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ALSO CALLED: Drives DEFINITION: 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 moving parts involved. Instead, an SSD has an array of semiconductor memory organized as a disk drive, using integrated circuits (ICs) rather than magnetic or optical media. This arrangement … Definition continues below.
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E-Guide: Choosing a Data Archiving Strategy: Disk, Tape or Both? sponsored by Symantec Corporation EGUIDE: Today’s organizations typically have three data archiving strategies they can choose from: disk archiving, tape archiving or a combination of both. This SearchDataBackup.com E-Guide offers insight into the advantages and disadvantages of each method, how to choose the best approach, and the best and worst practices of data archives. Posted: 16 Sep 2011 \| Published: 16 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Integration \| Data Migration \| Data Recovery \| Disk Backups \| Disk Drives \| Disk-to-Disk Backup \| Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape \| Tape Backups \| Tape Drives

E-Guide: New Wave of Automated Tiering Software Eases Migration, Adds Control sponsored by Dell Compellent EGUIDE: In this tutorial on automated tiering, we outline the sub-LUN offerings the major storage vendors are promoting alongside their SSD options. We also explore five questions users need to consider as they evaluate sub-LUN tiering options, and more. Posted: 27 May 2011 \| Published: 27 May 2011 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Disk Drives \| Metadata \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Systems \| Tiered Storage

Implementing a Unified Storage System in a Small Business Environment sponsored by EMC EGUIDE: Unified storage and multiprotocol storage are becoming more popular in small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). These unified storage systems offer more flexibility to a small business. This e-guide examines some considerations for implementing, deploying and managing a unified storage system. Posted: 31 Mar 2011 \| Published: 31 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| SMBs \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Implementing a Unified Storage System in a Small Business Environment sponsored by EMC EGUIDE: Unified storage and multiprotocol storage are becoming more popular in small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). These unified storage systems offer more flexibility to a small business. This e-guide examines some considerations for implementing, deploying and managing a unified storage system. Posted: 10 Mar 2011 \| Published: 10 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| SMBs \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Implementing a Unified Storage System in a Small Business Environment sponsored by EMC Corporation EGUIDE: Unified storage and multiprotocol storage are becoming more popular in small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). These unified storage systems offer more flexibility to a small business. This e-guide examines some considerations for implementing, deploying and managing a unified storage system. Posted: 02 Mar 2011 \| Published: 02 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| SMBs \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Simpana® Software—A Unique Cloud-Enabled Platform sponsored by CommVault Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to see how Simpana software seamlessly extends local backup and archive to a new tier of cloud-based storage. Virtually unlimited storage capacity from out integrated cloud storage partners helps users dramatically reduce costs and operational complexity while improving long-term compliance. Posted: 17 Feb 2011 \| Published: 17 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Backup Software \| Cloud Computing \| Data Management \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Drives \| Public cloud computing \| RAID \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Security \| Storage Systems

Presentation Download: Advanced Backup School sponsored by Iron Mountain PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This Advanced Backup School seminar presentation is guaranteed to provide you with time-tested advice and techniques that will make backup easier. Renowned backup guru W. Curtis Preston will review the basics – but will also be going into in-depth detail on the newest issues, technologies, and solutions surrounding backup. Posted: 26 Jan 2011 \| Published: 26 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Deduplication \| Data Replication \| Disk Backups \| Disk Drives \| Disk-to-Disk Backup \| Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape \| Tape Backups \| Tape Drives \| Tape Libraries

A Better RAID Strategy for High Capacity Drives in Mainframe Storage sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper demonstrates that RAID 6 is less capable to prevent data loss with today's large capacity SATA and SAS HDDs. It will also share Oracle's designs to mitigate this risk. The integrity of customers' data is in jeopardy if these large capacity SATA/SAS HDDs are simply packaged into a RAID 6 group without additional mitigation. Posted: 21 Dec 2010 \| Published: 21 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| Hard Disk Drives \| Oracle (Product) \| RAID \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Devices \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software

IBM Easy Tier Enables Storwize V7000 Users to Get the Most Out of Solid State Drives sponsored by IBM PRODUCT LITERATURE: IBM’s Storwize V7000 users now have the tools — with the combination of Storage Tier Advisor and Easy Tier — to be able to plan for and use SSDs appropriately in their distinctive workload environments. Read on to learn more. Posted: 04 Nov 2010 \| Published: 01 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Data Storage \| Disk Drives \| Hard Disk Drives \| Hard Disks \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Devices \| Storage Management

IBM Easy Tier Enables DS8700 and Storwize V7000 Users to Profit from Solid State Drives sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: IBM DS8700 and Storwize V7000 users now have the tools in Easy Tier and its associated software tool Storage Tier Advisor to evaluate the benefits of, plan for, deploy, and manage on an ongoing basis SSDs in combination with existing HDDs. Read on to learn more. Posted: 04 Nov 2010 \| Published: 01 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Disk Drives \| Fibre Channel \| Hard Disk Drives \| Hard Disks \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Devices \| Storage Management

E-Book: Making the Case for Solid-State Storage sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd EBOOK: This all encompassing SearchStorage.com e-book will cover the bases of solid-state drives (SSD). Learn more about adding SSD drives instead of disk drives, how to implement NAND flash, and the benefits and fallbacks of standalone SSD arrays. Posted: 20 Oct 2010 \| Published: 20 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Disk Drives \| Hardware Management \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management \| Storage Spending

IBM Upgrades SVC with Solid State Drives - Achieves Better Storage Utilization sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: With the availability of solid-state storage within Version 5 of its SAN Volume Controller, IBM once again delivers outstanding tech-nological innovation to the data center. Read this paper to find out so much more. Posted: 20 Oct 2010 \| Published: 19 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Disk Drives \| Fibre Channel \| SAN \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Architectures \| Virtual Tape Libraries \| Virtualization Security

Leveraging a Persistent Hardware Architecture sponsored by Dell Compellent WHITE PAPER: Many enterprises looking to increase the flexibility, improve the scalability, enhance the availability and reduce the costs of data storage have turned to SANs. The Compellent SAN enables businesses to continuously integrate new disk drive, switch and network interface technologies without having to replace existing hardware or software. Posted: 09 Jul 2010 \| Published: 01 Jun 2010 TOPICS: Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Disk Backups \| Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| High Availability \| SAN

7 Key Steps for Overcoming the Limitations of Tape Backup sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This document is a 7-step guide for making the move from tape to disk backup with deduplication. Within these steps, the Guide provides a concise summary of the downsides of tape backup, and then examines the superiority and economy of second-generation disk backup with data deduplication. Posted: 09 Jul 2010 \| Published: 09 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Data Deduplication \| Disk Backups \| Disk Drive Controllers \| Disk Drives \| Disk Mirroring \| Disk Storage Systems \| Disk-to-Disk Backup \| Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape \| Tape Backups \| Tape Drive Controllers \| Tape Drives \| Tape Heads \| Tape Libraries

Presentation Transcript: The Basics of RAID sponsored by Nexsan PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: A RAID is a method of ganging up, so to speak, a bunch of disk drives, such that the availability and/or the performance is actually improved. Read this transcript for more basics of RAID. Posted: 08 Jul 2010 \| Published: 08 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Disk Backups \| Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| RAID \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management

Designing a Persistent Hardware Architecture sponsored by Dell Compellent WHITE PAPER: The Compellent® Storage Center™ SAN is designed for persistence. Using an open, nonproprietary hardware architecture, the Compellent SAN enables businesses to continuously integrate new disk drive, switch and network interface technologies without having to replace existing hardware or software. Posted: 28 Jun 2010 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: Data Storage \| Disk Backups \| Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| High Availability \| SAN

Presentation Transcript - Solid State Drives and their Rapid Advent in Enterprise sponsored by Atrato, Inc. PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: I’m Deni Connor, Senior Analyst for Storage Strategies NOW. We are here today to talk about solid state drives, and their rapid advance in the enterprise. In this presentation transcript, I’m going to ask why the advent of SSDs and what is the problem that is being solved by them. Posted: 24 Mar 2010 \| Published: 24 Mar 2010 TOPICS: Disk Backups \| Disk Drive Controllers \| Disk Drives \| Disk Mirroring \| Disk Storage Systems \| Disk-to-Disk Backup \| Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape \| Solid State Disks

Benchmarking Enterprise SSDs sponsored by sTec Inc WHITE PAPER: This paper will demonstrate differences in comparative SSD products. The analysis reconciles instantaneous benchmark data to actual user performance, over time in a working system under a true enterprise workload. Posted: 01 Mar 2010 \| Published: 25 Feb 2010 TOPICS: Disk Backups \| Disk Drive Controllers \| Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| Disk-to-Disk Backup \| Hard Disk Drives \| Hard Disks \| Solid State Disks

Making Cents of Tape vs. Disk: The Complete Guide on What to Choose and Why sponsored by Nexsan WHITE PAPER: Since the cost comparison between tape and disk is obviously far more complex than the media itself, this brief outlines all the considerations necessary for a more complete understanding of the benefit and true cost comparison between tape and disk to help IT professionals choose and justify their backup environment. Posted: 25 Feb 2010 \| Published: 23 Feb 2010 TOPICS: Disk Backups \| Disk Drive Controllers \| Disk Drives \| Disk Mirroring \| Disk Storage Systems \| Disk-to-Disk Backup \| Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape \| Tape Backups \| Tape Drive Controllers \| Tape Drives \| Tape Heads \| Tape Libraries

Streamlining the Speed and Ease of VTL Deployment sponsored by Pillar Data Systems WHITE PAPER: For IT professionals, disk-based backup is becoming an increasingly attractive alternative to slow and cumbersome tape backup in the data center. Virtual Tape Libraries (VTLs) bridge the two technologies – combining modern disk backup with traditional tape infrastructure. Posted: 19 Feb 2010 \| Published: 19 Feb 2010 TOPICS: Disk Backups \| Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| Disk-to-Disk Backup \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Virtual Tape Libraries

Why SAS Matters - Cost Effective Performance with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Technology from Hitachi sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems WHITE PAPER: Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is replacing Fibre Channel drives in high performance applications such as online transaction processing, real time analytics & streaming media. The key reasons for this transition are that SAS drives have the same or better reliability and data availability characteristics of Fibre Channel drives but are less expensive. Posted: 25 Jan 2010 \| Published: 01 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Disk Drives \| Fibre Channel \| SCSI Controllers \| Serial ATA \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Infrastructure

ESG: Data De-Duplication and Disk Backup Systems, Part 1: Technology Considerations sponsored by EMC Backup and Recovery Solutions PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Data de-duplication is a very important topic because it really changes the way we perform backups. Read this presentation transcript for a discussion on the various technology considerations when applying data de-duplication technology to disk backup. Posted: 14 Jan 2010 \| Published: 14 Jan 2010 TOPICS: Data Deduplication \| Data Mirroring \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Data Storage \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Backups \| Disk Drives \| Disk Mirroring \| Disk Storage Systems

EMC CLARiiON AX4 Storage System sponsored by EMC Corporation PRODUCT OVERVIEW: The EMC® CLARiiON® AX4 is a versatile and cost-effective solution for organizations looking for an alternative to server-based storage. The AX4 delivers performance, scalability, and advanced data management features in one, easy-to-use storage solution. Posted: 15 Dec 2009 \| Published: 14 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Disk Drive Controllers \| Disk Drives \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| SAN \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Controllers \| Storage Devices \| Storage Hardware \| VMware

RAID FAQ Presentation Transcript sponsored by Nexsan PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Please read this presentation transcript, in which Andrew Burton, features editor for searchstorage.com, interviews Greg Shulz, Founder and Senior Analyst with Storage Dial Group, about RAIDS. Shulz will provide a synopsis of the different RAID levels, their characteristics and when to use each level? Posted: 08 Dec 2009 \| Published: 07 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Data Mirroring \| Data Replication \| Data Storage \| Disk Drive Controllers \| Disk Drives \| Disk Mirroring \| Disk Storage Systems \| RAID

High-Performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs) sponsored by Adaptec, Inc. 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. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Published: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Disk Drive Controllers \| Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| Disk-to-Disk Backup \| Hard Disk Drives \| High Performance Computing \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Controllers

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DISK DRIVES DEFINITION (continued): … has many advantages. Data transfer to and from solid-state drives is much faster than electromechanical disk drives. Seek time and latency are also substantially reduced. Users typically enjoy much faster boot times as well. In general, SSDs are also more durable and much quieter, with no moving parts to break or spin up or down. SSDs do, however, have slower write times and a set life expectancy, as there is a finite number of erase/write cycles before performance becomes erratic. Development and adoption of SSDs has been driven by a rapidly expanding need for higher input/output performance. …
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