Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesTekmart Africa Partner Content We have talked about the complexities of modern hard disk drives (HDDs) and the innovations that go into them to continually increase capacity and performance. However, there is no question that solid state drives (SSDs) have also earned their place in the sun. SSDs bring speed, durability and flexibility to enterprise workloads such as AI, machine learning and
Reading Time-approximately: 14 minutesThis keynote presentation focuses on innovations that allow all-flash arrays with QLC to have the same endurance and performance as TLC-based arrays. By Alistair Symon The full presentation (captured in words below.) 00:05 Alistair Symon: Hello, and welcome to the keynote session that I’m going to give on QLC everywhere. First, let me introduce myself. I’m Alistair Symon. I’m the vice
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesMini PCs are a low-cost hardware alternative to servers that enable organizations to maintain maximum data center features and capabilities in remote office locations. By Brian Kirsch Maintaining the features and capabilities of a traditional data center in a remote office can be difficult. A mini PC for business can provide the performance, security and flexibility that end users require,
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBy Tekmart Support Team When it comes to computing, priorities are placed on storage and performance. The hard drive is often viewed as a major storage device. However, there is alternative hardware that can do a perfect job. People now use Solid State Drives as the main storage device for a wide range of technological needs. An SSD is a
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesLeading storage vendors have recently released midrange all-flash arrays that provide the scalability, high performance and high reliability of enterprise-class offerings. By Chris Evans The midrange storage appliance ecosystem is gradually transitioning toward all-flash and the adoption of NVMe technology. This market is growing fast, with the release of several new storage arrays in the past year. These include platforms
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBy Carol Sliwa Seagate Technology LLC and Micron Technology Inc. today unveiled a 12 Gbps Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) that offers capacity options of up to 4 TB and endurance choices to suit write-intensive, read-intensive and mixed-use application workloads. The SAS SSD, which ships this month, is the first product resulting from the strategic alliance that Seagate and Micron forged in
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesA SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive) is a NAND flash-based storage or caching device designed to fit in the same slot as a hard disk drive (HDD) and use the SAS interface to connect to the host computer. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): James Alan Miller and Carol Sliwa The most common drive form factors for a SAS SSD are 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch. SAS SSD bandwidth
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAlthough NVMe SSDs are a highly reliable storage technology, they are still prone to occasional failure. Here are some best practices to keep your SSDs humming along. By John Edwards Compared to hard drives, SSDs are remarkably reliable; yet, no storage technology is perfect. Even the latest NVMe SSDs are susceptible to a sudden or gradual breakdown. Knowing how to spot
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesComputational and edge storage are changing the way we manage data at the network edge. Understanding the terminology around this technology can help clarify how it works. By Stacey Peterson As more applications generate massive amounts of data — think IoT, AI, analytics — the time taken to transfer, analyze and process that data is becoming a significant factor, slowing
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesLearn the important capacity, performance and reliability differences between multi-layer 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
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