I have spent a lot of time optimizing my NAS to run quietly and power efficiently. One big way to achieve that is to have the drives run as briefly as possible — I had mine set up to spin down after ...

Recently, I wrote about how a solid-state drive can really speed up your computer. I got more than a few emails asking about SSD pricing — solid-state drives are more expensive than traditional ...

So when will the last spinning hard drive, by far the most common storage media in use, leave the corporate data center? The arguments for its demise are compelling, including eliminating the power ...

I have the latest edition of the Time Capsule (A1470, I believe the 2013 revision?). Recently, I have begun to notice that the hard drive is audibly spinning up from time to time. At first, I thought ...