Disk reliability has long been an issue for broadcasters. When disk failures occur in play-to-air servers — the most critical part of the on-air infrastructure — it can mean going “black to air” for ...

The storage industry isn’t necessarily known for being a fast mover. Take for example this memo, dated October 2003 (it’s in Microsoft Word format), in which Seagate made clear the need to move the ...

Backblaze, the low cost cloud backup and storage provider, has published its drive reliability numbers for the final quarter, and full year, of 2016. The company uses self-built pods of 45 or 60 disks ...