Backblaze disk drive failure stats suggest the “bathtub curve” effect may be imaginary. The idea is that disk drives fail either early on in their life or after many years, and a plot of failure rate over time shows a U-shaped curve with higher rates at the start and end of working life and few or […]| Blocks and Files
Seagate and ZeroPoint Technologies demonstrated hardware-accelerated compression within a CXL memory tier at the OCP Global Summit in San Jose, CA. How could disk drive supplier Seagate utilise ZeroPoint’s HW-accelerated memory compression technology within Compute Express Link (CXL) memory tiers? Is it envisaging a JBOD chassis, full of Exos disk drives, with a CXL memory […]| Blocks and Files
At long last, I got hold of a decently well functioning ESDI drive. From my earlier adventures, I had a WD1007V-SE2 controller, as well as an older WD1007A. The WD1007A (Compaq branded) used to live in a Hyundai 286 machine … Continue reading →| OS/2 Museum
We test the Seagate Expansion 28TB and then opened it up to find a Seagate Barracuda 28TB HAMR-based drive inside the USB enclosure| ServeTheHome
Seagate is now shipping 30TB IronWolf Pro NAS SSDs and Exos M data center hard drives that use HAMR technology| ServeTheHome
The wild gyrations in tariffs on computer goods, including storage, make it impossible for businesses that rely on them to calculate costs.| Blocks and Files