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		<title>HGST still makes most reliable hard drives, says Backblaze</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/21/hgst-still-makes-most-reliable-hard-drives-says-backblaze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Vanian]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seagate Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HGST is the reigning champion of hard drives when it comes to reliability, according to cloud backup provider Backblaze, which should know since it deploys tens of thousands of drives to&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond SSDs: flash and performance-sensitive computing</title>
		<link>http://research.gigaom.com/report/beyond-ssds-flash-and-performance-sensitive-computing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David S. Linthicum]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flash's balance between speed and cost opens provides opportunities for emerging big-data applications as well as applications that are otherwise input/output intensive.]]></description>
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		<title>Backblaze has figured out the biggest predictors of hard drive failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derrick Harris]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[web scale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cloud storage provider Backblaze continues to share the wealth of information (not to mention hardware designs) it's learning as it operates its 40,000-hard-drive, 100-petabyte storage service. On Wednesday, it shared its&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Backblaze on cheap hard drives: Buy Hitachi if you can afford &#8216;em</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/01/21/backblaze-on-cheap-hard-drives-buy-hitachi-if-you-can-afford-em/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derrick Harris]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open-source hardware]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cloud storage provider Backblaze is at again, this time detailing which models of hard drives last the longest in its open source storage pod arrays. If money were no object, it&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Seagate snaps up hard disk testing expert for $374M</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/12/23/seagate-snaps-up-hard-disk-testing-expert-for-374m/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2013/12/23/seagate-snaps-up-hard-disk-testing-expert-for-374m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 16:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barb Darrow]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further evidence that hard disk drive storage lives on -- Seagate is buying Xyratex, a maker of HDD testing gear, to solidify its supply chain.]]></description>
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		<title>Backblaze stores 75 petabytes on 25,000 drives, and most are still spinning</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/11/12/backblaze-stores-75-petabytes-on-25000-drives-and-most-are-still-spinning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derrick Harris]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[open-source hardware]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Backblaze has shared the designs of its 180-terabyte storage pods, and now it's sharing some details about how long the drives inside those boxes last. According to the company, nearly three-fourths&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Why the webscale world &#8212; and CERN &#8212; is stoked about helium-filled hard drives</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/11/04/why-the-webscale-world-and-cern-is-stoked-about-helium-filled-hard-drives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derrick Harris]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HGST is now selling helium-filled hard drives that can hold more capacity (and more disks) while using less energy than traditional hard drives. One early use of the tech is CERN,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Seagate’s 500GB Ultra Mobile hard drive brings laptop-level storage to Android tablets</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/09/09/seagates-500gb-ultra-mobile-hard-drive-brings-laptop-level-storage-to-android-tablets/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2013/09/09/seagates-500gb-ultra-mobile-hard-drive-brings-laptop-level-storage-to-android-tablets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Colon]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mobile storage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How much storage do you want in your next Android tablet? Will 500GB work for you? Seagate wants to be inside your slate.]]></description>
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		<title>Twisted magnetic atoms could lead to hard drives that store 20 times more data</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/08/09/twisted-magnetic-atoms-could-lead-to-hard-drives-that-store-20-times-more-data/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2013/08/09/twisted-magnetic-atoms-could-lead-to-hard-drives-that-store-20-times-more-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2013 19:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Signe Brewster]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[physics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have developed a technique to create and destroy skyrmions, which are stable even when densely packed in a hard drive. ]]></description>
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		<title>Losing precious hard drive space on your Mac? Here&#8217;s how to fix that.</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/06/29/losing-precious-hard-drive-space-on-your-mac-heres-how-to-fix-that/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2013/06/29/losing-precious-hard-drive-space-on-your-mac-heres-how-to-fix-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoffrey Goetz]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clearing caches and old back-ups and other ways to optimize for space inside that 128GB SSD you have in your MacBook.]]></description>
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