Backblaze runs a five-year comparison between SSDs and HDDs
Backblaze conducted an extensive study on the reliability of SSDs and HDDs over a period of five years.
HDD used to be the only option when it came to internal storage for PCs and laptops. This changed with the introduction of solid-state drives. While SSDs are a faster storage technology, they ... Read more
Okta hits new cloud reliability landmark
Okta officially announced that its customers would enjoy 99.99 percent uptime at no extra cost. The cloud-based identity management company has reached a new level of reliability for its customers. While the enhanced level of cloud reliability will, undoubtedly, benefit all clients, it is a calcula... Read more
Microsoft wants to make Azure more reliable with new initiatives
The Azure cloud from Microsoft has a very high availability. Last year, the cloud service had an uptime of 99.995 percent. But that's not enough: CTO Mark Russinovich wants to further increase reliability with new initiatives.
Despite this high uptime, Azure had three unique and significant incident... Read more