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Toshiba Announces 18TB MG09 HDD
Toshiba is preparing to release their new HDD models, which will be their first with “energy-assisted magnetic recording”. The new MG09 Series of drives employ their 3rd generation 9-disk helium-sealed design, allowing a staggering 2TB per disk in the stack. The end result is a “humble” 3.5″ HDD that can…
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SSD Shipments Finally Beat Standard HDD’s
Without a doubt, one of the best and most affordable upgrades a PC owner can make to their system at the moment is the purchase of a solid state drive (SSD). With several excellent options available to purchase right now for less than £50, one of the most significant features…
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TerraMaster Launches the D2 Clone Hard Drive Duplicator
TerraMaster, a professional brand that specializes in providing innovative storage products including network-attached storage (NAS) devices, has announced the launch of its brand new D2 Clone 2-slot drive cloning and enclosure. The TerraMaster D2 Clone is ideal for professional content creators, businesses, and users that handle large amounts of storage,…
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Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Touch 1TB Portable HDD Review
SSDs might take all the hype these days, but HDDs are still vital players in the field. Today I’m taking a look at a portable HDD that is a little bit special, the Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Touch with 1TB capacity. The drive is special in the sense that it…
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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Relaxes SSD Requirements!
Around a month ago Blizzard confirmed the official PC requirements for its latest World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion and while they didn’t, generally speaking, throw up too many surprises, there was an inclusion that certainly raised more than a few eyebrows. Specifically, that an SSD was listed, solely, within the…
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Western Digital Reveal First WD Red SSDs and New 14TB HDD
I’ve always been a big fan of Western Digital drives. Personally, I don’t think I’ve built a NAS that didn’t end up housing WD Red drivers or similar. With that in mind, I’m happy to see them expand their range today, with a few new large capacities of WD RED…
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Seagate Backup Plus Portable 5TB HDD Review
A large storage capacity doesn’t need to be expensive nor physically large, as Seagate proves with the Backup Plus series. Today I have the Backup Plus Portable 5TB HDD in the office for a closer look and some benchmarks. Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive This is a truly small drive,…
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LaCie Mobile Drive 5TB Portable HDD Review
I recently had a look at LaCie‘s Mobile Drive as the SSD version and today it is time to take a closer look at the HDD version. The LaCie Mobile Drive portable HDD offers more capacity and a lower price per TB than the SSD, but it comes in the…
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Toshiba N300 10TB NAS HDD Review
I’ve had the pleasure to test the Toshiba N300 series in the past, but today it is time to take a look at the 10TB version of this drive. Other available capacities include 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 12TB, and 14TB. So there should be one for every capacity need. Toshiba N300…
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Seagate Exos X16 16TB Enterprise HDD Review
Seagate recently launched its new 16TB HDDs which include the Exos enterprise drives. Today I have just that drive in the office for a closer look and a series of tests. I keep being impressed by how much capacity Seagate manages to cramp into these type of drives, allowing them…
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Hard Disk Drive Shipments Projected to Drop by 50% in 2019
Market Projection from Japanese Company Nidec Nidec is a Japanese company that makes 85% of the motors inside hard disk drives. As such, their market analysis and projections are important in the industry. According to Nidec’s latest financial presentation however, hard disk drive shipments will drastically drop this year. This…
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Western Digital WD RED 8TB NAS HDD Review
Western Digital WD RED 8TB HDD Review The WD RED series by Western Digital is one that we’ve already have a lot of looks at. That doesn’t mean that we can’t have another one, does it? Today I’m putting the 8TB HDD through the paces and benchmarks. WD RED NAS…
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Toshiba Canvio Premium 4TB Portable HDD Review
Toshiba Canvio Premium 4TB Portable HDD Review It is not long time since I had a closer look at the Canvio Basics with 2TB. Today we’re upping it all with the Toshiba Canvio Premium (product link) in a 4TB version. Toshiba Canvio Premium The Canvio series is a proven one…
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LaCie Launches New Rugged RAID Shuttle and 2big RAID Drives
LaCie has launched versions of two of its best-known drives at the 2019 NAB Show: the LaCie Rugged RAID Shuttle and LaCie 2big RAID. LaCie Rugged RAID Shuttle LaCie Rugged drives have been around for 14 years already, in various options and capacities. They are industry-leading in drop, water, and…
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Seagate Hires Nvidia AI To Help Keep Their HDD Tech Alive
Seagate Hires Nvidia AI While we are not exactly seeing the death of the standard hard disk drive (HDD) with the expansion of ownership of solid state drives (SSD) and their much superior speeds, it would perhaps be fair to say that the days of HDDs might be numbered. It…
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