If you regularly peruse this blog you’ll know that we regularly discuss society’s looming data storage crisis and the fact that a multitude of organisations are seeking a solution.Currently, a number of potential solutions are being developed and we’ve discussed several of – such as DNA data storage, improved HDD densities, superior writing techniques etc. – on this blog. Now, there’s another alternative data storage...
On May of this year, General Data Protection Regulation (more commonly known as GDPR) came into effect. With the vast majority of businesses large and small utilising peoples’ data in some way, shape or form, there are few that won’t be affected, yet an alarmingly high number are unaware of how GDPR will alter their day-to-day practices or what they must do in order to ensure they’re compliant. Considering that the m...
We recently wrote about the need for storage media with greater storage capacities – focusing on Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) techniques and how this results in HDDs that are capable of storing more data within standard formats. Today, we discuss another means of achieving this: Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR).Like Shingled Magnetic Recording, HAMR increases a hard drive’s storage density by increasing t...
Last week, we wrote about Western Digital’s latest HDD and the fact that, by utilising a unique way of writing data known as Shingled Magnetic Recording, it boasts the greatest storage capacity of any HDD in history – but how does this new writing technique work and, more importantly, why does it result in superior storage densities.All HDDs write data onto discs coated in magnetic materials, commonly referred to as ...
Things move quickly in the world of technology and data storage; only last month we wrote about how Seagate had released the world’s first 14TB HDDs but Western Digital have gone one better having just unveiled their Ultrastar 15TB drive. In order to achieve this unprecedented capacity, Western Digital have utilised Shingled Magnetic Recording, a technique that increases storage density by allowing data tracks to ove...
Data storage media is so often the unsung hero of the business world. Nigh-on all companies and organisations rely on it in some way shape or form. For many, it plays an invaluable role in vital departments such as sales, marketing and customer care – and this is becoming more apparent at more and more institutions each day least of all because we’ve seen just how urgent data recovery services can be needed first-han...
Hard drives crash, and it can happen any time from day one to several years down the line. It’s actually more convenient if it happens on day one because then it’s almost definitely a factory or manufacturing issue and it’s likely that you’ll only have a small amount of your precious data stored on it. Within a few months, though, it’ll be stuffed full of your personal photos and documents. Waking up to discover that...
If you’re anything like me, the moment you purchase a piece of technology of any kind you immediately regress to the point where you are, to all extents and purpose, ten-years-old again. Literally everything has to wait until I’ve got everything setup and running. When the new item in question is a new PC, that includes transferring all of the data stored on my old device over to my shiny new one.Recently, my parents...
For those of us who grew up when mobile phones were beginning to go mainstream, terrestrial television began airing a fifth channel and the discman was the most technologically advanced mobile media player available, today’s technology – such as smartphones, streaming services and superfast broadband – can seem nothing short of miraculous.The Cloud – perhaps due to its ubiquitous nature – is a great example of such a...
For some time now, those operating within the technology sector – from data recovery service providers to developers to IT technicians – have known that mankind is producing data at a rate that is unsustainable. Many experts have even suggested that the demand for storage will be outstripping supply in less than a decade!In response, both public and private organisations from manufacturers to universities have been d...