“Earlier this month, Seagate announced an 18TB entry in its Ironwolf Pro lineup. Western Digital answered Wednesday morning with 18TB versions of its Red Pro and Purple consumer-targeted lines.”
Google Drive flaw may let attackers fool you into installing malware
“Google Drive may have a way for hackers to trick you into installing rogue code. System administrator A. Nikoci has told The Hacker News about a flaw in Drive’s “manage versions” feature that could let attackers swap a legitimate file with malware.”
Important Google Drive Sharing Update Impacts Millions Of Users
“Google is introducing a new sharing feature for G Suite Drive users in the next few weeks via a public beta. The G Suite blog published a post yesterday outlining a new feature that allows users to share folders in shared drives.”
We put Western Digital’s dreaded SMR Red drive to the test
“Western Digital has been receiving a storm of bad press—and even lawsuits—concerning their attempt to sneak SMR disk technology into their “Red” line of NAS disks.”
Western Digital Officially States Which Specific HDD Models Use SMR Technology
“Western Digital has released a statement that states which drives make use of the SMR ( or shingled magnetic recording), which is slower when compared to its newer CMR technology. The company announced that the drives that use SMR technology range from WD Red HDD to WD Black HDDs.”
WD, Seagate and Toshiba found selling slow SMR drives unsuitable for NAS RAID environments
“A hot potato: Reports of WD, Seagate, and Toshiba quietly selling SMR disks have been confirmed by the respective manufacturers.”
Your WD Red NAS Hard Drives Might Be Using SMR – What You Need To Know
“WD Red 2TB, 4TB and 4TB NAS Hard Drives Use SMR / DM-SMR Over the last few days, a story has been circulating that revolves around WD Red NAS Hard Drives and their potential use of shingled magnetic recording (SMR) and a statement has been shared by the brand highlighting that this is indeed the cas”
Hard Drive Reliability Stats for Q1 2015
“Over the past year we’ve been releasing hard drive reliability statistics based on the drives we use to store customer data for our online backup business. As of the end of Q1 2015 we had 44,252 hard drives spinning in our datacenter.”
This USB Drive Can Nuke A Computer
“Do not ever use a random USB flash drive. There are plenty of software exploits that can ruin your computer or life. And with this flash drive, it can physically destroy your computer by blasting a load of voltage to the USB controller with negative voltage. Think Wile E.”
