I think this is the take-away. NAS drives have a slightly different firmware which allow them to respond/behave better in NAS environments. For example, instead of re-reading a bad or troublesome ...

Seagate has announced a new set of 12TB hard drives for desktop and NAS drives. The new 12TB volumes are part of the BarraCuda Pro, IronWolf, and IronWolf Pro product families. The BarraCuda Pro ...

I need more storage (again). Since last time, I've become more intrigued by the idea of network storage and have looked at some NAS units without included drives and a few with. I know that most ...

EMC’s Iomega subsidiary today unveiled a new series of desktop and rack-mountable storage arrays that use high capacity SATA or high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs). Iomega’s new StorCenter PX ...

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Computer and smartphone users alike have to deal with the same problems: limited and sealed-in storage, difficulty in sharing files, and troubles backing up data. There’s a good chance that you’ve ...

A hot potato: Reports of WD, Seagate, and Toshiba quietly selling SMR disks have been confirmed by the respective manufacturers. SMR or shingled magnetic recording makes for denser and cheaper drives ...