Magneto-optical Drives ( MO Drives and Drives) Definition

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Magneto-optical Drives

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ALSO CALLED: MO Drives and Drives
DEFINITION: The magneto-optical (MO) drive is a popular way to back up files on a personal computer. As the term implies, an MO device employs both magnetic and optical technologies to obtain ultra-high data density. A typical MO cartridge is slightly larger than a conventional 3.5-inch magnetic diskette, and looks similar. But while the older type of magnetic diskette can store 1.44 megabytes (MB) …
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How to Choose the Data Storage Solution That Is Right for Your Company: A Briefing for Small and Medium Businesses sponsored by MPC Corporation WHITE PAPER: Posted: 30 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Oct 2007 SUMMARY: This paper is designed to help you understand your needs and identify the best options for your next-generation storage solution. TOPICS: Data Storage \| Hard Disk Drives \| iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| SMBs

Achieving Energy Efficiency Using Solid State Disks (SSD) sponsored by Texas Memory Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 10 Jun 2008 \| Published: 07 Dec 2007 SUMMARY: This white paper explores how solid state disk (SSD), especially Flash-based SSD can be incorporated into an energy-efficiency strategy as part of a tiered storage architecture to address power concerns while also reducing server and storag... TOPICS: Disk Backups \| Hard Disk Drives \| Power Generation Equipment \| RAID \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

Increase Application Performance with Solid State Disks sponsored by Texas Memory Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 10 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Feb 2008 SUMMARY: Super fast solid state discs allow organizations to manage high transaction volumes and larger numbers of users using fewer servers. Read this white paper to learn more about SSDs and how they provide a cost-effective way to improve application per... TOPICS: Data Management \| Disk Backups \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Hard Disk Drives \| RAID \| Server Consolidation \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation

Lower Your Total Cost of Ownership with Fast Solid State Disks sponsored by Texas Memory Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 10 Jun 2008 \| Published: 10 Jun 2008 SUMMARY: This white paper provides an overview of solid state disks (SSD) and the benefits they deliver for companies. SSDs are becoming a practical option for dealing with application performance concerns. Learn how they deliver a lower Total Cost of Ownership. TOPICS: Data Management \| Disk Backups \| Hard Disk Drives \| RAID \| SAN \| Server Consolidation \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| TCO

Maxell LTO-Ultrium White Paper sponsored by ISSI Data WHITE PAPER: Posted: 20 May 2008 \| Published: 19 May 2008 SUMMARY: LTO (Linear Tape-Open) Technology is a linear, multi-channel, bi-directional (serpentine) half-inch tape format whose specification is the result of a joint effort by Hewlett Packard, IBM, and Seagate Technology. TOPICS: Data Compression \| Data Encryption \| Tape Backups \| Tape Drive Controllers \| Tape Drives

City County Credit Union Achieves Key DR Initiative with EVault Protect sponsored by EVault Inc., a Seagate Company CASE STUDY: Posted: 24 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 SUMMARY: Bourdon and her team evaluated the merits of EVault Protect online backup and recovery services against that of a few other online backup providers. TOPICS: Databases \| Disaster Recovery \| NAS \| Security \| Tape Drives

Presentation Transcript: Advanced Backup School I sponsored by Operations IT WHITE PAPER: Posted: 23 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2008 SUMMARY: This document is based on a Zenith Infotech/TechTarget webcast entitled "Advanced Backup School I." TOPICS: Backups \| Disk Backups \| LAN \| Tape Drives

Major Considerations in Moving to Disk-based Backups sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 16 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Dec 2005 SUMMARY: This paper explains the process of selecting the right mix of disk and tape components to meet the backup capacity, performance, reliability, and security requirements of your environment. TOPICS: Disaster Recovery \| Magnetic Tapes \| Security \| Tape Drives

MAID 2.0: Energy Savings without Performance Compromises sponsored by Nexsan Technologies WHITE PAPER: Posted: 14 Jan 2008 \| Published: 02 Jan 2008 SUMMARY: Power consumption is now a major concern and it's time you think about making your storage environment more "green." Read this white paper to learn how MAID devices can help you achieve this and find out about different MAID solutions available. TOPICS: CAS \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Disk Backups \| Environmental Compliance \| Hard Disk Drives \| MAID \| RAID \| Storage Best Practices

Solid-state Storage Finds Its Niche sponsored by Storage Magazine JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 14 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 Nov 2007 SUMMARY: Still extremely expensive vs. traditional media, solid-state disks can make a convincing economical case for some applications requiring very high IOPS. TOPICS: Flash Memory \| Hard Disk Drives \| Solid State Disks

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MAGNETO-OPTICAL DRIVES DEFINITION (continued): … of data, an MO diskette can store many times that amount, ranging from 100 MB up to several gigabytes (GB).

An MO system achieves its high data density byusing a laser and a magnetic read/write head in combination. Boththe laser and the magnet are used to write data onto thediskette. The laser heats up the diskette surface so it can beeasily magnetized, and also to allow the region of magnetizationto be precisely located and confined. A less intense laser isused to read data from the diskette. Data can be erased and/oroverwritten an unlimited number of times, as with a conventional3.5-inch …
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