A Bold Hard Disk Prediction Pure Storage has had quite a trip in the 14 years since it was formed with an eye on developing what was then a new up-and-coming technology, flash storage. Long ...

Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo is not going to let a slight dip in last quarter’s all-flash array storage business stop him from making a bold prediction that the spinning hard-drive ...

or, if you prefer, "Could new storage technology replace hard disks?". Physicists, especially those owned by computer companies and universities, are understandably keen to create new fundamental IT.

This article explores the recording technologies in hard drives, focusing on the lesser-known Shingled Magnetic Recording ...

Computers use two main types of storage: hard disk drives and solid-state drives. Both store your files, applications and operating system, but they work differently. These differences ...

Hard disk drives (HDDs) typically have read and write speeds of 80-160 MB/s. This is sufficient for most general-purpose tasks, such as browsing the web, opening documents, and playing music.

Many newer desktops use M.2 slots for storage, and these interfaces are faster (and more expensive) than SATA ports, which are typically used for hard drives and 2.5-inch SSDs.

After decades of overly rosy availability predictions, Seagate announced in late 2024 that it was finally delivering ...

Apple has been updating some classic Mac icons during the macOS Tahoe beta, upsetting some longtime Mac users who prefer the ...

The research found that hard disk drives had an average failure rate of 1.54%, whereas the SSDs had a failure rate of only 0.79%, making them almost twice as reliable.

While external disks are helpful for additional storage, they aren't reliable, being a full-fledged single backup solution. I learned this the hard way after literally losing years of data just ...