Toshiba launches 3.5-inch 8TB N300 'High-Reliability' NAS hard disk drive for consumers

Solid state drives are new and "sexy" nowadays, so understandably, mechanical hard disk drives aren't exactly exciting. With that said, SSDs cannot touch HDDs from a capacity standpoint, so they are still very much relevant -- not only for large businesses an data centers, but for home users and small business too. Today, Toshiba launches a new mechanical HDD that drive that offers capacities up to 8TB. The company says the 3.5 inch drive is primarily for networked attached storage, but it can, of course, also be used inside PCs or with USB enclosures. The consumer-focused drive is designed to last, as Toshiba… [Continue Reading]