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 […]
Unlike fragile portable storage devices such as external hard drives — for which even a slight jolt may be enough to join the whisperers — SD cards are normally manufactured to be resistant to physical damage, meaning that your memory card has a better chance of surviving extreme conditions like dust, water, shocks, and even […]
Despite the huge variety of alternatives that greatly surpass flash drives in terms of capacity, performance, and durability, USBs remain in great demand among thousands of users for they provide an incredibly convenient and compact means of data storage and transportation. With an impressive number of write/erase cycles — depending on the memory technology used, […]
You don’t need to be well versed in the latest technological discoveries or have a thorough understanding of all the intricacies of your computer’s design — a superficial knowledge of each of the technologies will be enough to grasp why solid-state drives are increasingly bypassing traditional HDDs in popularity. Unlike conventional hard disk drives, which […]
“Since I turned on my computer this morning, the Windows detected a hard disk problem error continues to appear on the screen and prompts me to start the backup process. How do I solve the issue?” — while сomputer forums are full of messages like this, the problem itself has been bothering many Windows users […]
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 […]
There are plenty of articles on the Internet telling about the main characteristics of certain storage systems. But what about those users who don’t follow the technical innovations, or, say, those who simply don’t have time to understand many of the specifications and find out how they will affect the performance or reliability of the […]
Why Opt for NAS? The number of cloud storage users around the world continues to grow by leaps and bounds, and that is no surprise: space scalability, customizable access, automated backup options and convenient data sharing features are just a few of the benefits that cloud computing can offer you today — not mentioning the […]
