0809, 2021

Western Digital OptiNAND stretches HDD capacity, performance

Staff Writer/ September 8, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Resources, Storage Vendors

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWestern Digital unveiled a new storage drive architecture for hard drives that improves capacity, performance and reliability via an embedded flash drive to store metadata. By Johnny Yu Western Digital’s new OptiNAND storage infrastructure puts a lot of capacity on one platter. Unveiled at today’s HDD Reimagine virtual event, OptiNAND combines Western Digital’s hard disk drive and flash technologies to

0609, 2021

What are the NAND flash memory types and where do they work best?

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ September 6, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Flash storage for applications, Industry News and Expert Advice, Solid-state storage, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWhich type of NAND flash memory is best for your environment? We break down five major NAND flash options, their benefits and where they work best. By Erin Sullivan NAND flash was largely developed to give flash memory a fighting chance in the market against the competition, such as hard disks and other magnetic storage options. By cutting the costs

0609, 2021

SLC vs. MLC: Performance, reliability tradeoffs, how to choose what’s right for your needs and much more..

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ September 6, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre performance troubleshooting, monitoring and optimisation, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT Management, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesLearn the important capacity, performance and reliability differences between multilayer flash when it comes to adding SSD storage to your organization. By Marc Staimer Flash, a.k.a. NAND, SSDs continue to be a hot topic for IT pros. They are found in storage arrays, NAS, appliances, drives and PCIe memory cards. Flash SSDs have rapidly become part of every storage acquisition

0409, 2021

Where is QLC NAND the most useful in the enterprise?

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ September 4, 2021/ Application-aware storage, Archiving and backup, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data protection, backup and archiving, Data storage backup tools, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Solid-state storage

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesQuad-level NAND has its benefits, but is it right for enterprise-level companies? While it can be plagued by performance and durability issues, the technology still has its uses. By Brien Posey It’s at least somewhat tempting to dismiss quad-level NAND as a poor choice for use in enterprise-class organizations. After all, the quad-level cells in storage devices are far less

0409, 2021

Learning the difference between SMP vs. MPP

Tekmart Data Center Team/ September 4, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center storage and networking, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesLearn the differences between the main modes of multiprocessing: SMP, AMP and MPP. Each has a distinct use case that makes it suited for different data centers and organizations. By Jacob Roundy A symmetric multiprocessing system contains multiple processors that share the same memory and operate under a single OS. This architecture enables each processor to work on any task

0309, 2021

Which has the fastest speeds-NVMe vs. SATA and SAS ?

Staff Writer/ September 3, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Research Results and Trends

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesThe NVMe protocol is tailor-made to make SSDs fast. Get up to speed on NVMe performance and how it compares to the SATA and SAS interfaces. By Robert Sheldon The NVMe protocol has become the industry standard for supporting solid-state drives and other non-volatile memory subsystems. NVMe speeds are substantially better than those of traditional storage protocols, such as SAS

0309, 2021

Looking for PCIe 5.0, NVMe 2.0 to boost storage performance

Tekmart Data Center Team/ September 3, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, NVMe over Fabrics, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesEnterprises that need high-performance storage for AI and ML workloads can keep an eye out for new products based on the latest PCIe 5.0 and NVMe 2.0 specifications. By Carol Sliwa Enterprise buyers in need of higher performance storage might want to start checking with vendors about their plans to support PCIe 5.0 and NVMe 2.0 technologies. The NVM Express

0309, 2021

Flash memory guide to architecture, types and products.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ September 3, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice, NOR flash memory

Reading Time-approximately: 12 minutesFlash memory, a staple of consumer electronics, is playing a wider role in enterprise storage. This guide offers an overview of flash, from current use cases to future directions. By John Moore Flash memory, also known as flash storage, demands a closer look. The technology permeates a multitude of consumer products, from mobile phones to ubiquitous USB memory cards. Enterprise

0209, 2021

Storage Security: it’s definition, importance, security threats and vulnerabilities and best practices for securing data.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ September 2, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data protection, backup and archiving, Data storage backup tools, storage security, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesStorage security is the group of parameters and settings that make storage resources available to authorized users and trusted networks — and unavailable to other entities. ByBrien Posey and a TechTarget Contributor These parameters can apply to hardware, programming, communications protocols and organizational policy. Several issues are important when considering a security method for a storage area network (SAN). The network

3108, 2021

hot plugging-what it is, how it works and it’s potential issues.

Staff Writer/ August 31, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Software-defined storage, Timeless Articles, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHot plugging is the addition of a component to a running computer system without significant interruption to the operation of the system. By Ben Lutkevich Hot plugging a device does not require a restart of the system. This is especially useful for systems that must always stay running, such as a server. Common examples of hot-pluggable devices include hard disk drives (HDDs)