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Toshiba Hopes
Fujitsu's HDD IP will Fast Track New Server SSDs
Tokyo, Japan -
February 17, 2009 - it was confirmed today that Fujitsu plans to
transfer its hard disk drive business to Toshiba.
Toshiba
anticipates this will ease its entry into the enterprise HDD market where
Fujitsu is currently a leader. Toshiba also plans to marry its flash SSD
technology with Fujitsu's HDD IP to spawn new
enterprise SSDs .
...Fujitsu profile,
...Toshiba profile,
storage mergers
DTS Launches Fastest 3.5" SSD
San Jose, CA - February 17, 2009 - DTS,
Inc today announced availability of the fastest 3.5" SATA SSD -
the Platinum HDD 2009 model.
Internally it has a 1GB
RAM SSD which operates
as a non volatile RAM cache for an internal
flash SSD (320GB
to 512GB). Aimed at server acceleration applications performance is 25,000 R/W
IOPS, read speed is 250MB/s, and write speed is upto 240MB/s. DTS says the huge
nv cache also attenuates writes (the opposite of write amplification) - thereby
reducing flash wear by x10 to x400 compared to conventional flash SSDs. ...DTS profile
Editor's
comments:- in my article
Predicting Future Flash
SSD Performance I noted how having a non volatile RAM cache is a key
architectural factor in flash SSD tune ups.
In the
rackmount SSD
segment the RamSan-500
from Texas Memory Systems
(launched September 2007) and in the
2.5" form factor
the ESSD from
Memoright are other
examples of this type of implementation.
DTS's original Platinum drive
(launched a year ago) was a hard
disk / RAM SSD hybrid. The new 2009 model benefits from the faster IOPS
performance which stems from embedding a flash SSD instead of HDD. It also
builds on the experience of refining the internal cache which
accelerates many types of server app - without any modification to the
application software. You just install it like a hard drive. DTS says it's
particularly good for VMware and similar multiple client environments. Their
website includes comparative benchmarks.
ZoneLoc Prevents flash SSD Data Walking into the Wrong Hands
Phoenix, Arizona - February
12, 2009 - White Electronic Designs Corp announced a new technology -
ZoneLoc - which automatically sanitizes a flash SSD to military standards -
when the device is moved outside a specified operating zone - to prevent data
falling into enemy hands.
The boundary can be tied to a fixed
location or made to be portable for mobile applications. ZoneLoc has
configurable features and options, including audible warnings, programmable
response times, wireless remote purging and sensitivity modes. Because the
protected device takes its own action, autonomously, security is guaranteed.
...White Electronic
Designs profile, Storage
Security, Disk
Sanitizers
A-DATA's New 2.5" SSD
Editor:- February 12,
2009 -A-DATA
says it will show a new 384GB
2.5" SSD next
month at CeBIT.
If
ultimate 2.5" SSD capacity is your thing -
pureSilicon and
STEC offer bigger. |
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Sanitization
Methods for Cleaning Up Hard Disk Drives - article by Intelligent Computer
Solutions
Removing the data on old unwanted disk drives has
become a concern for all users.
A security company found that they
were able to read 7 out of 10 hard-drives bought over the Internet at
auctions such as eBay, for less than the cost of a McDonald's meal, all of which
had "supposedly" been "wiped-clean" or "re-formatted".
This article reviews the various methods available to sanitize hard disks along
with the advantages and disadvantages in each case....read the article,
...Intelligent Computer
Solutions profile,
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