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Seagate FireCuda 8TB HDD Review: A Solid Storage Solution

By Shane Downing published 2 July 23

Seagate delivers a meat and potatoes desktop hard drive

Seagate BarraCuda 8TB HDD Review: The SMR Slowdown

By Shane Downing published 30 June 23

The Seagate BarraCuda is a slow but inexpensive hard drive that suffers from its use of SMR technology. It’s good for specific use cases but should be avoided for high-performance applications.

Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB HDD Review: The Warranty Advantage

By Shane Downing published 29 June 23

We review the 14TB Seagate IronWolf Pro, an HDD built for NAS that also serves well in other roles given its performance and pricing.

WD Blue 8TB HDD Review: A Balanced, Entry-Level Hard Drive

By Shane Downing published 26 June 23

Back to Basics.

Western Digital Red Pro 20TB HDD Review: OptiNAND on a Platter

By Shane Downing published 8 June 23

Western Digital’s Red Pro NAS line of high-capacity hard drives (HDDs) utilizes NAND flash with its OptiNAND technology to reach 20TB and beyond. It’s CMR technology without the drawbacks of SMR.

Seagate Reveals HAMR HDD Roadmap: 32TB First, 40TB Follows

By Anton Shilov published 8 June 23

Seagate unwraps some of its short-term HAMR plans, keeps betting on the technology.

DIY Laser Text Projector Made Using Old Hard Drive

By Ash Hill published 12 May 23

Ben from Ben Makes Everything is using an old hard drive to power a DIY laser text projector with a little help from an Arduino.

HDDs Will Be Extinct by 2028, Says Pure Storage Exec

By Mark Tyson published 10 May 23

Pure Storage exec predicts the demise of the HDD industry by 2028, but such a rapid decline might simply be wishful thinking by the flash-centric firm.

Backblaze: HDDs Tend to Fail Before Three Years of Operation

By Francisco Pires published 4 May 23

Backblaze has poured through its HDD failure rates to find out exactly how long drives can be counted on for the company's cloud storage business, and the results are not what you might expect.

Seagate Ships First 30TB+ HAMR Hard Drives

By Anton Shilov published 21 April 23

Seagate to recognize revenue shipments of 30TB+ HDD-based Exos Corvault systems this quarter.

Seagate Hit with $300 Million Fine for Shipping 7.4 Million HDDs to Huawei

By Anton Shilov published 20 April 23

Seagate to pay record fine for shipping 7.4 million hard drives to Huawei from 2020 to 2021.

HDD Sales Crater, Drop 35% Year-over-Year

By Anton Shilov published 15 April 23

Unit shipments of nearline drives suffer the most in the first quarter as exascalers remain cautious.

WD Launches Dual-Actuator 20TB HDDs With SATA SSD-Like Throughput

By Anton Shilov published 30 January 23

Western Digital's Ultrastar DC HD760 HDD roughly doubles performance while using less power than two separate drives.

Seagate: 22TB and 24TB HDDs Launching Soon, 30+TB HAMR Follows in Q3

By Anton Shilov published 26 January 23

Seagate is on track to launch industry's first 30TB HDD with HAMR in the third quarter.

Seagate SkyHawk AI 20TB HDD Review: Mechanical Storage for AI Video

By Shane Downing published 21 November 22

The 20TB Seagate SkyHawk AI hard drive uses CMR technology to offer reliable performance for video, imaging, and AI workloads. It’s backed with a strong warranty that includes data recovery services.

Seagate Launches 2nd Gen Dual-Actuator HDDs: 18TB at 554 MBps

By Anton Shilov published 15 November 22

Seagate's new Mach.2 dual-actuator hard drives gain capacity and performance.

Backblaze Q3 2022 HDD Report, Balancing Price and Reliability

By Aaron Klotz published 1 November 22

For cloud storage, cheap may trump reliable

Seagate to Cut 3,000 Jobs Amid Poor Quarter, Charges of Export Violations

By Anton Shilov published 26 October 22

Seagate has poor quarter, will cut 3,000 jobs and production of HDDs. The company also faces charges from the U.S. Dept of Commerce for violating export bans to China.

How To Clone Your SSD or Hard Drive

By Les Pounder published 9 October 22

Migrating your OS to a faster drive is made easy with Clonezilla.

Seagate Aims to Ship 30TB+ HAMR Hard Drives in Mid-2023

By Anton Shilov published 23 July 22

Seagate plans to release 30TB+ HAMR hard drives.

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