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, HDD…
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, HDD…
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, HDD…
Why is there a lot of disk usage after laptop starts up from hibernation?
Question: When I turn my laptop on after it hibernated and even when I m at the point where I m at my desktop and I can well, use my…
Seagate ST3450857SS
ST3450857SS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 450GB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST3450857SS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
What is the granularity of a hard disk URE (unrecoverable read error)?
Question: tl;dr in case a URE ?occurs on a hdd, will I loose 1bit, 1Byte, or the size of a sector (512Bytes, or 4096 Bytes AF)? and if possible explain…
Seagate ST3400755SS
ST3400755SS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 400GB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST3400755SS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Is a computer’s DRAM size not as important once we get a Solid State Drive?
Question: I am thinking of getting a Dell X11 netbook, and it can go up to 8GB of DRAM, together with a 256GB Solid State Drive. So in that case,…