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WD Red Plus 12TB HDD Review: Seeing Red
The WD Red Plus is a reduced version of the Red Pro, both designed for network attached storage (NAS). The Red Plus is cheaper and quieter but also slower with a shorter warranty.
Seagate BarraCuda 8TB HDD Review: The SMR Slowdown
The Seagate BarraCuda is a slow but inexpensive hard drive that suffers from its use of SMR technology. It’s good for specific use cases but should be avoided for high-performance applications.
Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB HDD Review: The Warranty Advantage
We review the 14TB Seagate IronWolf Pro, an HDD built for NAS that also serves well in other roles given its performance and pricing.
Seagate SkyHawk AI 20TB HDD Review: Mechanical Storage for AI Video
The 20TB Seagate SkyHawk AI hard drive uses CMR technology to offer reliable performance for video, imaging, and AI workloads. It’s backed with a strong warranty that includes data recovery services.
Backblaze Q3 2022 HDD Report, Balancing Price and Reliability
For cloud storage, cheap may trump reliable
Backblaze Reveals Life Expectancy for HDDs in Its Servers, Going Back to 2013
Cloud storage provider Backblaze has shared its life expectancy numbers for HDDs as they've experienced them ever since the company opened doors back in 2013.