Hard drives may have more than one disk, and each disk has two sides. The logic board reads from and writes to the disks using finely tuned arms, reminiscent of the tone arms on vinyl record players.

The magnetic hard disk's tenure as a critical part of the storage technology mosaic is entering its sixth decade, and it shows no sign of ending any time soon.

Hybrid Drives are actually Hard Disk Drives that employ some SSD to act as a cache. They come with firmware that figures out what data is being required frequently and stores it on the SSD part ...

When on the hunt for a new PC or external hard drive, you’ll likely see two different storage options: Traditional hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD).Deciding on the best one for ...

As part of the eternal quest within the realm of retrocomputing, ... A CDC Finch hard disk drive, available in 8 to 32 MB for all your data storage needs. (Credit: Usage Electric) ...