Recently a number of the companies that produce hard drives have begun shipping models that use SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) technology rather than CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording). And some ...

In context: While consumers have mostly replaced HDDs with solid state storage drives in their PC systems, NAS devices are still making use of traditional magnetic units. HDDs can offer significantly ...

While there are a lot of cloud storage services out there like One Drive and Google Drive, it’s always good to have an extra copy of your stuff in a local hard drive, just in case. Luckily, external ...