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The latest trends in computer storage (now) are:

• Removable flash memory (cameras, MP3 players, etc.)
• IDE RAID controllers
• NAS (network attached storage)
• SAN (storage area networks)
• Fibre Channel
• iSCSI serial SCSI over TCP/IP

Regards,
Marc Farley

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