"An Inside Look at the Backblaze Storage Pod Museum" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-storage-pod-museum/ From 45 TB in a storage pod to...

Shadow wrote: On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 14:18:21 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote: "Never Give Ransomware Scammers Your Money" ...

"Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q2 2019" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/ "As of June 30, 2019, Backblaze had 110,640 spinning hard...

What should I make of a drive for which S.M.A.R.T. reports 8 bad sectors (a single 4K block, I assume), but badblocks reports no errors on a read-write...

I just read a piece by BackBlaze discussing the best kinds of drives to use for various purposes, and I noticed that they claim that external drives *may*...

You won't know until you shuck it: Amazon reviews and answers to questions concerning WD Essentials USB3 external drives show that what's inside may vary --...

It's occurred to me that now, with such vendors as Amazon and NewEgg listing items that are actually sold by other vendors, it's impossible to be sure to...

I'm considering buying some "renewed/"refurbished" drives -- typically "enterprise" models that presumably have been replaced according to a "just in case"...

An ST2000DM001 that has clocked up a smidgeon under 5 years (3 years longer than its warranty) of 24/7/365 operation in my FreeNAS machine has just reported...

"These Aren’t Your Ordinary Data Centers" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/these-arent-your-ordinary-data-centers/ Heh. I like the one in a church. Lynn

"Ransomwa How to Prevent Being Attacked and Recover After an Attack" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/complete-guide-ransomware/ I hope that I never get...

"How Reliable are SSDs?" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-reliable-are-ssds/ "What’s not to love about solid state drives (SSDs)? They are faster...

On 1/25/19 4:22 PM, I wrote: “Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2018â€� Â*Â*Â* https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-for-2018/ “As...

One choice of drives is a 5900 RPM 256MB cache. The other is a 7200 RPM 64MB cache.

"PC Makers: We Need to Talk About the Boot Drive" https://www.tomshardware.com/news/boot_drive-frustrations,38555.html "Boot drives rarely get the...

I have recently acquired 2 new WD My Passport 4 TB external hard drives. I really like their small size, different colors, and the fact that they get their...

"SSD 101: How to Upgrade Your Computer With an SSD" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/ssd-upgrade-guide/ I need to do this at the house pc. Now. Lynn

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...