Hard drives are the main data storage solution and they are an essential part of most modern technological devices, such as your computer. But hard drivers have different specifications for different uses. They can be conventional spinning hard disk drives (HDD), nimble solid-state drives (SSD), or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment, the SATA hard drive.  SATA […]

A solid-state hybrid drive, SSHD for short, is a conventional spinning hard drive enhanced with a small amount of quick solid-state cache memory and additional firmware to control the caching processor, all in one closure. Simply put, by combining the capacity of a hard drive with the reduced boot and access times ensured by an […]

In our blog we regularly publish articles about RAID systems and their levels, how to choose the most appropriate system for specific purposes, how to rebuild a failed RAID without losing data, and much more. Now, in this article we would like to explain the concept of redundancy itself. If you are new to RAID systems and their very purpose, […]

Now, the average user doesn’t know or care about the specifications of particular models and often has no idea of the technology used in a drive — as long as it’s simple to set up, easy to operate, and promises reliability. For understandable reasons, storage size, read/write speeds, and cost seem to have the highest […]

Also known as memory cards, SD cards are more resistant to physical damage than other external data storage devices. A memory card has a better chance of surviving extreme conditions like dust, water, shocks, and even drops from great heights than, for example, an HDD. Yet, you can face a corrupted SD card at any […]

Flash drives are popular data storage devices since they are easy to access from anywhere with a USB port. They are also small enough so you can carry them in your wallet. With a lot of write/erase cycles, flash drives offer a suitable solution for the temporary storage of information, such as that big work […]

When it comes to reliability and durability, it’s no secret why solid-state drives are increasingly bypassing traditional HDDs in popularity. Although it’s not impossible to encounter a few SSD problems, SSD failures are much more unlikely to happen when compared to HDDs. Unlike conventional hard disk drives, which are made up of fragile mechanical parts […]

When Benjamin Franklin said, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” he actually should’ve added hard drive crashes and running out of disk space. Luckily, while we’re stuck with death and taxes, there is a way to fix the storage problem. Networked storage has moved from enterprise to […]

It comes a time that scaling small businesses or even home users handling large volumes of data will need to upgrade their data storage solutions.  A storage upgrade is meant not only for increased capacity or reliability, but for a centralized setup to improve performance, shareability, and security.  The natural growth from a DAS (Direct-Attached […]