Western Digital Addresses the WD Red SMR Controversy
In the wake of media coverage from the likes of Ars Technica on the subject, Western Digital has provided an update on the SMR (shingled magnetic recording) controversy...
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Tag: Hard Drive
Seagate Shipping 16 TB Exos X and IronWolf PMR Hard Drives for Enterprise and NAS
While Seagate has been shipping 16 TB hard drives to hyperscale enterprise customers since late march, the company is finally bringing the high capacity drives to the broader retail...
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Seagate Announces Quarterly Earnings for Q2 FY2018
Seagate Technology has announced its quarterly earnings for the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 (the quarter ending 12/29/2017). The Cupertino-based company has reported quarterly revenue of $2.9 billion, net income of…
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Toshiba Launches 14TB Helium Sealed PMR Hard Drives For Enterprise Customers
Toshiba recently took the wraps off of a new hard drive series aimed at the enterprise market. What makes the MG07ACA series interesting is that Toshiba is offering a 14...
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Western Digital Launches 10TB Red and Red Pro
Western Digital increased the capacity of their Red and Red Pro NAS hard disk lines to 10TB. Acquiring the Helioseal technology via their HGST acquisition, which enables Helium filled...
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PC Perspective Spring 2017 Buyer’s Guide
Spring is in the air! And while many traditionally use this season for cleaning out their homes, what could be the point of reclaiming all of that space besides filling…
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Lenovo ThinkPad Stack Review – Portable Router, HDD, Battery and Speaker
Way back in January of 2015 at CES we were shown a new line of accessories from Lenovo called ThinkPad Stack. The company is targeting...
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Toshiba Launches New 4TB and 5TB 7200 RPM Desktop Hard Drives
This week, Toshiba introduced 4TB and 5TB hard drives to the consumer space. Coming from Toshiba's Digital Products Division, the new drives are part of the company's PH3*00U-1I72 series and are the…
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Computex 2014: Corsair Announces Voyager Air 2 Wireless Storage Drive
Today Corsair annouces the Voyager Air 2, a wireless hard drive with 1TB of storage which can connect to iOS and Android devices, as well as PCs and Macs. The Voyager Air…
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Seagate Packs 6TB Into 3.5″ 7200 RPM Enterprise Capacity Hard Drive
Seagate's latest enterprise class hard drive offers up to 6TB of space in a 3.5" form factor. The Enterprise Capacity series drive comes in both SATA III 6Gbps and 12Gbps...
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Seagate Launches 4TB, Four-Platter Hard Drive For $200
Seagate recently took the wraps off of a new 4TB hard drive. The new drive uses the company's 1TB platters, and the ST4000DM000 uses four 1TB platters. Other characteristics include a 7,200…
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iSuppli Estimates Hard Drive Industry Will Experience 12% Decline In 2013
Analytics firm IHS recently released its iSuppli Storage Space Market Brief. According to the report, 2013 does not look good for hard drive manufacturers who may see up to a...
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HGST Working With Helium To Inflate Hard Drive Capacities
Western Digital-owned Hitachi Global Storage (HGST) recently announced that it is pursuing the mass production of helium-filled hard drives. The culmination of six-plus years of research and development, Hitachi’s engineers...
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Western Digital Hybrid Hard Drives: 5mm 500GB Sampling
Western Digital has been sampling 5mm-thin 2.5” hard drives designed for Ultrabooks. They have currently announced partnerships with Acer and ASUS to include these drives in future ultrathin laptops. Western...
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Seagate Acquires Majority of Shares in LaCie
Earlier this year, it was revealed that hard drive manufacturer was interested in acquiring a controlling interest in LaCie. LaCie is a manufacturer of high-end desktop drive and NAS enclosures....
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Western Digital Red 3TB SATA SOHO NAS Drive – Full Review
Introduction: I'm going to let the cat out of the bag right here and now. Everyone's home RAID is likely an accident waiting to happen. If you're using regular consumer...
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Western Digital releases ‘Red” series of SOHO NAS hard drives
** Note ** - Full review has been posted HERE! Today Western Digital launches their Red series of hard drives. These are basically Caviar Greens that are specificially tuned to operate...
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Deals for June 18th – 2TB Buffalo LinkStation Live for $135
Today's deal offers us a 2TB version of the Buffalo LinkStation Live, a NAS device (network attached storage) that allows users to easily backup their systems while being able to share the resources…
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