Storing hard drive near electric wire
Question: Can storing a hard drive near an electric wire (220V) damage the hard drive? I have no clue about such things so I thought I’d ask here. It’s just…
Seagate ST500NM0001
ST500NM0001 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 500GB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST500NM0001 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
How to add a 2.5″ drive to a desktop computer case?
Question: I’m changing my computer case to the Fractal Design Define R3. It looks like a nice case, and it seems to have great reviews. I’ve got a 2.5″ SSD…
Seagate ST3500620SS
ST3500620SS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 500GB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST3500620SS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Cleaning up temp files in Mac OS X
Question: My 4 months old Mac partition volume is losing space slowly and gradually. I am pretty sure there are a lot of orphaned temporary files laying around in the…
Seagate ST3500414SS
ST3500414SS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 500GB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST3500414SS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Calculating hard disk block model reading time
Question: My professor posted a slide on how to calculate the data retrieval from hard disk using the block model. The specs were: 7200 RPM 5ms SEEK 80MB/s TRANSFER RATE…
Seagate ST4000NM0025
ST4000NM0025 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 4TB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST4000NM0025 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Do S.M.A.R.T. tests wear out the hard disk?
Question: I was wondering, is it safe to do “extended” smart test on a 1TB hdd regularly ( once a month) ? what about “short” and “conveyance” Answer: Yes, albeit…
Seagate ST3450856SS
ST3450856SS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 450GB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST3450856SS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…