oct 2016
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flash
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hard drive
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hpe
Make no mistake about it – the magnetic hard disk is being replaced by flash. Prepare for the future with this in-depth look into the flash story.
Advancements in wireless tech drives computing devices market
Mon, 23rd May 2016
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smartphones
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technology gifts
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wireless networks
Advances in WLAN, external hard disks, and keyboards is driving replacement of existing devices in the global computing devices market.
Hands-on review: LaCie Mirror external hard drive
Fri, 27th Nov 2015
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
External hard drives are rarely objects of beauty. This isn’t the case with LaCie’s Mirror hard drive.
Kiwi scientists make breakthrough in quantum computer storage
Fri, 9th Jan 2015
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quantum computing
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university of otago
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hard drive
Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Otago have achieved a major breakthrough in computer storage.
What is RAID?
Mon, 1st Aug 2011
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dr
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hard drive
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raid
As many of us have already learned the hard way, the part of your computer that is most likely to crash is the hard drive.