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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Components of a disk array include: Disk array controllers Cache in form of both volatile random-access memory and non-volatile flash memory. Disk enclosures...
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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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communications controller chip Peripheral DMA controller Disk controller Floppy disk controller Disk array controller, also known as a RAID controller, a type...
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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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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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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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Page cache (redirect from Disk page)
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 with...
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are traditionally reserved for larger devices, such as servers or disk array controllers. Serial Attached SCSI (SAS). The SAS is a new generation serial...
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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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PowerEdge RAID Controller, or Dell PERC, is a series of RAID, disk array controllers made by Dell for its PowerEdge server computers. The controllers support...
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called disk buffer. Note that disk array controllers, as opposed to disk controllers, usually have normal cache memory of around 0.5–8 GiB. When a disk's controller...
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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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are traditionally reserved for larger devices, such as servers or disk array controllers. Serial ATA (SATA). The SATA data cable has one data pair for differential...
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Host adapter (redirect from Host controller)
devices include ESCON and newer FICON. Disk array controller Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Host controller interface for USB and FireWire host adapter...
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logical disks. The IBM SAN Volume Controller uses the term "vdisk" to refer to these logical disks. Today, the rationale for the logical disk approach...
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disk array controller or multiple connectors that can be connected to one or more controllers in arbitrary way. Backplanes are commonly found in disk...
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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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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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ion cells available in some ratings. Server-grade disk array controllers often contain onboard disk buffer, and provide an option for a "backup battery...
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Collective, a community arts center in New York City Redundant Disk Array Controller, a type of computing hardware Roller Derby Association of Canada...
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Error recovery control (category Hard disk computer storage)
prevent a disk from being unnecessarily marked as 'failed' by limiting the time spent on correcting detected errors before advising the array controller of a...
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Apple II (section The OS Disk)
second drive (without controller) retailed for $495. The Disk II single-sided floppy drive used 5.25-inch floppy disks; double-sided disks could be used, one...
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a disk array controller) or in software (in a device driver). The most basic method is disk mirroring, which is typical for locally connected disks. The...
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Individual Computers Catweasel (category Floppy disk drives)
Catweasel is a family of enhanced floppy-disk controllers from German company Individual Computers. These controllers are designed to allow more recent computers...
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ZFS (category Disk file systems)
hungry. Efficient rebuilding of RAID arrays—a RAID controller often has to rebuild an entire disk, but ZFS can combine disk and file knowledge to limit any...
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EqualLogic (section Controllers)
the controller. All arrays support RAID levels 6,10 and 50. For the PS6100 series and PS6110 series there are 6 sub-models, based on the type of disks used:...
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Comparison of S.M.A.R.T. tools (category Hard disk software)
Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data from hard drives. Disks that are members of a RAID array may in some cases have their SMART attributes (data) largely...
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USB flash drive (redirect from Disk on key)
Universal Serial Bus-Based PC Flash Disk" that combined flash memory storage with USB connector through a USB controller. The patent was subsequently granted...
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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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