The rapid increase in the volume of digital data is driving demand for effective and economical storage media. As a result, HDD (hard disk drive) shipments are currently rising. And nothing is more integral to HDDs than the platters that …
In an age of surging spend on data center infrastructure, IT asset disposition (ITAD) is an essential component of safe and secure enterprise computing.
As the sophistication and scale of data center hardware grows, the question of what to do …
Invented before the advent of digital computers, magnetic tape storage is the backbone of cold storage in enterprise data centers. Companies are competing to find ways to make tape storage denser, faster, and more searchable.
Where there’s business, there’s a …
Drive rewritability is important, but it matters more for some workloads than others. Understanding how drive endurance is measured can help you select drives which best meet your data center needs.
In the intricate landscape of data center management, selecting …
What’s driving the growing interest in DNA data storage as an alternative media for long-term use?
If there’s one thing the world could always use more of, it’s data storage. The rapidly growing Internet of Things produces a never-ending …
Leading storage analyst, Tom Coughlin, recently turned to Horizon Technology’s certified data sanitization program for hard drive disposal. He was impressed by Horizon’s process for hardware reuse, and the level of security it provides.
When it comes to hard drive …
The IEEE 2883 standard is highlighting non-destructive methods of data sanitization, paving the way for greener hardware lifecycles.
When it comes to sustainable business, no firm is an island. Greening the tech industry will require massive coordination between businesses.
A …
Why it’s important to address hard drive failure in the data center head on.
Storage technology is more sophisticated and durable than it’s ever been. But nothing lasts forever, and that includes hard drives. While the comparative durability of HDDs …
JBODs are simple, but not simplistic. Added features can supercharge the usual JBOD use cases. By incorporating self-healing data storage into its Exos CORVAULT system, Seagate is trying to pioneer the future of JBOD.
JBOD is a versatile virtual architecture. …
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 …
