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Keep Your Storage Secure and Scrub Data Regularly

According to the principle of entropy, everything that is ordered goes into disorder. The same happens to your data, once recorded and left with no guard, slowly decays – regardless ...

By: Janusz Bak
February 04, 2021
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Intel® Optane™ with 3D XPoint technology explained

Intel® Optane™ is a line of products based on a 3D XPoint technology that makes it significantly faster than typical NAND-based flash memories in terms of both access times and ...

By: Radosław Nitka
August 14, 2020
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Basics of SSD Performance Tests [4]: In a nutshell

This article is the last part of our article series explaining the principles of SSD performance testing and how to interpret the results of such tests. We hope that now ...

By: Michał Kolczyk
March 22, 2018
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Basics of SSD Performance Tests [3]: Test, filter, precondition

Make your SSD Performance tests easy as one-two-three. Talking about numbers – read the third part of our SSD series! In this article we’re raising the issue of testing the ...

By: Michał Kolczyk
March 08, 2018
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Basics of SSD Performance Tests [2]: Garbage collection

Read the second part of our series of articles on the topic of SSD testing. Some time ago we’ve been discussing flash memory in general. You can read the first ...

By: Michał Kolczyk
February 22, 2018
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Basics of SSD Performance Tests [1]: Recap on flash memory

Today we’re starting a series of articles that will explain the principles of SSD performance testing and how to interpret the results of such tests. Information gathered in those articles ...

By: Michał Kolczyk
February 07, 2018
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Installing Open-E DSS V7 with two SSDs in a RAID 1

Installing Open-E DSS V7 in your system may be done in multiple ways. In this webcast, our host presents how to use SSD drives in a RAID 1 configuration as ...

By: Open-E
May 07, 2013
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WHD2012.global highlights: 190 Virtual Machines running on 178 TB with HA Storage

Last week I was visiting the World Hosting Day Event in Germany as usual and I’ve wanted to provide you all with some highlights. Intel was presenting the innovative Romley ...

By: Janusz Bak
March 30, 2012
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SSD: Marketing Versus Reality

We can read many articles about the pros and cons of Solid State Drives. We may also hear opinions about them – from supporters and opponents of this technology… and ...

By: Patryk Kosin
March 01, 2012
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To use or not to use SSDs? That is the admins question!

It’s quicker, it’s lighter, it does not generate any noise and has a lower work temperature…Furthermore, it doesn’t have any mechanical, moving components so it offers you not only a ...