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Expanding the capacity of even the best NAS is simple. Fill the enclosure with as many drives as it supports, and add an external enclosure once the primary system is fully populated. Larger drives can […]
It’s a pretty established fact that adding an SSD to an old PC is one of the biggest improvements to its overall performance. But what about if you already have an SSD but are tempted […]
I’m starting to find my external backup drive is getting too small to back my data partition up fully (I have a large second internal hard drive that does still get the job done automatically […]
Key seems to be charging it to only 50% and turning it off and storing it in that state, with a recharge back to 50% every 6 months (you do remember to set an alarm […]
Similarly, to iOS, it will retain the icon and user data and remove the application itself to save about 60% storage space (and also not run anything as a background service). This is different from […]
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has released the first edition of a new set of standards designed to clear the way for a new breed of storage products: CSxes. Short for computational storage devices, […]
Long duration energy storage has yet to make a significant dent in the global energy profile. To date, the only widespread form of storage technology that can last longer than a few hours is the […]
LOL yes today’s youth won’t know what punched paper tape storage was used for. We also used it with punched cards back in the heyday of mainframe computers. Most will remember punched paper tape being […]
Docker containers are great (my opinion) due to their ease of deployment and updating, as well as better resource usage for multiple concurrent services on a server. One could also argue they offer better security […]
GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk and solid-state drives. It allows […]