Posts Tagged ‘data storage’

Goodbye Drobo… Welcome OWC.

Posted on 14-04-2023, in NAS Storage by Ash Mehta

As of January 27th, 2023, Drobo support and products are no longer available. Drobo products were well made and award winning.  Photographers and digital creatives were snapping up Drobo's stylish range of products for a few years, but then things started to go wrong! StorCentric stepped in and acquired Drobo in 2018, however soon after this acquisition, supply and support issues continued to slide leading to terrible lead times, no...

QNAP 16 Bay Desktop NAS with Thunderbolt 3

Posted on 17-11-2022, in NAS Storage by Ash Mehta

The TVS-H1688X-W1250-32G is without a shadow of doubt the most impressive desktop NAS out there right now. It's functionality, performance and features have all been designed with content creators in mind, with upto 5 Thunderbolt users simultaneously enjoying access to photo/video editing. I won't go into the tech specs of the H1688X, just take a look at the datasheet on our website, where you will also see our unbeatable price! These units...

Latest news from the Tape Storage Council

Posted on 30-01-2015, in Data Storage by Stuart Humphrey

The Tape Storage Council, which includes representatives of BDT, Crossroads Systems, Fujifilm, HP, IBM, Imation, Iron Mountain, Oracle, Overland Storage, Qualstar, Quantum, REB Storage Systems, Recall, Spectra Logic, Tandberg Data and XpresspaX has issued the following memo to highlight the current trends, usages and technology innovations occurring within the tape storage industry. Abstract For the past decade, the tape industry has been re-a...

Long term data retention

Posted on 13-08-2014, in Data Storage by Stuart Humphrey

Businesses today face an ever increasing need to hold onto data for long periods. Not a straight forward additional challenge as technologies do not always favour retaining data for lengthy periods. What storage applications are available on the market place that you should be considering? Let's examine them including flash memory, hard disk drives, magnetic tape and optical discs. Flash Memory, when we are talking long term archiving. This...

Tape Storage for Mac Users

Posted on 10-12-2013, in Uncategorized by Stuart Humphrey

We are seeing more and more Mac users looking into the different options available today for their data storage solutions. LTO tape is a serious contender with its reliability, versatility and cost effectiveness. With many users in high end data consumption (in excess of 1TB daily/weekly), speed and ease of storage also come into play. Bundles are now available so that users can buy all that is needed without shopping around for additional pa...

A quick look at Data Storage options

Posted on 19-11-2013, in Data Storage by Stuart Humphrey

Let's face it, no-one wants to back up their data. But, due to that small chance of data failure we adhere and comply to a back up solution to nullify the risk and enable us to recover our precious and invaluable data.  So, what do you choose in an ever changing, ever growing , even more confusing world of new technologies. All companies must consider what the best back up strategy they must employ for there data retention.There is a solutio...

Data Storage : LTO tape vs RDX cartridge

Posted on 18-10-2013, in Data Storage by Stuart Humphrey

We cannot avoid choice in today’s market. Whether it’s choosing a car, a phone, even a light bulb. This also applies to data storage. Choice is healthy, it brings options, price competition but also a higher degree of user confusion. I have lost count where due to choice I have ended up buying nothing. So this article is about helping to distinguish between two data storage devices. Retaining your data is an important facet for every busines...