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What are SAS, SATA, Fibre Channel and FATA disk drives? When will there be an iSCSI disk drive?
FAQ - Well, with the right marketing and packaging, we could say there's already an iSCSI disk drive today...
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What are the most important new disk drive technologies?
FAQ - The first 1 terabyte hard disk drives have appeared. What will be the impact of hard disk drive technologies such as perpendicular recording, 2.5-inch high-performance drives, secure erase, encryption and hybrid technology drives?
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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...
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Disk drive failure rates: Fact or fiction?
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08 Jun 2006
Article - Hard disks provide huge storage capacities that can reach to 300GB and higher (though enterprise disks offer somewhat less -- up to 150 GB per disk). Enterprise hard disks offer fast data transfers, and drives like the Seagate Cheetah family can achieve...
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Ask the Expert - Storage expert Chris Poelker discusses SATA/SCSI compatibility issues in this expert advice article.
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Tip - Learn more about SATA II, its features and how to leverage its capabilities for your storage environment.
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21 Sep 2005
Article - Serial-attached SCSI (or SAS) drives offer significant storage capacity at a much lower cost, while maintaining reasonable performance. Find out who the vendors are in this market.
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SATA reliability and performance
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Ask the Expert - Storage expert Greg Schulz offers advice to a reader who asked a question regarding FC and SCSI drive resiliency.
Storage Management Strategies for the CIO