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  • Product Roundup: Solid-state drives in enterprise arrays and servers

    Most storage vendors have announced support for solid-state drives, but only EMC is shipping, and every vendor has a different approach. No wonder storage administrators are confused. 

  • Self-healing storage explained

    Today's IT environment requires a highly reliable foundation of storage where most failures are prevented, and if not prevented, then resolved in place. A self-healing array that eliminates up to 70 percent of drive failures and can then cover the re... 

  • Solid-state drives quiz

    While solid-state disk (SSD) devices offer faster speeds and consume less power than hard disks, the high price of solid-state memory has kept the devices confined to limited use in the data center. Storage professionals are now seeing more situation... 

  • Storage consolidation: Disks and disk subsystems overview

    Any storage consolidation effort must involve a serious consideration of disk subsystems and the specific disk types that those systems will contain 

  • Disk and disk subsystems finalists 2007

    Here are the finalists in the category of disk and disk subsystems for the 2007 Products of the Year competition conducted by SearchStorage.com and Storage magazine. 

  • How do 'preemptive rebuilds' work? What else can accelerate disk rebuild times?

    On one front, rebuild times are actually getting better... 

  • Data storage hardware quiz

    Storage hardware, also known as primary storage, is a critical aspect in running your storage shop. How does your knowledge of storage hardware stack up? Take our quick quiz and find out today! 

  • Holographic data storage pushes into the third dimension

    This article examines the technology, highlights the anticipated deployment and considers the potentially rocky road ahead for this high-capacity optical storage scheme. 

  • Learn all about SATA

    This handbook offers three related SATA tips which compare SATA to SAS and SCSI and provides advice on striking the right balance between them. 

  • How can I minimize disk vibration?

    Any disk drive produces some level of vibration, and that vibration can then be carried to other drives through the physical drive trays or frames in an array.