Yesterday, Intel Storage Matrix reported that one of the drives in my RAID 1 array was having errors. I'm trying to troubleshoot the issue and diagnose if there's something wrong with the driver or ...

A hard drive that's making loud clicking and screeching noises is trying to tell you something: The hardware is starting to fail and the component needs to be replaced. Failing hard drives typically ...

SSDs have usurped hard disk drives (HDDs) when it comes to performance, but whether building a network-attached storage (NAS) or having high-capacity needs on a budget, plenty of people still rely on ...

S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology), often written as SMART, is a monitoring system included in computer hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and eMMC drives.

Hardware durability metrics are drawn from the cloud storage provider’s portfolio of more than 230,000 hard drives under management. Cloud backup and storage provider Backblaze released its latest ...

In this podcast, we talk to Rainer Kaese, senior manager of business development for hard disk drives at Toshiba Electronics Europe, about hard disk drive (HDD) metrics. In particular, he takes apart ...

Seagate announced two new plans Monday to give consumers peace of mind when it comes to their hard drives: Seagate Rescue and Seagate Rescue and Replace. Traditionally, data recovery in the event of a ...

Your laptop hard drive should run anywhere in the range between 5 and 60 degrees Celsius (40 to 140 Fahrenheit) without experiencing any major issues. Laptop hard drives may run hotter than the ...