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  • Disk drives overview

    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 achi... 

  • FATA vs. FC disk drives

    Storage expert Greg Schulz compares FATA and FC disk drives. 

  • Serial-attached SCSI quiz

    How much do you know about Serial-attached SCSI (SAS) technology besides its attractive low cost and speed? Take our Quiz and see how SAS savvy you really are. 

  • Disk storage final exam

    Are you disk storage savvy or sorry? Take our test and evaluate your knowledge of disk drives and arrays. 

  • Storage Clips: Disk industry keeps breaking records

    Analyst firm IDC predicts global drive unit shipments will exceed 3 billion from 2005 through 2010. 

  • SATA drives: Four worst practices

    SATA drives have a few gotchas. Read about the four common SATA drive mistakes to avoid in your storage environment. 

  • SATA port: Can you run multiple drives off of one?

    Storage networking expert Greg Schulz discusses how to run multiple drives off a SATA port. 

  • EMC, Dell build standards bridge over the river 'why'

    Dell, EMC launch a working group to standardize the interface between disk drives and storage controllers with the promise of lowering hardware costs -- but will anyone else join? 

  • Think 'big picture' for SATA Exchange storage

    Storage management expert Brett Cooper outlines things to consider before deploying SATA for Exchange data storage. 

  • SATA and SCSI compatibility

    Storage expert Chris Poelker discusses SATA/SCSI compatibility issues in this expert advice article.