Computer data is stored on disks and solid state media for availability over days, months or years. In small systems, such as a personal computer there is a CPU and one or two hard disks. When a disk fails or runs out of space another disk has to be manually added, and, the data has [...]
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What Is Storage Virtualization?
May 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Storage
Tags: computer data storage·data security·data storage·storage virtualization
Hard Drive Failures
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Hard Drives, How To Maintain, How To Repair, Introductions
Introduction Hard drive crashes are one of the most frustrating experiences one can have with a computer. The inability to read data off of the hard drive can render a computer useless. Even if the OS can run, the data may be inaccessible or damaged. The only way to recover from such a failure is [...]
Tags: computer data storage·crash·file storage·hard disk drive crash·hard drive·hard drive failure·HDD
How Hard Disks Work
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Hard Drives, Introductions
Nearly every desktop computer and server in use today contains one or more hard-disk drives. Every mainframe and supercomputer is normally connected to hundreds of them. You can even find VCR-type devices and camcorders that use hard disks instead of tape. These billions of hard disks do one thing well — they store changing digital [...]