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Most storage servers use a single type of primary storage media, like HDDs or SSDs. All-HDD servers excel at inexpensively storing large amounts of data, and serve it back over your network at very

The rumors are true, we made some changes to the Storinator. If you follow Linus Tech Tip you may have seen the new version of the Storinator in this video. But don’t worry, we kept all the things you love about it – we just gave it a huge u

Archie makes his debut in this week’s tech tip! Here at 45Drives we do things a little differently. We’re not about locking you in – that’s why we’re opensource. But,

The Storinator Buying Guide is available to help you determine what size Storinator you need for your data storage solution. In this part of the guide (part 2), we will discuss considerations to make based on your use case. Note: As always, the be

Determining what storage application works best for you can be a difficult task. Luckily, we have an amazing support team and plenty of great resources to help you get the right 45Drives storage solution for your specific needs. If you need storag

Ever wonder how we make our storage servers so fast? Well, you’re in luck! In this weeks tech tip, our lead engineer Brett Kelly is talking about the architecture of our Storinator storage se

We build some pretty awesome storage servers or at least that’s what our customers and fans say about us! We like to think it’s because our Storinators solve their storage issues by holding huge am

Hard Disk Drives (HDD’s) are one of the most impressive and important electromechanical devices ever created. When I think about it, it is really amazing that these things actually work,

In previous posts, I showed measurements of the power draw of Consumer (C-class) HDDs, in both standard and staggered start-up. In this post, I’m showing the same power dr

You’ve seen him in our 45 Drives videos, now Product Manager Stephen MacNeil lends his voice to the 45 Drives blog to discuss our latest news – we’re now offering enterprise-

In Part 1 of the series, I discussed the Power Draw of a Storinator on Startup and other conditions. Results showed that our Storinator’s Power Supply Unit (PSU) is well suited for the task at

This is Part 2 in a series of posts from 45 Drives co-founder Doug Milburn, reflecting on the evolution of 45 Drives, where we’re headed and why. Read Part 1 to find out how 45 Drives got

Over the last couple of months, everyone at 45 Drives has been totally immersed in work related to “launching” the new Storinator models that just went up on our site last Friday. I put q