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
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesCache memory and RAM both place data closer to the processor to reduce latency in response times. Learn why one can be faster, along with other key variables in cache vs. RAM. By Garry Kranz, Jon Toigo and Stacey Peterson RAM and cache memory are both fast, volatile memory technologies that play a pivotal role in computing. So what’s the
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
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesA Type 2 hypervisor, also called a hosted hypervisor, is a virtual machine (VM) manager that is installed as a software application on an existing operating system (OS). ByBrien Posey, Anil Desai and Colin Steele There are two types of hypervisors: Type 1 and Type 2. Type 2 hypervisors support guest virtual machines by coordinating calls for central processing unit (CPU), memory,
Reading Time-approximately: 19 minutesServer virtualization is a process that creates and abstracts multiple virtual instances on a single server. Server virtualization also masks server resources, including the number and identity of individual physical servers, processors and operating systems. By Stephen J. Bigelow and Alexander S. Gillis Server virtualization is a process that creates and abstracts multiple virtual instances on a single server. Server
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteSDRAM (synchronous DRAM) is a generic name for various kinds of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) that are synchronized with the clock speed that the microprocessor is optimized for. By TechTarget Contributor This tends to increase the number of instructions that the processor can perform in a given time. The speed of SDRAM is rated in MHz rather than in nanoseconds (ns). This makes
Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesStorage class memory (SCM) is a type of physical computer memory that combines dynamic random access memory (DRAM), NAND flash memory and a power source for data persistence. ByGarry Kranz and Linda Rosencrance SCM treats non-volatile memory as DRAM and includes it in the server’s memory space. Access to data is faster than access to data in local, PCIe-connected solid-state drives (SSDs), direct-attached hard disk
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesA business continuity plan (BCP) is a document that consists of the critical information an organization needs to continue operating during an unplanned event. Courtesy Post: By Vicki-Lynn Brunskill A business continuity plan (BCP) is a document that consists of the critical information an organization needs to continue operating during an unplanned event. The BCP should state the essential functions
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesA data retention policy, or records retention policy, is an organization’s established protocol for retaining information for operational or regulatory compliance needs. ByBrien Posey, Paul Crocetti and Andrew Burton When writing a data retention policy, you must determine how to: organize information so it can be searched and accessed later, and dispose of information that’s no longer needed. Some organizations find it helpful to
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWindows Autopilot is a desktop provisioning tool native to Windows 10 that allows IT professionals to automate image deployment of new desktops with preset configurations. By John Powers Windows Autopilot is a desktop provisioning tool native to Windows 10 that allows IT professionals to automate image deployment of new desktops with preset configurations. With Windows Autopilot, IT professionals can set
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