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Hard Disk Drives, the spinny ones
Tech Tho(ugh)ts
English - April 16, 2021 04:00 - 15 minutes - 22.1 MBTechnology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
(Season 3) Episode 12
Storage Arc [2/3]
Hard drives! We rolled over the reasons you might not want to get one last episode, but there are still valid use-cases for them! So, let's figure out just what kind of spinning rust you should be looking into.
As always, sources are available on our website.
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Opening Music: Another World by BETTOGH
Storage Arc [2/3]
Hard drives! We rolled over the reasons you might not want to get one last episode, but there are still valid use-cases for them! So, let’s figure out just what kind of spinning rust you should be looking into.
Sources:
Hard drive definition:
Digital Trends, 16 March 2021, “What is a hard drive?”Dropbox.com, Accessed: 23 March 2021, “What is a hard drive?”
Hard drive performance:
Seagate.com, Accessed: 23 March 2021, “Choosing High Performance Storage Isn’t Just About RPM”TechJunkie, 25 April 2020, “What is the Hard Drive Cache and What Does It Do?“PCGuide.com, Accessed: 23 March 2021, “The Hard Drive Cache’s Importance In Gaming”
Western Digital SMR Drive lawsuit:
Ars Technica, 29 May 2020, “Western Digital gets sued for sneaking SMR disks into its NAS channel“
NAS and Surveillance Drives:
UberNerd, 19 July 2017, “Desktop vs. NAS vs. Surveillance”Toshiba Storage Solutions Blog, 15 August 2017, “NAS and surveillance drives: How they’re different and why they’re a big deal“
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Opening Music: Another World by BETTOGH