With the appearance of IBM RAMAC in 1956, the hard drives have gone through a rapid development.
Over the decades, hard drives have always being the workhorses of data storage.
But in recent years, the solid state drive and cloud storage have taken away some market share.

So people are curious: will cloud storage replace the hard drives?
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Because of that, people start to worry about the future of hard drive industry.

Sowill cloud storage replace hard drivesin the near future?
I think its not certain yet.
To tell the truth, the solid state drive and cloud storage are two biggest enemies of hard drives.
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Thus, manufacturers focus more on producing external hard drive with cloud capabilities.
Thats also another reason to keep hard drives alive.