Low-cost data storage quiz |
 |
By Nicole D'Amour
30 Apr 2007 | SearchStorage.com |
|
|
Big shop or little shop, keeping up with the latest and greatest storage technology can put a dent in anyone's budget. There are, however, low-cost choices on the market that can give your budget a breather. Do you know what they are and how they work? Take our low-cost data storage quiz and get a jump-start on becoming "employee of the year" for saving your shop a bundle.
1. This type of drive doesn't match the performance of FC, but provides the low cost per gigabyte and high storage densities that are crucial for "near-line" storage tasks.
What is it?
2. This technology was designed as the successor to parallel SCSI, and relies on faster processors to pump more data down a single wire faster than parallel SCSI can send down a 32-wire cable.
What is it?
3. This type of SAN architecture translates to lower cost, easier maintenance and simpler management, which makes SAN deployment more attractive for SMBs.
What is it?
4. This type of storage assigns different categories of data to different types of storage media in order to reduce total storage cost.
What is it?
5. What type of array holds a limited number of disk drives and can be far less expensive than enterprise-class arrays?
What is it?
6. Storage expert Greg Schulz claims that with this alternative to the Fibre Channel protocol, "Cost advantages go beyond cabling and adapter/switch component costs."
What is it?
7. This can be a cost-effective way to add more storage space to your enterprise.
What is it?
8. The growth of this type of replication is largely attributed to the convergence of lower disk costs, lower bandwidth costs and the emergence of bandwidth optimization techniques.
What is it?
Storage quiz library
Our storage quiz library has over a dozen quizzes to test your storage smarts. Test your storage technology savvy with SANs, RAID, NAS, IP storage, switches and more.
|
|
|
|
