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Akash Jain

Akash Jain

First Seagate HAMR 30TB drive unveiled as Mozaic 3+

If you're involved in the data industry, you likely caught wind of Seagate's recent announcement regarding their 30TB hard drives. While incremental capacity upgrades are commonplace, this one stands out as it marks the introduction of Seagate's innovative HAMR technology. Here's the

Synology F1 RAID vs QNAP QSAL

TL;DR Both Synology F1 RAID and QNAP QSAL implement uneven writing patterns on SSDs to minimize the potential risk of multiple SSDs failing simultaneously within a RAID configuration. While they adopt different methods, the ultimate goal is the same: favoring one SSD with more write operations to achieve this

3 Methods to Disable Synology HDD/SSD Compatibility Warning

Orignal Question : Hi Akash, I am told by a supplier that they can modify synology so it will work even with non-compatible drives. What is your take on this ? First thing first - Disabling the compatibility warning doesn't have any advantage Disabling the compatibility warning is not a

SSD RAID Performance in RAID 0, RAID 5, RAID 6 and RAID 10

Theoretical understanding of RAID performance is easy to understand - RAID0 offers the highest performance, followed by RAID 10, RAID 5, and RAID 6. However, SSDs behave differently in real-world scenarios. To assess the actual performance of SSD RAID across various RAID levels, I setup multiple RAIDs and tested them

myQNAPcloud storage is QNAP's Public Cloud

It has been a while since Synology introduced its public cloud service( Called C2) and now QNAP is in the testing phase for its own public cloud service known as myQNAPcloud Storage. Name bears a similarity with QNAP's existing dyndns/remote access service called myQNAPcloud, myQNAPcloud Storage is

QNAP QTS vs QuTS Hero

While both QuTS Hero and QTS are based on Linux, the key difference is that QuTS hero uses ZFS file system. All the difference between the two operating systems stems from this filesystem difference. Home and SMB entry-level models use QTS , while all the higher models (SMB- Advanced and enterprise

OWC Thunderbay 8 vs Sandisk Professional G-RAID Shuttle 8

OWC Thunderbay 8 has 2 versions- the advanced Thunderbay 8 flex ( which supports U.2 media and PCIe expansion) and Thundberbay 8. Sandisk Professional Shuttle 8 compares to the basic Thunderbay 8 Tabular comparison of OWC Thunderbay 8 with Sandisk Pro Shuttle 8 OWC Thunderbay 8Sandisk Shuttle 8 Number of

Data Recovery on SSD is more difficult than HDD

Mention SSDs and HDDs together and its bound to lead to transfer speeds, IOPS, power consumption, and the impending demise of HDDs. However, this article takes a different route—it's not about SSD vs. HDD; it's about data recoverability. Undeleting data from a working HDD is

Privacy Screen Filters Buying guide 2024

We specialize in offering a diverse range of Privacy Screen filters in the UAE, backed by our expertise in the field since 2005 . As a go-to source for these privacy, we understand that individuals considering privacy screens often have a variety of questions. This blog post is written to provide

Seagate Exos X24 Platform Released in Dubai with 24 TB CMR Drives

Seagate has unveiled the X24 platform, and here's a comprehensive overview of its key features. For channel partners and integrators, the platform will exclusively introduce CMR drives, available in capacities of 12TB, 16TB, 20TB, and 24TB. CMR drives are optimal for various workloads so its understood that channel

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