External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your ...

Overview: RAID-enabled external storage provides better data protection and improved performance compared to single-drive ...

Putting the drive together takes about a minute. Most enclosures are tool-free; you slide the SSD into the M.2 slot, secure ...

If you need to expand your Mac storage in a big way without breaking the bank, your best bet is with external hard drives. Here's everything you need to know about hard drives and enclosures to put ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Currently, I have about 10 different SSD enclosures with ...

Used Seagate hard disks can be unmasked using smartmontools, other programmers are following suit. We also have tips for Toshiba and WD hard disks. Owners of a Synology NAS can access the ...

The D8 Hybrid is a versatile USB storage enclosure that lets you use up to four 3.5/2.5-inch HDDs or SSDs, as well as up to four NVMe SSDs. It’s only 10Gbps, which is easily fast enough for HDDs and ...

A NAS is one of the most popular and powerful solutions for bringing multiple hard drives together to combine overall capacity or simply clean up your desk space, but this isn’t always the best choice ...

OWC’s Gemini, dual-bay Thunderbolt 3 HDD/SSD enclosure trounced the G-RAID Mirror in our testing, making it the fastest HDD RAID enclosure we’ve tested. While the Gemini will accept 2.5-inch SATA SSDs ...