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Forum: Storage (alternative) August 12th 16, 12:08 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 6
Views: 1,013
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2016"

On 8/11/2016 4:01 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
Lynn McGuire wrote

"Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2016"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q2-2016/

"Q2 2016...
Forum: Storage (alternative) August 11th 16, 06:33 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 2
Views: 578
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Seagate Introduces a 60TB SSD – Is a 3.6PB Storage Pod Next?"

"Seagate Introduces a 60TB SSD – Is a 3.6PB Storage Pod Next?"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/seagate-60tb-ssd-36pb-storage-pod-next/

Wow, welcome to the futu
...
Forum: Storage (alternative) August 4th 16, 07:35 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 0
Views: 858
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Ransomware Hit 40 Percent of Businesses in the Last Year"

"Ransomware Hit 40 Percent of Businesses in the Last Year"
http://www.pcmag.com/news/346708/ransomware-hit-40-percent-of-businesses-in-the-last-year

"Perhaps most concerning: "3.5 percent even...
Forum: Storage (alternative) August 2nd 16, 11:45 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 6
Views: 1,013
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2016"

On 8/2/2016 5:01 PM, Neill Massello wrote:
Lynn McGuire wrote:

I am continuing to stay away from Seagates for now. WDC are beginning
" to worry me also. Of course,...
Forum: Storage (alternative) August 2nd 16, 06:10 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 6
Views: 1,013
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2016"

"Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2016"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q2-2016/

"Q2 2016 saw Backblaze: introduce 8TB drives into our drive mix, kickoff a pod-to-vault migration...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 29th 16, 06:07 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 3
Views: 501
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"The Future of Cloud Storage"

"The Future of Cloud Storage"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-future-of-cloud-backup/

"With over 250 Petabytes of data under management, Backblaze has grown to be one of the largest Clouds...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 26th 16, 11:03 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 4
Views: 715
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
[OT] Ransomware Gang Claims ....

On 7/26/2016 1:25 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

RansomWare is usually software NOT hardware!

RansomWare Gang is people, NOT computer hardware.

Pleas post this topic somewhere...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 25th 16, 10:35 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 4
Views: 715
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Ransomware Gang Claims Fortune 500 Company Hired Them to Hack theCompetition"

"Ransomware Gang Claims Fortune 500 Company Hired Them to Hack the Competition"
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/ransomware-gang-claims-fortune-500-company-hired-them-to-hack-the-competition

I...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 22nd 16, 07:02 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 3
Views: 378
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
Seagate's new drives -- up to 10TB

On 7/21/2016 9:47 AM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/barracuda/

Perce

...
Forum: Printers July 21st 16, 07:10 PM Posted to comp.periphs.printers
Replies: 6
Views: 703
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
what options for printing saddle "stitched" booklets?

On 7/8/2016 2:32 PM, Eli the Bearded wrote:
I've been printing small booklets on 8.5" x 11" paper, folded in half
and center stapled. These are five to six sheets of paper (including a
cover in...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 15th 16, 03:25 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 8
Views: 425
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
“No honor among thieves: New ransomware takes your money, deletes files anyway”

“No honor among thieves: New ransomware takes your money, deletes files anyway”
...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 12th 16, 06:16 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 3
Views: 310
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
the tedious pace of tape drives

On 7/11/2016 11:18 PM, Ed Light wrote:
On 7/11/2016 12:51 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

This is why I use a single external USB3 hard drive for our LAN backups
and have so for the last ten ???...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 11th 16, 08:51 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 3
Views: 310
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
the tedious pace of tape drives

On 7/9/2016 11:24 PM, wrote:
Interesting whinge he
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/capacity-speed-guy-holmes
I recall things like DLT falling by the wayside because it...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 8th 16, 01:58 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 1
Views: 324
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
“How Una Got Her Stolen Laptop Back”

“How Una Got Her Stolen Laptop Back”
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-una-found-her-stolen-laptop/

I love a happy ending.

The hard drive backup service has a “locate my computer”...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 25th 16, 07:58 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 7
Views: 333
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
Today is my semiannual archival day

On 6/24/2016 7:00 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Lynn McGuire wrote:

Today is my semiannual archival day. ...
snipped the diary entry

Usenet is not for use as your diary book nor is it Twitter...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 24th 16, 11:24 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 7
Views: 333
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
Today is my semiannual archival day

Today is my semiannual archival day. Tonight, I will run a full office LAN backup on one of the remaining 4 TB WD external USB hard
drives that we own. I backup our office LAN to an external hard...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 3rd 16, 10:25 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 4
Views: 364
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
Onstream ADR50 tape backup drivers anyone?

On 6/2/2016 5:15 PM, wrote:
I have some archives on ADR50 tapes that I need to access. The company went out of business years ago and I have lost my Windows 2000 drivers. ...
Forum: Storage (alternative) May 17th 16, 08:02 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 7
Views: 1,246
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"One Billion Drive Hours and Counting: Q1 2016 Hard Drive Stats"

"One Billion Drive Hours and Counting: Q1 2016 Hard Drive Stats"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/

Very interesting and scary on those 6 TB failure rates.

Lynn
Forum: Storage (alternative) May 11th 16, 06:31 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 0
Views: 517
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Don’t Trust the Cloud Alone: Think 3-2-1"

"Don’t Trust the Cloud Alone: Think 3-2-1"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/dont-trust-itunes-match-alone/

Lynn
Forum: Storage (alternative) May 9th 16, 09:08 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 3
Views: 575
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Storage Pod 6.0: Building a 60 Drive 480TB Storage Server"

On 5/7/2016 11:42 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 26/04/2016 1:29 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
"Storage Pod 6.0: Building a 60 Drive 480TB Storage Server"
...
Forum: Storage (alternative) April 25th 16, 06:29 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 3
Views: 575
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Storage Pod 6.0: Building a 60 Drive 480TB Storage Server"

"Storage Pod 6.0: Building a 60 Drive 480TB Storage Server"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/open-source-data-storage-server/

Wow! Half of a Petabyte in a single box!

Lynn
Forum: Storage (alternative) April 15th 16, 10:42 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 0
Views: 267
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Should I use an external drive for backup?"

"Should I use an external drive for backup?"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/external-drive-backup/

"If you’re already using Backblaze or another cloud backup solution, you’re well on your...
Forum: Storage (alternative) April 1st 16, 10:00 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 2
Views: 414
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Introducing Catblaze Cloud Backup"

On 4/1/2016 1:35 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Lynn McGuire wrote:

"Introducing Catblaze Cloud Backup"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/catblaze-backup/

April Fool's ... gotcha.

When a...
Forum: Storage (alternative) April 1st 16, 06:42 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 2
Views: 414
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Introducing Catblaze Cloud Backup"

"Introducing Catblaze Cloud Backup"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/catblaze-backup/

Lynn
Forum: Storage (alternative) April 1st 16, 06:42 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 20
Views: 596
Posted By Lynn McGuire[_2_]
POST: Why to never buy 3.5" external HDD's

On 4/1/2016 8:11 AM, flo-rate wrote:
Interesting post. Is he right not to buy external 3.5 HDDs?

++++

http://forum.piriform.com/?showtopic=37513
Posted 24 December 2012 - 05:15 PM

Why...
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