Recent content by SomeJoe7777

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    Seagate 500GB AAK vs AAE Results

    In practice, the AAK firmware is probably not going to cause you any issues. In my opinion, lot of the fear of the AAK firmware was overblown because HDTune used block sizes that weren't optimal for that firmware. With the latest version of HDTune (2.54, I believe), the block size defaults to...
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    Is there really no Storage forum?

    Storage is more than just a fast hard drive. There's many aspects to it, including partitioning schemes, RAID and its associated peculiarities, large-capacity (i.e. many TB) solutions, newer devices like SSDs, older but still necessary devices like optical drives, server-specific storage...