A disk array is a disk storage system which contains multiple disk drives. It is differentiated from a disk enclosure, in that an array has cache memory...
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A disk array controller is a device that manages the physical disk drives and presents them to the computer as logical units. It often implements hardware...
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RAID (redirect from Redundant array of inexpensive disks)
RAID (/reɪd/; redundant array of inexpensive disks or redundant array of independent disks) is a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple...
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A disk controller is a controller circuit that enables a CPU to communicate with a hard disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive. It also provides...
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Non-RAID drive architectures (redirect from Massive array of idle disks)
standard for configuring multiple hard disk drives is RAID (redundant array of inexpensive/independent disks), which comes in a number of standard configurations...
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semi-synchronously, or point-in-time. Replication is enabled via microcode on the disk array controller or via server software. It is typically a proprietary solution...
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comprise a basic set of RAID ("redundant array of independent disks" or "redundant array of inexpensive disks") configurations that employ the techniques...
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discontinued SAN disk array manufactured and sold by EMC Corporation, it occupied the entry-level and mid-range of EMC's SAN disk array products. In 2011...
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HPE XP (section The XP Disk Array family)
HPE Storageworks XP (XP = eXtended Platform) is a computer data storage disk array sold by Hewlett Packard Enterprise using Hitachi Data Systems hardware...
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Hitachi (redirect from Hitachi Disk Array Management Program)
hybrid cloud-centric data infrastructure services portfolio. Servers Disk array subsystems GlobalLogic is a digital services subsidiary of Hitachi based...
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Disk storage (also sometimes called drive storage) is a data storage mechanism based on a rotating disk. The recording employs various electronic, magnetic...
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A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using...
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Storage virtualization (redirect from Virtual disk image)
(hard disk, optical disk, tape, etc.) in the enterprise as a single pool of storage." A "storage system" is also known as a storage array, disk array, or...
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Data striping (redirect from Disk striping)
an array of disks. Striping is used across disk drives in redundant array of independent disks (RAID) storage, network interface controllers, disk arrays...
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configurations of a RAID disk array. RAID stands for redundant array of independent disks (or, formerly, redundant array of inexpensive disks). RAID levels may...
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technology has been developed to operate multiple disk drives together as a team, forming a disk array. A disk array typically has cache (temporary memory storage...
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array a concept of category theory Array data structure, an arrangement of data in computer memory Asynchronous array of simple processors Disk array...
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series of RAID, disk array controllers made by Dell for its PowerEdge server computers. The controllers support SAS and SATA hard disk drives (HDDs) and...
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magnetic disk storage devices from 1956 to 2003, when it sold its hard disk drive business to Hitachi. Both the hard disk drive (HDD) and floppy disk drive...
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typical multi-disk drive has multiple physical SCSI ports, each with one SCSI target address assigned. An administrator may format the disk array as a RAID...
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floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, a diskette, or a disk) is a type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of...
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Page cache (redirect from Disk page)
which case the cache is integrated into a hard disk drive and usually called disk buffer), or in a disk array controller, such memory should not be confused...
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storage. SANs are primarily used to access data storage devices, such as disk arrays and tape libraries from servers so that the devices appear to the operating...
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levels. Array controller based encryption describes the encryption of data occurring at the disk array controller before being sent to the disk drives...
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Solid-state drive (redirect from Solid state disk)
few companies introduced SSDs in Ball Grid Array (BGA) form factors, such as M-Systems' (now SanDisk) DiskOnChip and Silicon Storage Technology's NANDrive...
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USB flash drive (redirect from Disk on key)
supplementary back-ups, and transferring of computer files. Compared with floppy disks or CDs, they are smaller, faster, have significantly more capacity, and...
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height. A third model in a smaller rack-mount case without the large disk array, the Network Server 300 (code named "Deep Dish", as in a deep dish pizza)...
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solutions use SAS or SATA disk arrays as the primary storage component due to their relatively low cost. The use of array enclosures increases the scalability...
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Disk packs and disk cartridges were early forms of removable media for computer data storage, introduced in the 1960s. A disk pack is a layered grouping...
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which evolved out of the EMC Clariion SAN disk array. Clariion’s predecessor, HADA (High Availability Disk Array) was developed in 1991 by Data General Corporation...
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