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Will 6Gb/s SAS make a difference for you?

Some of you read my post on drive performance, ' How fast are your drives? ,' and have wondered if investing in a 6Gb/s SAS storage infrastructure makes sense for your environment. Traditional SAS systems have a transfer rate of 3Gb/s, so the...

Published 07-13-2009 3:17 AM by s_mathur

Filed under: SAS, 6Gbps SAS, hard drive, storage

The drives matter: HP G6 server benchmarks

Have a high performance environment? Are you trying to create a green data center. The drives matter! Choosing a drive isn't all about capacity. In his blog "For HP servers, what a difference a drive makes!", Pete Steege comments on the...

Published 05-31-2009 2:31 AM by s_mathur

Filed under: G6, hard drive

Business data continues to grow

Many customers are seeing IT spending cuts nowadays, but business hasn't stopped even if it isn't growing. Your company may have slowed down on purchasing computer hardware, but for most HP customers, storage needs have continued to grow despite...

Published 05-29-2009 3:15 PM by s_mathur

Filed under: hard drive, storage

Why HP Drives? The proof is in the pudding...

By Stephanie Whalen. At HP we believe business success is all about your data. One of the most important investments you can make is in your drives. A common question we get is "isn't your drive the same as what I can buy through a retail chain...

Published 05-07-2009 7:56 PM by s_mathur

Filed under: hard drive, quality

2.5-inch Drives vs. 3.5-inch Drives

While the majority of the internal and external systems use 3.5-inch drives, HP has lead the path to 2.5-inch drives through its server and storage offerings. Some would argue that the lower cost per GB is the reason why the 3.5-inch drives have remained...

Published 04-28-2009 8:41 PM by s_mathur

Filed under: drives, hard drive

Solid State Develops

By Susan Riley. There seems to be a lot of interest in SSD's lately. With all the different product offerings out there it is hard for the user to fully understand what type of product they need. There is the MLC variety that is high performance,...

Published 04-24-2009 1:52 PM by s_mathur

Filed under: drives, hard drive, SSD, solid state

How fast are your hard drives?

When it comes to choosing hard drives, there are several measures of performance that may influence your decision. An important parameter for overall drive performance is revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm , RPM , r/min , or r·min −1 ); this is the...

Published 04-21-2009 3:54 AM by s_mathur

Filed under: performance measurement, drives, hard drive

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