What’s the outlook for enterprise hard disk drives (HDD) in the data center?
Does the continued decline of shipped units mean that the end is nigh for hard disk drives? Are solid state drives (SSD), fueled by long-term declines in …
Does the continued decline of shipped units mean that the end is nigh for hard disk drives? Are solid state drives (SSD), fueled by long-term declines in …
“Know Thyself”, Socrates once said. While this Greek philosopher didn’t have hard drives in his audience, he may as well have. Modern HDDs are able to capture data about their own performance in the form of SMART attributes.
“S.M.A.R.T” stands …
Certified refurbished hard drives are rigorously tested, and usually available at a discount. But making a quality purchase involves knowing what to look for.
When it comes to purchasing HDD, the main considerations are normally cost and quality. Factory recertified …
Will increases in hard drive capacity outpace the growing factors looking to eat HDD’s lunch?
The past year has been a difficult one for hard drive sales. Unit shipments have decreased, flash is getting steadily cheaper, and the Big Three …
The most widely used cryptocurrencies rely on energy-intensive computations. Advancing green blockchain technology will require reducing emissions while discouraging e-waste. Chia believes it has a solution.
A blockchain is a type of virtual ledger that underlies all cryptocurrencies. The beauty …
Speculating on the future of data center storage is hardly an exact science. This is even more true in a year when economic pressures and low demand have spelled trouble for HDD and SSD alike. However, look closely at …
Providers of all-flash arrays believe they can make HDD a thing of the past. Their argument: that denser and more efficient storage solutions will eventually lower the TCO of flash below that of HDD.
It’s been a turbulent time for …
After years of slow growth, HDD capacity is once again increasing fast. So how is shingled magnetic recording (SMR) helping drive this acceleration?
It seems like 20TB drives only just arrived, and already Western Digital is shipping samples of a …
In every aspect of business, data generation is growing at a staggering pace. But what to do with all the information once it’s in your systems? Managing your company’s data retention policy from the parallel perspectives of business value and …
In today’s device-driven age, IT asset disposition (ITAD) is an essential component of safe and secure enterprise computing.
As the sophistication of IT hardware grows, the question of what to do with retiring or end-of-life computing equipment intensifies. Companies must …