A Guide to Network Attached Storage

Network-Attached Storage Guide

We cover what network-attached storage is, common uses for NAS in home and business, and how to select the right drives and network adapters for your NAS.

SSD vs HDD – Responsiveness Comparison

Everyone knows that solid state drives are much faster than magnetic hard drives, but just how much of a difference does it make when using typical applications in Windows? We made a video to demonstrate!

Boot Time Comparison

How quickly a computer boots up doesn’t always correspond to how much processing power the system has, or how fast the system drive is. This blog talks a little about what contributes to both faster and slower boot times, with a video comparison.

Can you submerge a hard drive in mineral oil?

Ever since we started developing oil-submersion aquarium kits in 2007, we’ve been repeatedly asked if you can submerge the hard drive in the oil along with the rest of the components. Our answer has always been a yes for SSDs and a no for traditional platter hard drives. While we are very confident in our answer, we have never actually tested to see exactly what happens. So, to finally set the record straight we decided to take the plunge and dunk a hard drive into mineral oil.