03 June 2019 00:00:00 EDT
How to check if an SSD Drive is fake
Over recent years, a number of fake SSD drives are now becoming more readily available on the market. With prices as little as £20 and the fact they are for sale on well-known sites such as eBay and...
Answering Your Magnetic Tape Troubleshooting Questions
Over the years, there have been many debates regarding the role of the oldest data storage medium, the tape. FStoring data for long periods of time is still a requirement for many companies. Many...
What is a hard drive head crash?
A head crash occurs when our device has suffered physical damage and the read-write head comes in contact with the spinning platter. As a read-write head only hovers nanometres above the spinning...
18 April 2019 00:00:00 EDT
How to store data on Mars
Storing data in outer space is no walk in the park! There are many differences between using computers on Earth and operating them on another planet, or just space in general. Luckily, a few...
14 March 2019 00:00:00 EDT
How to protect your data on your old mobile device
With the rising costs of smartphones, many consumers are no longer prepared to pay the hefty price tag that comes with a brand new one. With iPhone’s having passed the $1000 line, many are now...
31 January 2019 00:00:00 EST
What is Write Amplification (WA) and how it affects the SSD?
In a recent blog, we described Garbage Collection and the Trim command. Both are methods to mark and set data that are no longer in use and can, therefore, be overwritten in a Flash NAND based SSD....
24 January 2019 00:00:00 EST
How does wear levelling extend the life of a SSD?
In a previous blog, we looked at some of the most basic technologies that make SSDs and their Flash NAND chips work more efficiently and thus live longer. But there is one thing we have not...