Posts Tagged ‘hard drive’

A new range of products that made me regret not being in Las Vegas during CES 2015 wasn’t a consumer electronics product. It was G-Technology’s Rugged Family of hard drives, an exciting move by the San Jose-based company into truly portable, ruggedized and waterproofed hard…

The Canon Connect Station CS100  kind of looks like an Apple TV box only bigger and uglier; it kind of has one gazillionth the functionality; and it kind of costs three times the price -- but don’t mind that: we all have to start somewhere.  …

This is ridiculous but it’s definitely NOT crazy: I actually got excited looking at the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test results for this monster 25 lb., incredibly fast and equally poorly-named Accusys ExaSAN A08S3-PS RAID system. I’ve never seen every box check-marked green.[adrotate group="6"] There’s nothing sexy…

Thanks to the folks over at ExtremeTech for alerting us to the research of Cloud Backup vendor Backblaze. According to Backblaze, hard drive failure rates for disks of the same size and age can differ by as much as 20X. Maybe we should spend a…

The story of HDLSR moviemaking is not so much about the need for speed but about the demand for space, for ever-increasing amounts of storage space. Most moviemakers are in agreement: you must effectively backup your footage after your shoot and you need to maintain as many…

Yes, I'm finally getting back to giving away another Drobo and I'm excited to make this a great Hanukkah or Christmas present for one of our loyal readers - and you've got multiple ways to enter this giveaway! [adrotate group="6"] [adrotate group="9"] December Giveaway We're…

We've now given away 3 Drobos on planet5D! Again our thanks to the folks over at Drobo who have helped us - you really should think about how a Drobo might help you with your data management issues. [adrotate group="6"] [adrotate group="9"] Winners The July…

Yes! We've got another Drobo to give away!!! That makes 2 for the month of August! You can win one of two ways - this quick giveaway - or on the planet5D forums (see this post with info). This new giveaway is gonna be a…

We're very pleased to be offering another great prize in our August giveaway - a Drobo 4-Bay! All of the instructions for entering are below - but here's a pic of the Drobo boxes that arrived at my house the other day! [caption id="attachment_12823" align="aligncenter"…

Remember the Drobo 100 contest? we almost won! Tho we didn't win the grand prize, the folks at Drobo did decide to award runner up prizes and they're graciously giving us a few Drobos and we're going to give some away. You can see the…