Hybrid drives: not so fast!
Vendors are pimping hybrid drives of flash memory and rotating disks. Disk drives and flash memory have very specific performance profiles.
Storage Bits
Storage is what makes a computer your computer. Robin Harris writes about storage and other tech with a focus on the SOHO/SMB market. And fun stuff, too, like PS3 supercomputers and Google's technology.
Robin Harris
Robin Harris has been messing with computers for over 30 years and selling and marketing data storage for over 20 in companies large and small.
Ricardo Bilton
Ricardo Bilton writes for ZDNet's The ToyBox.
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Why aren't small drives cheaper?
Smaller Is Better, So Why Isn't It Cheaper?I've been wondering when the 2.
Blu-ray vs HD-DVD: Bonus play!
A few months ago I predicted that it was game over for HD-DVD in the Blu-ray vs HD-DVD blood match, with Blu-ray the winner. Why?
Building an energy efficient home computer
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Google's new storage service
It is about frikkin' time!18 months ago the storage world was abuzz with the hints of Google's Gdrive, a rumored free(?
Can Apple's new Pages replace Word?
Storing data in documentsI ordered Apple's new iWork '08 package Tuesday and it arrived two days later. I've had the prior iWork suites but found little use for them as Microsoft's Office suite - which I've used for 15 years - met my needs without a learning curve.
How Microsoft puts your data at risk
56% of data loss due to system & hardware problems - OntrackData loss is painful and all too common. Why?
50 ways to lose your data
Apologies to Paul SimonDisk drives are marvelous devices. Especially when they go "clunk" and stop working.
How data gets lost
Our perception of risk and the reality of risk are often two different things. For example, are computer viruses or system glitches more likely to hose your data?
Flash drives: your mileage WILL vary
Flash is an alien technology for disk users. I've noted before that flash drives can have really terrible write performance, but until I ran into it myself I had no idea how bad flash write performance could be.