Disk drives

MUST READ SATA drives product roundup ARTICLE - SATA drives are an affordable middle ground between Fibre Channel disk and tape, and its use will only increase as more companies do tiered storage. Serial-attached SCSI quiz LEARNING CENTER - 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. Advantages of ATA and SATA disk drives EXPERT ANSWER - What is the big deal with the ATA drive, besides the low cost relative to other drives? How about the performance aspect?

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	Seagate pushes encryption for small form factor SAS drives SearchStorage.com | 11 Nov 2008 ARTICLE - Seagate envisions a future of small form factor SAS drives with self-encryption. But not all disk array vendors share that vision.

	Texas Memory claims 1M IOPS with solid-state drives SearchStorage.com | 30 Oct 2008 ARTICLE - The RamSan-5000 holds 20 TB of flash and DRAM solid-state drives in a centrally managed multinode system, which TMS claims draws only 3,000W of power.

	HDS midrange SAN array subs SAS drives for Fibre Channel SearchStorage.com | 13 Oct 2008 ARTICLE - At Storage Networking World, Hitachi Data Systems becomes the first major storage vendor to offer SAS drives in a midrange storage system.

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EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 74

	Why does my EMC 45 TB drive yield only 41 TB of usable storage? 11 Oct 2007 EXPERT ANSWER - Storage expert Ashley D'Costa answers a reader's question: "When is a 300 GB drive not a 300 GB drive?"

	Learn all about SATA Submitted By: SearchStorage Editors | 07 Sep 2007 DATA STORAGE HANDBOOK - This handbook offers three related SATA tips which compare SATA to SAS and SCSI and provides advice on striking the right balance between them.

	Using SAS and SATA for tiered storage Submitted By: SearchStorage.com | 11 Jul 2007 TIP - This podcast offers detailed information about SAS and SATA so you can strike the right balance between SAS and SATA in a tiered storage environment.

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REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 24

	Podcast: Solid-state drives entering enterprise storage environments Jeff Janukowicz | 02 Oct 2008 PODCAST - Jeff Janukowicz, research manager at IDC for solid-state drives and hard drive components, discusses the impact SSDs are expected to have at the enterprise level.

	Product Roundup: Solid-state drives in enterprise arrays and servers Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer | 25 Sep 2008 SPECIAL REPORT - Most storage vendors have announced support for SSDs, but only EMC is shipping, and every vendor has a different approach. No wonder storage administrators are confused.

	Storage vendors debate where SSDs go in storage infrastructure Dave Raffo, Senior News Director | 25 Sep 2008 SPECIAL REPORT - Tier 1 storage will eventually consist of solid-state disk technology. But right now, some observers aren't sure that SSD is ready for the enterprise.

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WHITE PAPERS

	Virtualization Trends, Options, and Adoption Published by: Global Knowledge | 14 Oct 2008 WHITE PAPER - There is increasing pressure to do more with less. The keys to approaching virtualization are understanding how to unravel the complexity and planning a virtualization adoption program. This white paper demystifies virtualization as a concept.

	AC Drives and Industrial AC Motors Published by: AutomationDirect | 08 May 2008 HARDWARE LISTING - AutomationDirect carries AC variable speed drives for all your speed control applications.

	Solid-state Storage Finds Its Niche Published by: Storage Magazine | 14 Nov 2007 JOURNAL ARTICLE - Still extremely expensive vs. traditional media, solid-state disks can make a convincing economical case for some applications requiring very high IOPS.

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WEBCASTS: 1 - 2 of 2

Seven Key Questions to Ask Before Moving to Disk-Based Backup - Vendor Podcast VIEW WEBCAST PREMIERED:   25 OCT 2006, 09:00 EDT (13:00, GMT) SUMMARY:   You have a lot of options when it comes to disk based backups and choosing the right disk-based backup solution can be daunting. Attend this Podcast to understand the critical questions you need to ask when considering a move to disk-based backup – and examine the pros and cons of the popular approaches other IT professionals are currently choosing.

Top 7 Question You Must Ask When Moving to Disk-Based Backup - Vendor Webcast VIEW WEBCAST PREMIERED:   26 OCT 2006, 09:00 EDT (13:00, GMT) SUMMARY:   Backing up to disk instead of tape eliminates the hassles of tape, provides faster backups and restores, improves security and streamlines operations. Learn about the 7 critical questions to ask when considering a move to disk-based backup and examine the pros and cons of popular approaches.

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DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 29

	Fibre Channel 15 May 2003 WORD - Fibre Channel is a technology for transmitting data between computer devices at data rates of up to 4 Gbps (and 10 Gbps in the near future). Fibre Channel is especially suited for connecting computer servers to shared ...

	holographic disk drive 24 Apr 2008 WORD - A holographic disk drive is a holographic storage device that uses a laser to store data to optical media in three dimensions, maximizing storage capacity by using the media's depth. Most optical media, such as CD, DVD, ...

	solid-state drive 15 Feb 2008 WORD - An SSD (solid-state drive or solid-state disk) is a storage device that stores persistent data on solid-state flash memory. SSDs actually aren't hard drives at all, in the traditional sense of the term, as there are no ...

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MAGAZINE CONTENT (free subscription required): 1 - 3 of 215

	Hard drive prices down across the board Storage Magazine | 10 Nov 2008 TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS -

	Snapshot Storage Magazine | 12 Oct 2008 TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS - SAS use soars

	Solid-state distinctions emerge Storage Magazine | 12 Oct 2008 TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS -

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