First of all, how much is 1200 Exabytes? 1200 exabytes is… 1,200,000,000,000 Gigabytes 1,200,000,000 Terabytes 1,200,000 Petabytes 1.2 Zettabytes Ok, that’s just a bunch of data storage-speak. Let’s put this into a context we can all visualize courtesy of DOMO and…
The world is getting fat…data fat that is. We have all heard the statistics (source: Wikibon): YouTube users upload 48 hours of new video every minute of the day. (Source) 100 terabytes of data uploaded daily to Facebook. (Source) 30 Billion pieces of content shared on Facebook every month.…
. It’s impressive how much the flash market is shaking things up in the world of storage. The flash enabled storage stack is ripe with opportunity, and Seagate, as usual, knows how to leverage its strengths to take advantage. Hence, the investment in Virident captured nicely by this…
. I don’t know about you, but I think it’s about time to give up on marketing and positioning hard drives by rotations per minute (RPM). Here are 5 reasons why the days of marketing the RPM spec in the enterprise/data center space should be over: 1. Customers pay for IOPS, not RPMs.…
. “Solid-State Drives Will Complement, Not Replace, Hard-Disk Drives in Data Centers,” says Gartner Research via StorageNewsletter.com. The timing of this report is great because this this “off season,” we at Seagate were getting serious about adding some real speed to…
When I saw the title of this infographic, I was like, “Finally, the TCO mystery explained in a simple to read graphical format. Then, I saw it was a hard disk drive (HDD) vs. Flash/SSD story, and the variable used to measure TCO – Performance. My geeky excitement immediately faded,…
Have an old hard drive laying around that is no longer needed? Don’t discard it, because inside these technological marvels is a virtual treasure trove of creative inspiration. No, I am not talking about the data that may still reside on the drive, but the magnet, platters, actuator arm,…
“Storage is terrified right now. Storage is a giant bastion of proprietary software.” - Joshua McKenty – CTO, Piston Cloud and Board Member of OpenStack. If you are wondering what exactly OpenStack is, Ryan Cox of Silicon Angle published a great post summarizing a discussion at theCUBE…
No doubt data centers are becoming architectural works of art. Here are a few of my favorites (click image to see more):
. The following guest blog is by Mike Crump, VP, manufacturing quality and supplier quality engineering/Asia, and Harrie Netel, director, quality data analytics. Seagate creates and stores staggering amounts of data. Stored on 650 Seagate enterprise-class hard drives and 42 SSDs in Seagate’s…
Today's "Cute"
1200 Exabytes enough for ya? (Wait, what's an Exabyte?) http://storageeffect.media.seagate.com/2013/05 /storage-effect/infographic-how-far-does-1200- exabytes-per-year-take-us/
The #cloud lowers business risk, expert says - http://ow.ly/lkRjF
What's #BiggerThanSlim? Pretty much everything! Learn More >> http://ow.ly/l9kU0
CNET lists Backup Plus as one of its Top six storage devices - http://ow.ly/l9iYW #Reviews
A great read. Check it out! Top 10 'Star Trek' Technologies that Actually Came True -- http://ow.ly/lkoFe
Drawp –Taking the Drawing Board With You – The Digital Den -- http://ow.ly/lhGYl
What's #BiggerThanSlim? Pretty much everything! Learn More >> http://ow.ly/l9kU0
Seagate Thin SSHD 500GB Full #Review - Third Generation Hybrid | PC Perspective http://ow.ly/l9sYI
Any disagreements?
136,902 people like Seagate
©2013 Seagate Technology LLC
