As it relates to Seagate's Exos X16, a 16TB enterprise HDD, Backblaze has 5,036 drive days worth of data, based on that formula. More importantly, not a single one of those drives failed in the ...

In part two of a two-part series, we look at sustained data rates in hard disk drive (HDD) specs, SATA versus SAS, drive security, and how HDD makers pack density into products by shingling.

You can wipe a hard drive and data drives through your Windows 10 Settings, the DBAN utility, and the Disk Utility manager in a Mac's Recovery Mode. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...