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Disk drives used in enterprise-level disk arrays are SAS, SATA and Fibre Channel, 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch, they now store up to 1 TB. Read news about hard disk drive technology on this topic page.
IN THIS TOPIC:  NEWS (114) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (74) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (26) , WHITE PAPERS , WEBCASTS (2) , DEFINITIONS (29) , MAGAZINE CONTENT (123)

  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 114
Enterprise data storage technologies rise from the dead
SearchStorage.com | 30 Oct 2009
INTERVIEW - Greg Schulz discusses storage technologies that have been declared dead, but are still productive in storage infrastructures and still produced by vendors.
Dataram enters solid-state storage market with XcelaSAN
SearchStorage.com | 28 Sep 2009
ARTICLE - Memory controller vendor Dataram wades into the current Flash-as-cache vs. Flash-as-disk debate with its new XcelaSAN storage acceleration device.
Pliant claims up to 180,000 IOPS per drive with new Lightning Enterprise Flash Drive
SearchStorage.com | 14 Sep 2009
ARTICLE - Pliant's Lightning EFD family is welcomed into an SSD market that needs more competition, analysts say, but the firm has yet to announce channel or OEM partnerships for products.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 74
Fail-in-place systems: Avoiding hard disk drive failures
07 Oct 2009
TIP - Fail-in-place storage systems, such Atrato's V1000 and Xiotech's Emprise 5000 or ISE, can virtually eliminate hard disk drive replacement service calls.
FAQ Guide: When to expect solid state drives in the enterprise
Submitted By: SearchStorage.com Editors | 10 Dec 2008
FAQ - How will solid state drives affect enterprise storage in 2009? Storage analyst Mark Peters discusses the future of solid state and which applications will drive its enterprise use.
What are the differences between SATA II vs. SATA I?
Submitted By: SearchStorage.com | 15 Jul 2004
TIP - New SATA II-based drives will make their way into the enterprise because of three features: port multipliers, port selectors and native command queuing.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 26
Best practices for solid-state drive storage technology
Carol Sliwa, Features Writer | 21 Jul 2009
SPECIAL REPORT - SSD best practices center on identifying I/O-intensive applications so that data storage technology can provide the greatest benefit to IT organizations.
Tiered storage tutorial
Todd Erickson, News and Features Writer | 17 Mar 2009
TUTORIAL - Find out what tiered storage is, the key technologies behind it, and how tiered storage can lower operational costs while improving application performance.
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.
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  WHITE PAPERS
Remote Encryption Management SDK
Published by: Intel | 10 Nov 2009
SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD - Remote Encryption Management Software Development Kit (SDK) provides the tools to allow FDE or software based encrypted hard drives to be unlocked remotely out of band using vPro. This allows computers with vPro and encrypted hard drives to be managed out-of-band. Learn more about this SDK and download your free copy today.
High-Performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs)
Published by: Adaptec, Inc. | 04 Nov 2009
PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Built on Adaptec Unified Serial® (SATA/SAS) Series 5Z, Series 5 and Series 2 storage controller technology, High-performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs) provide for maximum performance at the lowest capital investment and operating costs.
Unleashing Application Performance with Solid-State Drivers and Sun Servers
Published by: Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation | 17 Sep 2009
WHITE PAPER - This paper is intended for executives and managers and tells how Sun servers equipped with Flash-enabled solid-state drives (SSDs) offers dramatic improvements to HPC, Web 2.0, and data center application performance.
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  WEBCASTS: 1 - 2 of 2
Seven Key Questions to Ask Before Moving to Disk-Based Backup - Vendor Podcast

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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

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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 123
Solid-state storage update
Storage Magazine | 01 Sep 2009
FEATURES - Solid-state storage is still mostly for well-heeled shops with power-hungry apps, but new developments could bring solid state down to earth soon.
Storage, heal thyself
Storage Magazine | 01 Jun 2009
FEATURES - Several storage system vendors claim their products can detect and repair hard disk problems automatically. Here's how they do it and the low-down on how well they work.
Solid state looks good on the showroom floor: Editorial
Storage Magazine | 20 Jan 2009
COLUMNS -
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