That's where a RAM disk can come into play. By using available random access memory (RAM) not currently reserved for other ...

Another simply named utility, du stands for disk usage. You should also use the -h switch with du to get back human readable storage numbers. Typing du -f on it’s own will return a listing of ...

featuring the IBM Model 350 disk storage unit (US Patent 3,503,060). This groundbreaking drive offered 5MB of storage at $10,000 per MB. At the time, customers would pay over $3,200 per month to ...

I’ve been writing about technology since the early 1990s and have used a vast array of tech products over the decades, moving on from them when their inevitable replacements arrived. That isn’t the ...

Seagate announced that they are shipping 36TB HAMR evaluation drives to customers. A study shows AI will drive demand for ...

Today, we can now provide flash storage for all storage needs. We don’t think there’ll be any hard disk sold in five years,’ says Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo. A Bold Hard Disk ...

A hallmark of computer storage in the 1970s. Here are five interesting facts about 8-inch floppies: The 8-inch floppy disk, originally called a "memory disk", was developed by IBM to serve as a ...

‘Customers that do not take advantage of Pure’s QLC products to replace disk systems are choosing the more expensive and energy-intensive option,’ says Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo on ...

We remember the floppy disk as the storage medium most of us used two decades or more ago, limited in capacity and susceptible to data loss. It found its way into a few unexpected uses such as ...

A direct access storage device that is written and read by light. The most common types are CD, DVD and Blu-ray. As removable media, optical discs superseded the earlier magnetic disk cartridges ...