Tag Archives: hard drives

High Capacity Storage

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

Technology keeps marching on, even in mundane segments of the arena.  For example, hard drives—difficult to get excited about hard drives, except that data has to be stored somewhere and as image files get bigger and bigger they take up … Continue reading →

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Hard Drive Reliability

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

Backblaze is out with another report on the reliability of hard drive brands used in their datacenter.  Information of this nature should be considered carefully and not overgeneralized.  However, speed is a factor in choosing storage media for critical files, … Continue reading →

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Desktop Internal Storage

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

Once image files are captured in the field, they have to be stored on a drive of some sort to be optimized and archived.  Over time, collections tend to balloon beyond expectation.  Thankfully, hard disk drive capacities have grown too, … Continue reading →

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Disk Drives for File Storage

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Chuck_Maas

Digital photographers have to process and store image files somewhere, either locally or in the cloud.  The demand for space increases with file size, especially when shooting RAW with high-MP sensors, and designing the best array of devices to process, … Continue reading →

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Current Events

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Chuck_Maas

Hewlett-Packard. In a surprise move, HP announced just two days ago that it will cease all operations related to its webOS products, including the TouchPad tablet and Pre 3 phone, and will likely also sell its PC manufacturing business (see … Continue reading →

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Wildlife, Business Trends

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Chuck_Maas

Local wildlife.   It’s nice to know that one doesn’t always need to travel halfway around the world to make compelling images—occasionally willing subjects show up right in the back yard. The new world.   Transformations within societies often come in waves, … Continue reading →

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