The move to hyper-converged infrastructure (Part 2)
In the first part of this article, we described Kroll Ontrack’s opportunity and decision to leverage a hyper-converged infrastructure as the foundation for its data center relocation project in the...
Conspiracy Theories: what are the causes of data loss?
It is time to share the findings of our latest iteration of the Data Loss Index (DLI). A consistent reporting of how clients have lost data over the past quarter. As has been the case in the past,...
The move to hyper-converged infrastructure (Part 1)
Anyone who has ever been involved in a data center relocation and migration project knows how much time and effort is needed to accomplish this comprehensive and complex task. Getting it done...
Water Resistant Smartphones - An In-Depth Overview
Many moons ago, I was once the proud owner of the humble Nokia 3310. All was well, until one particularly cold British day on the Swanage coast, where it slipped out of my hands and into the sea. I...
Overview of 'Wear Leveling' With SSD Controllers
Wear leveling - what is it? Wear leveling is a technique that some SSD controllers use to increase the lifetime of the memory. The principle is simple: evenly distribute writing on all blocks of a...
Questionable Future for the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) (Part 2)
In the first part of this article we described the evolution of the hard disk technologies, now we will discuss the future technologies of HDD. A new PMR- (perpendicular magnetic recording) based HDD...
Hyper-Converged and Software-Defined Storage Focus on Hardware
Modern information technology in business is subject to constant change. Not only the growing flood of data, but also the increasing demands of fast access to information and instant communication...