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12 Elements of an IT Disaster Recovery Plan
You can’t stop the unthinkable from happening, but a well-thought IT Disaster Recovery Plan minimizes the fallout.
Read moreHigh SSD Prices? Blame Chinese Handsets and Enterprise Datacenters
The nonvolatile memory market is getting, well, volatile. Hardware publications reporting that NAND shortages will mean high SSD prices for consumer drives confirmed what Newegg product managers suspected for months—2017 looks like slim pickins’ for components sellers.
Read more3-2-1 Backup Strategy Best Practices [Infographic]
The 3-2-1 backup strategy safeguards organizations against data loss and costly downtime. It provides data protection in the event of a major system failure, or ...
Read moreTape Backup Ain’t Broke, It Keeps Getting Better
If you thought tape backup was a relic of the past, you’re right. Do not be mistaken, though; the technology has kept up with the ...
Read moreWhat’s the Difference? Hardware RAID vs Software RAID
Comparing hardware RAID vs software RAID setups deals with how the storage drives in a RAID array connect to the motherboard in a server or ...
Read moreSSDs: What Comes After SATA III?
It seems that solid state drives are getting too fast, at least for the SATA III standard. As SSDs continue to increase in speed, the ...
Read moreAre M.2 NVMe Drives Ready for the Limelight?
Solid state drives are nearing the maximum data transference speed potential offered by the Serial ATA III interface, which tops out around 550 MB/s. Manufacturers ...
Read moreWatch Out Samsung, Intel Is Getting Serious With NAND
Like $3.5 billion serious—Intel has announced that it is converting one of its China plants to make NAND chips, the semiconductor hardware found in solid ...
Read more7 Tips to Maximize SSD Endurance
Solid-state drives have become the standard storage device in the current generation of laptops and ultrabooks, and are popular upgrades for desktop PCs and older ...
Read moreSSD Storage: Is SLC NAND Extinct?
With manufacturers feeling pressure to drive down per-gigabyte SSD prices to stay competitive in a crowded market, almost all companies have begun using multiple layer ...
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