HDD
Say ‘sayonara’ to the spinning disk: Brocade exec
A senior Brocade executive predicts that the spinning disk will die out in the next three to five years, and flash and fibre channel storage will be the primary storage option for enterprises.
165% surge in new ransomware in Q1 2015: McAfee Labs
In the first quarter of 2015, McAfee Labs registered a 165% increase in new ransomware driven largely by the new, hard-to-detect CTB-Locker ransomware family, a new ransomware family called Teslacrypt, and the emergence of new versions of CryptoWall, TorrentLocker, and BandarChor.
A budget-friendly approach to flash storage
When it comes to storage, a complete ‘rip 'n replace’ strategy can be more expensive and a lot more complex. It makes the most sense to add new technology, like flash and tiering, to an existing infrastructure to address new demands, improve performance or lower costs for existing applications, writes Dell’s Sumir Bhatia.
Seagate claims new ultra-mobile HDD ‘redefines’ tablet market
Seagate Technology Plc has taken the wraps off the new Seagate Ultra Mobile HDD (hard disk drive) designed exclusively for mobile devices.
Seagate unveils new enterprise HDDs with big power savings
Seagate Technology has unveiled two new enterprise-class hard disk drives (HDDs) it said were optimised for emerging cloud infrastructures and large scale data centres: The Seagate Terascale HDD (pic) and the Seagate Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v7.
Seagate launches custom-made NAS hard drive
Seagate Technology has unveiled the new Seagate NAS HDD, a hard disk drive (HDD) it said was custom-built for always-on, one- to five-bay network attached storage (NAS) systems.
WD Se hard drives for ‘scale-out’ data centre use
WD has officially announced the availability of its WD Se line of hard drives in Malaysia, which together with the WD Xe and WD Re lines, makes a compelling case for positioning hard-disk drive (HDD) technology at the heart of the cloud computing surge.
