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

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4 NVMe storage array options to consider

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ August 13, 2021/ All-flash arrays, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHere’s what you need to know to pick the NVMe array that provides your organization with the performance improvement it needs and also fits its budget. By George Crump When selecting your first NVMe storage array, it’s important to understand the four basic implementation options to get the system that best meets your enterprise’s performance needs and budget. 1. SAS

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What is SSD TRIM in hard drive terminology?-a tech explanation, how it works and its benefits.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ July 28, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Essential Technical Terminology you need to know, Expert Advise and Opinion, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive)

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesTRIM is a command for the ATA interface. As you use your drive, changing and deleting information, the SSD needs to make sure that invalid information is deleted and that space is available for new information to be written. Trim tells your SSD which pieces of data can be erased. By Carol Sliwa SSD TRIM is an Advanced Technology Attachment

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What is an M.2 SSD?-a tech definition

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ May 30, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesAn M.2 SSD is a small form factor solid-state drive (SSD) that is used in internally mounted storage expansion cards. By Alexander S. Gillis M.2 SSDs conform to a computer industry specification and are designed to enable high-performance storage in thin, power-constrained devices, such as ultrabooks and tablet computers. They are generally smaller than other, comparable SSDs, such as the mSATA. SSDs are a form

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HPE Solid State Drives (SSDs)-why they differ in price and applications.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ April 24, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Read-intensive SSD (read-intensive solid-state drive), SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesHPE SSDs are suited to enterprise environments with highly random data under a variety ofwrite-workload applications. By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team HPE SSDs are a drop-in replacement for existing HDDs. They fit into existing HDD hot-plug bays and require no modification to operating system or infrastructure tools. The drives are recognized as standard SAS or SATA devices with no special

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read-intensive SSD (read-intensive solid-state drive)-a tech explanation

Tekmart Data Center Team/ April 24, 2021/ Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Read-intensive SSD (read-intensive solid-state drive), SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteA read-intensive solid-state drive (SSD) is a storage or caching device intended for use with applications that write data infrequently. By Carol Sliwa A read-intensive SSD is able to use NAND flash memory with a lower endurance level than an SSD that targets write-intensive workloads, such as online transaction processing, high-performance computing, and data warehousing. High numbers of writes can cause NAND flash wear-out, and manufacturers of SSDs intended for write-intensive workloads generally use

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Developments on Solid-State Storage Technology

Staff Writer/ April 21, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Resources, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage, Tekmart Partner Content, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 10 minutesIDC’s Jeff Janukowicz explores solid-state storage. Dive into recent SSD developments, how SSDs will continue to reshape the enterprise landscape and five things you should know about enterprise solid-state storage. By  Jeff Janukowicz The conversation.. 00:21 Jeff Janukowicz: Good day everyone and thank you very much for joining me. My name is Jeff Janukowicz. I manage IDC’s coverage around storage and

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Choosing the right SSDs for your cloud: Datacenter SSDs vs. Consumer SSDs

Staff Writer/ March 23, 2021/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesDatacenter SSDs are not just higher performance and more expensive versions of desktop-grade devices. They have unique features that are critical for storage systems.  Guest Post There are a number of companies who use consumer-grade SSDs for powering their business. Usually, the story goes along the lines of “consumer SSDs are just as good as Datacenter SSDs, and they are

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Explored: Data Center SSDs in depth.

Staff Writer/ March 23, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSSDs have taken the consumer market by storm, but data centers should treat them carefully Adrien Viaud Changing consumption habits and cloud applications are having a strong impact on the demand for data centers, and impacting data center configurations as well. On top of that, storage hardware is evolving, with new technology such as U.2, NVMe and PCIe bringing lower

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The difference between Flash memory and RAM.

Staff Writer/ February 1, 2021/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesEven though vendors refer to flash memory and conventional RAM — the main memory of your PC or server — as solid-state memory, these two memory types are significantly different. By Erin Sullivan and Rodney Brown When discussing flash memory vs. RAM, you might be inclined to lump them together based on their similarities. While both technologies are made up of solid-state

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