This drive does a long test every 2 weeks or 336 hours, but why does a test sometimes get logged more than once? Model Family: Hitachi Travelstar...

"Hard Drive Stats for Q3 2018: Less is More" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/2018-hard-drive-failire-rates/ "As of September 30, 2018 Backblaze had 99,636...

"Hard Disk Drive (HDD) vs Solid State Drive (SSD): What’s the Diff?" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hdd-versus-ssd-whats-the-diff/ "If you’re still...

"Seagate Announces 14TB Barracuda Pro, IronWolf, And IronWolf Pro" ...

I notice with SAS backplanes, you typically have a cage for 6 drives on one side, and two 4-lane cables on the other. So it is sharing bandwith. Maybe suffices...

"Intel's first 'ruler' SSD holds 32TB" https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/10/intels-first-ruler-ssd-holds-32tb/ Good night ! I note that the cost is not...

This is now an academic question, since the SAS drive that seemed to be about the same price as a same-size SATA one appears to be a refurb. But maybe the...

I have just purchased a Argosy - HD363N Network Storage Enclosure and put in my Maxtor 200 gig drive. This Enclosure connects to your router by RJ45 and...

Hello. What's the best way to fully erase external working USB HDDs? I don't think old classic DBAN can handle external working USB HDDs? Any others to use...

Bought a 2 TB hard drive. Cloned my offline HD to it, containing all my personal data. Films, photos, passwords, diary, bank details, receipts etc. No illegal...

Perusing the future LTO standards, there is LTO-12 192 TB (uncompressed). Currently at LTO-8 with 12 TB. I believe LTO-10 48 TB will happen, but after that...

"Backblaze Durability is 99.999999999% — And Why It Doesn’t Matter" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/cloud-storage-durability/ Shards. Lynn

Is it possible to get a vintage 5.25" PC floppy drive connected to a modern PC with no floppy controller and just USB/FireWire inputs? Do IDE 5.25" floppy...

On 6/15/2018 11:47 AM, Bill Ward wrote: Most hard drives seem quite indestructible. What is the best method of disposal ? I do live on the coast with some...

Looking online for SCSI host bus adapters, I saw one supposed to Ultra 160, but is a PCI card (limit 133 megs) So maybe okay for disks, but if you tried an...

"HDD vs SSD: What Does the Future for Storage Hold?" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/ssd-vs-hdd-future-of-storage/ Pretty much what I thought. Lynn

On 6/12/2018 1:12 PM, Paul wrote: Flasherly wrote: Direct Chinese marketing - no warranty, no nothing. Except, it is MICRON branded. My Micron, I...

The 2018 award for biggest piece of junk in the history of electronics goes to BenQ !!! For producing one of the most useless garbage cd/dvd rom...

"The Helium Factor and Hard Drive Failure Rates" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/helium-filled-hard-drive-failure-rates/ "In November 2013, the first...

I have stated previously that I have an older drive that seems to get a lot of Spin Retry Counts in SMART, but other than that it's rock solid: it has...