Remember when we posed the question as to “whether we’ll ever actually see 100GB Blu-ray disks?” Despite the technological feasibility and advances by companies such as Sharp, we debated whether the market forces that drive advances in data storage and archiving would lead to a consumer writable Blu-Ray disk of greater than 100GB capacity. Given [...]
It’s always exciting for us to see new data backup solutions that could genuinely help the average person preserve and protect their valuable data. We’ve written about the importance of regular backups to USB devices such as Western Digital’s MyBook Elite and the benefits of moving beyond single drive devices to RAID capable network attached [...]
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4 Comments »Despite the benefits of network attached storage with RAID and QNAP’s recent attempt to bring the technology to the home user, consumers generally still seem to prefer external USB hard drives for additional storage capacity and data backup, due mainly to the convenience, ease, and cost of these devices. For those employing multiple external hard [...]
Posted in Hard Drives, PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, Storage, USB Tags: backup, hard drive, My Book, storage, USB, WD, Western Digital 2 Comments »Someday I’m going to create a time based plot of the average amount of data I accumulate requiring permanent storage. Like most people whose lives are becoming increasingly digital, the graph will undoubtedly highlight an upward trend. Since most of this data is irreplaceable pictures, movies, and documents, it’s important to regularly back it up and understand what products [...]
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