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- Putting flash into disk packaging, while convenient, is sub-optimal. Disk latency is so great that no one worries about adding a few hundred microseconds to an I/O. But once you've got low-latency storage those microseconds start to add up. But I didn't really get the underlying advantage...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
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- Google makes Chrome OS open source today
- Contrary to rumors, Google did not release a beta version of its much anticipated Chrome operating system today. And nothing is coming anytime soon: the final version is at least a year away, the mega giant web company said. But there was some significant news for the...
- Blog posts 2009-11-19
- What does 6 Gbit SATA mean to you?
- RE: What does 6 Gbit SATA mean to you?The transfer speed will remain meaningless until SATA 10k and 15k RPM speeds become the norm. The speed of the data retrieval from the platters is the biggest factor in drive performance. The disk drive is and will remain the...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- USB 'SuperSpeed' 3.0 logos to appear on certified devices
- In 3 Years, Apple Will Take Credit For ItOne of my FanBoy friends, who died a couple years ago, swore that Apple invented the USB. Not really any different than Apple's commercial advertising now.Oh well, give me more speed, no matter what !Sweet...been waiting for USB 3.0 to hit the...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- FutureDecks Pro 1.5.1 (Mac)
- With FutureDecks PRO you can mix songs and videos like a pro DJ. Beat-matching, seamless beat-aware loops, external controllers and MIDI support, VST effects, precise automatic BPM counter, sampler and many other things. You have a classic DJ setup with 2 decks, pro mixer and playlist. Some of...
- Software downloads 2009-08-18
- Intel debuts 34nm NAND flash SSDs; lowers prices 60%
- Intel on Tuesday announced that it is moving to a more advanced, 34-nanometer manufacturing process for its NAND flash-based solid-state drives. The move to 34nm will help lower prices of the SSDs up to 60 percent for computer manufacturers and consumers thanks to...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Maxtor BlackArmor PS 110 - hard drive - 500 GB - Hi-Speed USB
- Maxtor's new 500GB BlackArmor PS 110 external hard drive ($160) provides trustworthy storage and data backup solutions for the consumer that needs more space. The shape and design of the drive isn't a far departure from the FreeAgent Go, another thin external HDD from Maxtor's parent company Seagate. The PS...
- Product reviews 2009-07-01
- CLARiiON Enterprise Flash Drives: Optimizing Application Performance at a Lower Total Cost of Ownership
- Leveraging EMC CLARiiON Flash drives in the IT operations is a cost-effective way to dramatically enhance performance. By using these solid state, low latency drives, users have seen a dramatic performance improvement - while at the same time enjoying substantial storage consolidation, along with the associated space, power, and cooling...
- Webcasts 2009-06-25
- Long live the Sneakernet: Computing's most resilient network
- When Amazon Web Services' latest---and arguably most valuable---service is a system that allows you to ship terabytes of data to the cloud via snail mail you just have to chuckle. Yes folks, for all the fancy talk of cloud computing, terabytes---not to mention petabytes---of data and technological advancement the Sneakernet...
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Flash disk drives are a hit with enterprise customers, says Sun
- Today, Sun announced hundreds of wins across a range of industries for its eco-friendly Sun Storage 7000 series since it was introduced 5 months ago. According to Sun, over 17 petabytes of total space has been purchased, making it "the fastest ramping new product in Sun's storage portfolio ever". Sun...
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Steve Wozniak: Chief Scientist - of a storage company?
- You'd think after co-founding one of the great success stories of the last 35 years - Apple Computer - Steve Wozniak would be done with startups. And you'd be wrong. But a storage startup? How sexy is that? The Woz gets storage Really,...
- Blog posts 2009-02-05
- Gemstone Gemfire Enterprise
- I had the opportunity to speak with Gemstone Systems' Richard Lamb, President, and Raj Kulkarni, COO, about Gemfire Enterprise. This product appears to take lessons from the grid computing world to expand levels of performance and scalability dramatically. They appeared to deal pretty well with my bad puns and I...
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- 2008's best storage products
- The world of data storage is changing faster than it has since the mid-90's saw the rise of storage arrays and storage networks. While some of the products - personal SSDs and online storage I'm looking at you - aren't quite ready for prime time, they are improving fast. ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-23
- EMC CLARiiON CX4 Enterprise Flash Drives With Microsoft Exchange: Applied Technology
- Incorporation of enterprise Flash drives into CLARiiON CX4 provides a new Tier 0 storage layer that is capable of delivering very high 10 performance at a very low latency, which can dramatically improve storage performance for Microsoft Exchange. Traditional magnetic disk drive technology no longer defines the performance boundaries for...
- White papers 2008-11-01
- Windows 7 to scale to 256 processors
- Windows 7 to scale to 256 processorsMassively parallel architectures...There are more problems to solve besides dispatching. With a large number of processors, you will run into latency problems accessing memory as physical memory gets further away from a particular processor. Multiple queues and thread affinity to processors will...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
- No FireWire over Ethernet; but maybe in Snow Leopard
- Since Apple announced the new MacBook last week sans FireWire, there's been a backlash from the Apple community about the omission. Users love the high-speed data protocol for things like Target Disk Mode TDM, transferring clips from digital video cameras and for connecting to external hard drives....
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- PacketTrap gives enterprise "Perspective"
- Computers are strange beings. Sometimes they stop working for no apparent reason, sometimes they work so well they don't need to shutdown or stop processing, and some literally blow up in your face. Dealing with one computer can be troublesome enough, but how do those like enterprise managers, IT and...
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- (Eight excellent PC upgrade ideas)
- Eight excellent PC upgrade ideasThree Samsum Spinpoint HD's in raid configurationThree Samsum Spinpoint HD's in raid configuration is supported by many motherboards.Go for it. If a disk crashes you can replace it rapidly without data loss.VelociRaptor the fastest desktop HD?My one year old 300GB Seagate ST3300555SS SAS drive is faster:...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google
- Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than GoogleCreative distruction makes us all stongerI think Ray is right. His biggest competitor is open source. I'm not sure Microsoft will recover unless they learn how to embrace open source. The patent wars they have started make them toxic...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 4: Get smart about services
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 4: Get smart about servicesHave you benchmarked the performance differences ...... that you see when you disable Superfetch, Windows Defender and Windows Search? Last time I benchmarked a system with and without Windows Defender I saw no difference (outside of statistical 'noise').I'm not saying that...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
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