(Season 3) Episode 14 – The High-Speed History of Hard Drives

Only, maybe not that fast.

Storage Arc [BONUS]


Hard drives! They’ve undergone quite a lot of changes over the years, from being the size of a respectable piece of furniture, to being filled with helium. They’ve got a long history, so let’s just get into it!


Sources:

General 1956 Events:

IBM 350/RAMAC:

(1961) IBM 1301:

Misc. IBM Advancements:

Thailand Flooding and Hard Drives:


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(Season 3) Episode 13 – (N)ot (A)nother (S)torage Episode

Also covers RAID (but not the kind that kills insects)

Storage Arc [3/3]


We’ve talked about them before, so let’s finally explain it! Setting up Network Attached Storage (also known as a NAS) may seem like quite a task with all of the things you need to figure out before getting started; luckily, you know a guy. (It’s us, we can explain the thing)


Sources:

NAS Definition:

Prebuilt Boxes:

NAS Software:

TrueNAS Core Tutorials:

RAID:

Why avoid SMR Drives:


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(Season 3) Episode 12 – Hard Disk Drives, the spinny ones

Storage Arc [2/3]


Hard drives! We rolled over the reasons you might not want to get one last episode, but there are still valid use-cases for them! So, let’s figure out just what kind of spinning rust you should be looking into.


Sources:

Hard drive definition:

Hard drive performance:

Western Digital SMR Drive lawsuit:

NAS and Surveillance Drives:


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