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- Disks: why size means performance
- OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...
- Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- The perfect computer?
- Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...
- Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-02
- SMART Utility 2.1 (Mac)
- SMART Utility is an application to scan the internal hardware diagnostics system of hard drives. SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a system built into hard drives by their manufacturers to report on various measurements called attributes of a hard drive's operation. The attributes can be used to detect...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple Macintosh, Volitans Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-07
- Core i5 processors at Frys.com
- Same ole same oleWell, when you have mechanical hard-drives and stalehardware components who cares if you have an i10...Thanks for the tip of the hat, Adrianfrom the oracle
- Tags: processor
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Hitachi now shipping 'world's first' 2TB, 7200RPM hard drive
- Hitachi now shipping 'world's first' 2TB, 7200RPM hard driveMechanical hard drivesMoving parts = Failure old technology that needs to go awayNot the firstWestern Digital has the 2TB Green drive but it runs at 5,400rpm.Seagate has a 2TB drive that runs at both 5,400 and 5,900 rpm'sand then there's this...The Seagate...
- Tags: Storage, Hitachi Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- Samsung Spinpoint F3 HDD offers 1TB; 500GB per platter
- Samsung on Wednesday announced a new line-up of high-density hard drives for high-end computing environments, the Spinpoint F3. The new drives operate at 7200RPM with capacities of up to 1 terabyte, thanks to fitting 500GB on each platter: ...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Spinpoint F3, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- Western Digital begins shipping in-house SiliconDrive III SSDs
- Western Digital today announced that it has begun shipping its new SiliconDrive III solid-state drive product family based on technology from its March 2009 acquisition of SiliconSystems and featuring feature faster read/write speeds, increased capacities and mechanical scalability, the company says. SiliconDrive III...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Storage Array, Western Digital Corp., Register, WD, Serial ATA, Ip storage, Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PC
- Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PCTypo?When you mentioned environments where stuff is bound to get dirty anyway, did you mean to say "these tips are [b]not[/b] for them" ?Aside from that, good article!RE: Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PCIronically (to...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, dust bunny, bunny, Five-Way, PC, tube, environment, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-06-05
- Nikon CoolPix L100
- A majority of megazoom cameras--at least those styled like digital SLRs--have advanced features such as shutter speed and aperture-priority modes, bracketed shooting, and electronic color filters. They also usually carry price tags upward of $300. Nikon took its budget-friendly megazoom--the Coolpix L100--the other direction by limiting shooting options and setting...
- Tags: handgrip, menu system, Coolpix L100, camera, Nikon Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-06-02
- The 'world's first SSD-based CD ripping' NAS device
- The 'world's first SSD-based CD ripping' NAS deviceSSD is the FUTURE!SSD is the future and it is cutting inroads that will render the mechanical drives to live with recycle bins.might be a very distant futurecurently the SSD is 20 times more expensive than a HDD in cost and also slower.That...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, SSD, NAS, CD
- Discussion threads 2009-05-04
- Give your system a mid-life kicker
- If the economy has made you put off buying a faster system, you aren't alone. The good news: you can make your current system much snappier with faster storage - DRAM and disk. Here's how - and why. Your CPU speed is fixed. So is your network...
- Tags: DRAM, Disk, I/O, Storage, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-02-08
- Intel cuts its prices of solid-state drives
- Intel cuts its prices of solid-state drivesWish for the day mechnaical drives go away...I cannot wait until the 'mechanical drive' can go away.RE: Intel cuts its prices of solid-state drivesThe SNIA Solid State Storage Initiative SSSI site has a lot of useful information about SSD technology. http://www.snia.org/forums/sssiCheck it out.
- Tags: Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-06
- Achieve Superior Oracle Performance and Efficiency With New Enterprise Flash Drives
- Adding Enterprise Flash Drives EFDs to the IT infrastructure is a cost-effective way to increase performance by up to 300 percent through the use of low-latency, non-mechanical storage. This dramatic improvement enables greater consolidation of storage infrastructure, resulting in increased energy efficiency and cost savings. EMC and Oracle have closely...
- Tags: Database, Oracle Corp., Performance, USB Flash Drive, EMC Corp., Storage, Performance Management, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Webcasts 2009-02-05
- The future of Blu-Ray? Watch porn
- The future of Blu-Ray? Watch pornThe future of Blu-Ray? Watch pornDon't forget to factor in the higher cost of blue-ray or at the time hd-dvd. We can find free porn on the internet, no need to pay the $25 for an HD dvd. Some of the adult stores...
- Tags: BIOS, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Music CD, Watch Porn, DVD
- Discussion threads 2009-01-05
- Long-term personal data storage
- Long-term personal data storageHow about flash memory?How does flash memory compare to optical and HDD storage, as far as longevity is concerned?I think our ears were ringing yesterday, Robinhttp://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9364RE: Long-term personal data storageI signed up to Carbonite - offsite backup over the internet which makes me feel much more secure...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Long-Term Personal Data Storage, DVD, Adobe PDF, RTF, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2009-01-05
- The bell tolls for your magnetic media
- The bell tolls for your magnetic mediaWhat are you going to replace your magnetic media with?While I agree that it's good to take old data and put it on fresh magnetic media, users should not fool themselves into thinking that there's something better than magnetic media, and that is even...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, SSD, media, magnetic media, bell toll, disk
- Discussion threads 2009-01-04
- Towards a robotic society in 2020?
- Towards a robotic society in 2020?Any Asimov reader could spew this drivelWe are more than 10 years away from the positronic brain!How about a free Nestor Class 5?And I'll use it to help me cook sweetpotato pie!I could JUST SEE Mr. Data cooking in Will Smith's Grama's Kitchen... Well, at...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Flash memory, Desktops, Beat-It, Star Dreck, memory
- Discussion threads 2008-12-06
- Your capacity will vary
- Your capacity will varyA "wordo"I dictated the first draft of the article, and while the software is pretty good about not misspelling words, if it gets the wrong word it can be hard to spot. Like "desk" for "disk". Thanks for noting it.Robinhours of ten?Should it be "powers of ten"?If...
- Tags: Storage, RAID
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
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