IT Faces the Problems of Retired Drives When disk drives are retired and moved outside from the data center into someone else’s hands, the data …
Tag: SAN
What is Storage Area Network (SAN) and Why You Should Use One
Businesses looking to either set up or expand upon their existing storage solutions may wish to strongly consider using a Storage Area Network (SAN). When it …
Cache to Flash : Data protection during a power outage
Introduction to Cache Technology Data protection is an important requirement for any storage system. To achieve this, RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a commonly used technology to protect the …
Thick vs. Thin Provisioning
Introduction Thick provisioning, thin provisioning – These terms have been around for a period of time, but what is the difference between them? Since thick …
QoS (Quality of Service)
Introduction QoS (Quality of Service) is a term used in the field of packet switched networks to refer to the probability that a network will …
SAS vs. SATA Drives
Introduction Nowadays, knowledge of Hard Disk Drives become increasingly important as the requirements of capacity and performance of storage are growing exponentially in huge enterprises …
Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI
Introduction If you are a storage expert, you may have heard about these two protocols. But buying new storage arrays may face barriers of selectivity, …