Block Storage

Tiered Storage: A Beginners Guide to Information Lifecycle Management

This guide covers tiered storage, a method of data storage comprised of two or more storage media classifications that include magnetic tape drives, optical discs (OD), digital optical discs (DOD), compact discs (CD), hard disk drives (HDD), and solid-state drives (SSD). The… [...]

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JBOD vs RAID Features and Advantages, Part Two

The average PC user finds the basic external hard drive a satisfactory solution for data storage. As for the average organization (enterprise or otherwise), more capacity, more efficiency and more reliability is the name of the game. Generally, enterprise data systems (EDS)… [...]

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The Ability 4U 102-Bay EBOD: One Innovation Your Data Center Needs

When you think about it, vehicles have come a long way since Karl Benz invented the Motorwagen, considered to be the first modern automobile. Well over one hundred years later, vehicles are safer, more comfortable, and drive a whole lot smoother than even… [...]

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The Ultimate Beginner Guide to Enterprise Storage

The massive amounts of data generated daily make it possible for business entities to deliver seamless consumer experiences, hence giving them a competitive edge. This has, in turn, spurred the demand for better storage solutions, giving rise to innovative enterprise storage approaches… [...]

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Dynamic Disk Pools: Delivering New Levels of Storage and Data Protection

The new RAID protection approach with the Xanadu storage array relies on larger dynamic disk pools rather than a volume group, where data is distributed across randomly selected drives in the pool. The added drives will increase disk pool capacity, with data… [...]

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