Optical storage can last a century, give faster access to data, and is backward compatible with earlier optical technology, yet disk drives and tape rule in long-term storage. Optical media is the ...

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SSD or HDD? We review the advantages and disadvantages of each, and how their technology influences tasks such as long-term ...

If you find yourself in the enviable position of getting new hardware for your gaming PC, it's worth taking the time to make sure you’re getting components that are going to serve you well. When it ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. With so many emerging ...

‘Up until now, storage systems have been provided for individual use cases, and competitors have generally had four, five, six, or even more unique systems, different software environments, different ...

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‘We predict that there will be no new hard disks sold in five years,’ says Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo on the company’s first fiscal quarter 2024 financial conference call. Pure Storage CEO ...

Do solid-state disks (SSDs) last longer than traditional hard disks? A new study looks very good for the SSDs, but closer inspection of the results suggests it’s actually too early to call. Online ...

One of the first big challenges neophyte sysadmins and data hoarding enthusiasts face is how to store more than a single disk worth of data. The short—and traditional—answer here is RAID (a Redundant ...

In this post, we will see how to shrink and compact hard disks in Hyper-V. This allows you to make room for the hard disks if they are too big for your physical computer. Since Hyper-V hard disks are ...

Discover the best disk imaging software for data backup, disaster recovery, system migration, and system deployment purposes, as we analyse the best providers in the business. Disk imaging software is ...