We Smoked Google Cloud to 100 Trillion Pi Digits

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StorageReview Calculated 100 Trillion Digits of Pi in 54 days, Besting Google Cloud

Calculating infinite Pi isn’t just a thrilling quest for mathematicians; it’s also a way to put computing power and storage capacity through the ultimate endurance test. Up to now, Google’s Cloud has held the world record for the largest Pi solve at 100 trillion digits. As of today, StorageReview has matched their number and done so in a fraction of the time.

Get the details on how we hit?100 Trillion Digits of Pi.

Seagate IronWolf Pro 22TB HDD and QNAP Solution Announced

Seagate has announced the IronWolf Pro 22TB HDD at the NAB 2023 conference, making it the company’s highest capacity conventional magnetic recording (CMR)-based HDD.

Get the latest NAB 2023 news on?Seagate and QNAP.

OWC Jellyfish XT, New Accessories Available

OWC has recently revealed its latest innovation, Jellyfish XT, which offers a unique solution for collaboration and shared storage. In addition, they have also expanded their Atlas ecosystem by introducing a new software called “Innergize”.

Check out what's new from?OWC.

BougeRV FORT 1000 Portable Power Station Review

Portable power stations have become increasingly popular in recent years, as they offer a reliable and convenient source of energy for outdoor activities, power outages, and emergencies. In this review, we look at the BougeRV FORT 1000 Portable Power Station, which features a 1120Wh LiFePO4 battery and a 1200W AC power inverter.

Read Kevin's review for?BougeRV FORT 1000.

Lexar Professional GOLD CFexpress Type B Memory Card Review

Rising demand for faster data transfer and greater storage capacity is being driven by advancements in image resolutions and color depth in the latest professional cameras. To keep pace with these evolving needs, Lexar created the Professional CFexpress Type B Gold card a few years ago, a high-performance flash media solution tailored for seamless integration with these high-tech cameras.

Read Lyle's review for the?Lexar Pro GOLD CFexpress card.

Podcast #119: New HPE GreenLake File, Block and Data Protection Offerings

Brian flew down to Houston to attend?HPE GreenLake Day for Storage,?where he caught up with Patrick Osborne, amongst many others, to gain insight into new HPE GreenLake solutions. Patrick has been with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for over 13 years with a laser focus on storage technology, Cloud Infrastructure, and Big Data.

Watch this podcast to learn more about?HPE GreenLake for Block and File Storage.

Social Media Highlights

The new E3.S SSDs are showing up everywhere. This is an HPE Alletra storage server. 24 HDDs and 12 SSDs.

Seagate’s IronWolf Pro 22TB HDD supports user workload rates of up to 550TB/year and boasts an SDR of up to 285MB/s.

Data protection requires its own level of thug life. Dell PowerProtect checking in.

AMD has released the AMD Radeon PRO W7900 and the AMD Radeon PRO W7800.