Apr 07
Storage powerhouse Seagate has unveiled their latest nearline hard drive. Available in sizes up to 6TB, Seagate’s offering promises improved performance as well as secure encryption. Seagate and LaCie ar … Continue reading
Apr 06
LaCie Thunderbolt 2 storage solutions flaunt speed and capacity for 4K workflow
Posted in: Today's ChiliModern day consumers’ penchant for high-quality video and computer-generated graphics require not only powerful workstations but also storage devices to match. Addressing a market hungry for such equipment, LaCie has … Continue reading
Mar 08
Borrowing bits and pieces of technology from the automobile industry, Facebook hopes to construct a radical new second building in the city of Luleå, Sweden. This new structure proposes to … Continue reading
Jan 28
In a world filled with storage options, there’s still no perfect solution to long-term cold storage for corporations and those who need to archive data for the long haul. Facebook … Continue reading
Dec 24
Microsoft has made a deal to buy a huge chunk of land in Quincy, Washington. The plot is 200 acres of land and word is that Microsoft plans to use … Continue reading
Dec 23
If you’ve ever had the need to store terabytes of data and have those accessible to any and all of your devices, then you had probably taken a look at … Continue reading
Nov 13
Facebook’s soon-to-be-opened data center in Altoona, Iowa will be 100% wind-powered, the company has announced. Electricity will be supplied by MidAmerican Energy in nearby Wellsburg, IA. It will be Facebook’s fourth proprietary data center. The wind plant is being built concurrently with the data center. Originally, MidAmerican was going to build a nuclear facility, but […]
Nov 13
WD My Cloud EX4 four-bay personal cloud storage system holds up to 16 TB of data
Posted in: Today's ChiliWestern Digital has announced a new personal storage appliance called the WD My Cloud EX4. The cloud storage solution is a high-performance four-bay network attached storage device aimed at creative pros and workgroup users. It’s also appropriate for any home or office user looking for a way to back up and manage large amounts of […]
Oct 26
Google is building a floating data center, suggests a long trail of circumstantial evidence
Posted in: Today's ChiliA CNET reporter recently tracked down the meaning and nature of a barge moored to Treasure Island, a former Navy base in San Francisco Bay. The barge, which has been built up with shipping containers to resemble a floating, mostly windowless, four-story building, largely matches a Google patent for a floating data center filed in […]
Oct 17
Long term data storage is tricky. Hard discs and magnetic tapes
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