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Seagate’s 16TB Hard Drives Now Available for Pre-Order

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The new Seagate IronWolf and IronWolf Pro 16TB NAS drives are now available for pre-order. These are 3.5″ single disk NAS drives. The Pro drives have a 300TB/year workload rating and a 250MB/s data transfer speed, while the standard Iron Wolf drives are rated for 180TB/year and a 210MB/s data transfer speed.

Combine 8 of these drives with a Synology DiskStation DS1819+ 8-Bay NAS box and you’ll have a whopping 128TB of storage in a very fast and relatively compact network drive. With drive sizes like this, bring on the 100MP+ cameras!

The IronWolf Pro runs $629, while the standard IronWolf drive is priced at $579. You can pre-order the new Seagate 16TB drives here at B&H Photo.

 

Drobo Mini with SSDs Designed for Max Speed and Data Protection

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Drobo Mini with SSD

Drobo has released its new Drobo Mini with SSD, which features four 2.5″ drive bays packed with SSDs and available in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB options.

The Drobo Mini connects via Thunderbolt or USB 3.0. It weighs less than three pounds and can handle multiple drive failures without data loss.

The Drobo Mini with SSD pricing starts at $1199. Check out all the Drobo Mini options here at B&H Photo.

Data Protection for Photographers – New Book

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Data Protection for Photographers

Data Protection for Photographers is a new book from IT author, Patrick H. Corrigan.

“This book explains current data protection and storage technologies in everyday terms. It describes effective procedures for protecting data, from capture to backup and archiving. Descriptions of specific products applicable to Windows, MacOS, and Linux systems are provided.”

Data Protection for Photographers retails for $32.95; however, it is currently available for $23.63 on Amazon.com.

Sony Unveils Rugged Storage Drives

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Sony Hard Drive

Sony recently introduced a new line of rugged, professional hard drives in SSD and standard spinning hard drive flavors. The SSD version (PSZ-SA25) is available as a 256GB capacity drive, while the spinning hard drives are available in 500GB and 1TB capacities (PSZ-HA50 and PSZ-HA1T). The drives feature one USB 3.0 and two FireWire 800 ports. [Read more…]