Drobo and Synology are two of the well-known companies to provide NAS (network-attached storage) devices for both individuals and businesses. Each one of them offers models that best fit different objectives, budgets, and storage capacities. Knowing what you need and which is the goal is the important thing when looking for your new NAS device. […]
Mobile phones these days are the bedrock upon which we build our digital lives. With at least half of the world’s population using smart devices and with over half of the world’s web traffic coming from mobile phones, the number of users storing their personal data on smartphones today exceeds 50 percent — so it […]
How much data do we produce? According to the IDC’s report on the ever-growing datasphere, which was released in not-so-far 2018, the total size of the world’s collected data is expected to hit the daunting 175 zettabytes by 2025 — for a compounded annual growth rate of 61 percent. But with surging storage needs across […]
Which is the winner in a ZFS vs BTRFS scenario? Which one brings the best performance in an EXT4 vs XFS standoff? Truth is, each ZFS, BTRFS, XFS, or EXT4 file system – to only name the most popular ones – has pros and cons. Whether for enterprise data centers or personal purposes, choosing the […]
There are several signs of hard disk drive (HDD) failure besides the evident ones like error screen and failure to boot. While they now boast larger storage capacities, more compact sizes, and faster speeds, hard drives still have a quite fragile design. This means that the possibility of breakage or malfunction increases in proportion to […]
From the photographs being stored on our personal computers, documents, files, and various archives to business assets and huge databases of megacorporations — the total amount of data created each day reaches 2.5 quintillion bytes. Along with this, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are now more people than ever before working from home. This […]
A hard drive may produce natural sounds when you turn it on/off, and there is nothing to worry about. But when your hard drive beeps, that is a sign that something is wrong. A hard drive beeping is an alert for you to take action to protect your data and fix the problem before losing […]
It was just a few years ago when a simple backup required Android users to perform a number of complex procedures, involving physical computer connections, intricate third-party software, and at least a couple of adult beverages to get everything synced and properly set up. Luckily, the technological progress doesn’t stay still — and today the […]
In spite of the fast-paced world of technology being constantly improved and every now and then supplied with new methods of gathering, operating, and storing information — from refined solid-state drives and helium storage devices of today to DNA memory and quantum computing we’re about to see in the future, — everlasting hardware is yet […]
