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Will electromechanical hard drives eventually become extinct?

FAQ - How much longer will conventional hard drives be around?
What's the difference between flash memory and conventional RAM?

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FAQ - Even though vendors refer to flash memory and conventional RAM -- the "main memory" of your PC or server -- as solid-state memory, these two memory types are very different.
What advice do you have for long-term storage of disk drives and other media?

FAQ - It's important to use the best practices recommended by your media manufacturer. For example...
Why do enterprise storage arrays cost so much when hard drives are so cheap?

FAQ - Why the cost of an enterprise storage array costs so much more than the hard drives inside it.

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- The top three use cases for PCIe SSD
  
  Learn more about the most common applications of PCIe solid-state cards today in this Expert Answer from independent storage expert Marc Staimer.
- Laptop SSD applications and monitoring
  
  Learn what applications benefit from laptop SSDs and what tools are available to monitor wear on these drives in this Expert Answer from Marc Staimer.
- STec CEO: Flash enables storage transformation
  
  STec CEO Mark Moshayedi discusses why he thinks flash will prompt enterprises to move from refrigerator-box SANs to custom-built solid-state systems.
Virtual Storage
- Startup CloudFounders builds open storage for VMs
  
  CloudFounders promises an open storage version of software-defined storage that supports OpenStack, Amazon S3 and VMware.
- 10 ways to improve virtual server storage
  
  Virtual server storage operations can have a profound effect on the storage network. Here are 10 ways to help ensure that your storage yields its best I/O for the VMs it supports.
- VMware market share is high in a small pool of virtualization
  
  Storage expert Jon Toigo explains how VMware is the market leader, and why virtualization growth statistics seem more impactful than they truly are.
CloudStorage
- NetApp, Equinix offer private storage for public cloud
  
  NetApp Private Storage for AWS connects NetApp private storage systems hosted in Equinix data centers to Amazon public clouds.
- Mezeo beefs up software for cloud building, online file collaboration
  
  Mezeo Software enables building public storage clouds on Amazon S3 and OpenStack storage, and strengthens online file-collaboration management.
- Cloud gateways morph into cloud controllers market
  
  After the addition of encryption, clones and deduplication capabilities, cloud storage controllers are the new cloud gateways.
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- Your data protection plan must consider latency in WAN-based replication
  
  In this Storage Decisions video, Jon Toigo highlights issues IT pros must address in their data protection plan when using WAN-based replication.
- Improving business continuity plan exercises
  
  Planning and conducting business continuity (BC) drills is one of the most important activities in a business continuity program.
- Evaluating BC/DR program performance
  
  Business continuity and disaster recovery are not "set-it-and-forget-it" activities. Paul Kirvan outlines how to evaluate a BC/DR program in this tip.
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- Enterprise backup software avoids storage sales slump
  
  While storage vendors reported slow sales at start of 2013, Symantec and CommVault had success with enterprise backup software.
- Disk can help with backup tape rotation strategy
  
  Backup expert George Crump explains how to use disk to get the most out of your backup tape rotation strategy.
- How cloud archiving services compare
  
  Backup expert George Crump discusses the issues involved in picking a cloud archiving service for your organization.
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- Dell cloud storage plans remain hazy
  
  News of a Nirvanix partnership filled in some details about Dell's cloud storage strategy, but the company still treats its cloud plans as a secret.
- Storage Radio: Riverbed Whitewater appliance chases enterprise
  
  In our latest Storage Radio podcast, SearchStorage.com editors discuss the Riverbed Whitewater cloud data backup appliance for enterprise backups.
- Finding data deduplication solutions for DR
  
  Deduplication is an important strategy for disaster recovery. Learn more about data dedupe solutions in this expert tip by Paul Kirvan.
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- Hitachi Data Systems Partner Program Checklist
  
  Learn the benefits of becoming a Hitachi Data Systems reseller partner with our Partner Program Checklist.
- Yosemite Technologies Partner Program Checklist
  
  Learn the benefits of becoming a Yosemite Technologies reseller partner with our Partner Program Checklist.
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  Learn about data management software vendor CommVault, Inc.'s partner program in this standardized checklist.

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