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Which is Better for You? SSD vs HDD

Which is Better for You? SSD vs HDD

What’s the difference between SSDs and HDDs? Solid-state drives and hard disk drives are similar in their physical specifications, but they store data very differently. There are advantages and disadvantages to each type of drive, and deciding on which type is right for you comes down to how you use your computer. [embed]https://youtu.be/Rq7E7i-Ac3U[/embed] HDD The technology behind hard disk drives is well known and well-tested. Hard disk drives have been around for more than 50 years, steadily increasing their storage capacity and decreasing their physical size. HDDs rely on spinning disks, or platters, to read and write data.   How hard drives work Hard disk drives consist of one or more magnetically sensitive platters, an actuator arm with a read/write head on it for each platter, and a motor to…
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10May 2020 by admin

StorageReview Podcast #46: Caitlin Gordon, Dell Technologies

Caitlin Gordon joins Brian on this podcast to talk all things Dell EMC PowerStore with a little Brady/Gronk mixed in. PowerStore is an entirely new platform for Dell EMC that is intended to take over as the lead product in the all-flash midmarket space. The clean sheet design allowed Dell EMC to take the best of their existing lines like XtremIO and SC Storage to create a platform that is actually quite unique. PowerStore scales both up and out, and has the ability to run apps natively on the box, which adds a little flair of HCI to the equation. (more…)
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10May 2020 by admin

StorCentric Crams 491TB Into Nexsan E-Series 32F

Today, StorCentric released the Nexsan E-Series 32F storage appliance. StorCentric was founded in August 2018. In the less than two years it has existed, it has gobbled up four storage companies. The same month the company was founded, they announced that they would be acquiring storage companies Drobo and Nexsan. Soon afterwards, in June 2019, it bought Retrospect, a data backup vendor. Most recently, in July of last year, StorCentric purchased Vexeta. (more…)
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10May 2020 by admin

HPE Shares HCI Enhancement Plans

Today, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced some of their planned enhancements for their HCI lineup. Second generation AMD EPYC CPUs are expected to be available as a shipping option for HPE’s SimpliVity 325 Gen10 1U servers later this month. In addition, HPE Nimble Storage dHCI, a disaggregated HCI platform released last year, is now available through HPE Greenlake. However, the full set of planned features for dHCI through Greenlake won’t be available until later this year. (more…)
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10May 2020 by admin

GIGABYTE R181-2A0 Review

The GIGABYTE R181-2A0 is a 1U server built around the second generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. The second gen Xeon CPUs bring their set of benefits to the server that contain the usual suspects of Optane DC Memory support, higher CPU frequencies and the performance that can come with that, faster DDR4 speed, and Intel Deep Learning Boost. The server is super flexible and is aimed toward an application connected to shared storage, or perhaps HPC use cases. (more…)
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10May 2020 by admin

Cisco & Schneider To Simplify Edge Computing

A couple of days ago at Cisco Live, Cisco, in conjunction with Schneider, presented more details of the new enclosure targeting Micro Data Center solutions, the NetShelter WX 6U Wall Mount enclosure. With this joint product, these two tech giants seek to overcome new IT challenges due to the rise of edge computing. Significant challenges like delivering enhanced digital services to customers, and collect and process large amounts of data being generated outside of the data center. Cisco and Schneider Electric have a 15-year history of partnership that continues to grow stronger as they work together to address unique challenges of this new realm known as edge computing. (more…)
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