The fall 2011 Storage Networking World (SNW) show is just around the corner and will be held next week at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida. SNW is the world’s largest storage, data center, and IT infrastructure conference and brings together top information from information technology executives, leading product and service providers, and [...]
Coming off of last week’s post about SAS vs. SATA myths, let’s now shift gears to review an old myth about SSDs vs. HDDs. Of course Seagate makes both, so we’re especially interested in understanding and demystifying how the divergent features of SSDs and HDDs fit best into the…
With all the talk of the continued exponential growth of storage, and the excitement surrounding the consumption being driven by all the new applications and devices that access information from the Cloud, it’s easy to overlook the question of just where exactly all the backend technology will…
You know that the storage consumption growth trend is going to continue, but now IDC put some numbers together along with expert analysis to examine the trend even closer. In its new IDC Digital Universe Study, “Extracting Value from Chaos” (sponsored by EMC), the study forecasts that 1.8 zettabytes will be created and replicated in [...]
With Seagate’s latest Constellation and Constellation ES HDD families, the drives are offered in both 6Gb SAS or 6Gb SATA versions. Both drive families are enterprise-class, so it begs the question: “Why are there models available using the desktop-oriented SATA interface in the first place?…
In a recent StorageNewsletter.com story, an argument was presented that SSDs and HDDs are different technologies and are therefore going to follow different paths with regard to form factors. Because an SSD is not a mechanical device with rotating platters, it is less constrained as to any form factor restrictions. Makes sense, and while it’s [...]
We’ve blogged about the importance of testing and standardization when it comes to defining and validating enterprise-level SSD reliability. Industry organization JEDEC has brought that to the forefront of the industry with its standards work. But what about the need for having industry-accepted test methods for measuring and reporting real-world SSD performance? Especially when considering [...]
Yes they do! IT Pros know what drive brands are spinning inside their equipment. OEMs may want all of us drive guys to be strictly vanilla but to IT pros, there is a difference …especially when it comes to enterprise storage. Each month IT Brand Pulse selects a handful of product…
Happy New Year and welcome back to the world of enterprise storage! Full of promise, resolution and ideas for 2011, it’s important to look back on our achievements from the past year. Built on our Unified Storage strategy for the future, here are our key 2010 Enterprise storage accomplishments: Seagate® Ships World’s Highest-Capacity, Most Reliable Small Form [...]
Enterprise Storage Forum recently published an article on SSDs that covers several important topics. From basic SSD design differences, to application environments, to recent standards for enterprise vs. client, the article offers a quick overview for those interested in better understanding the…
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