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RSS disk driveHow Whole Disk Encryption Works
White Paper Whole disk (also known as full disk) encryption protects this data, rendering it unreadable to unauthorized users. If one is using a computer or a removable USB drive, chances are that... [13 Nov 2009]
Data Loss Prevention Starts at the Endpoint: Seeking Safety From the Data Loss Pandemic
White Paper The vector of loss might be a stolen laptop, a misplaced disk or backup tape, a prohibited file-sharing application, a concealed thumb drive or a rogue wireless access point. It's every CIO's nightmare:... [13 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News You probably know a little about virtualisation if you've ever divided your computer's hard drive into different partitions - where a hard disk drive is divided to create, in effect, two... [11 Nov 2009]
Does fragmentation affect SANs, NAS, and RAID?
White Paper This white paper explains the relationship between the logical disk with which the operating system interacts and the physical drive array, and shows why arrays are just as prone to fragmentation as a... [06 Nov 2009]
Improving Backup Performance with Defragmentation
White Paper Since backup is basically a file-by-file copy process, disk fragmentation has a huge impact on backup times. This white paper from Diskeeper Corporation outlines tests conducted to determine the performance increase... [06 Nov 2009]
The Impact of Disk Fragmentation on Servers
White Paper "Every application that touches the hard drive will benefit from a good tool that defragments and manages the files on your servers. And now here's the proof! Through a series of precise performance test results, you'll... [06 Nov 2009]
Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population
White Paper It is estimated that over 90% of all new information produced in the world is being stored on magnetic media, most of it on hard disk drives. Despite their importance, there is relatively little published work on the... [30 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - getting inside security
Photo Windows 7 streamlines making a disk image as a backup and restoring it later. There are several good, free drive encryption tools available. The System and Security sub-section of the Control Panel acts... [20 Oct 2009]
MegaRAID Management Suite: MegaRAID Storage Manager, MegaCLI, WebBIOS
White Paper This new suite of applications allow administrators to adjust SAS topology views from the system host, controller and disk enclosure down to the logical and physical drive level. The MegaRAID Management... [09 Oct 2009]
Minority Report: The Snow Leopard Appreciation Society
Comment There was a lot of talk from Apple about the disk space it clears up but this was just a fleeting joy. Solidly made, comfy and easy to drive. Yes, it was great regaining 12GB of HD space but as an... [16 Sep 2009]
Windows Disk Idle Detection
White Paper The Windows power manager cooperates with disk driver software to automatically spin down hard disk drive rotational media to reduce power consumption when the system is idle. This paper... [16 Sep 2009]
Bringing Clarity to Hard Disk Drive Choices for Enterprise Storage Systems
White Paper Awareness of the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) technology trends is important for IT professionals who are making decisions about future enterprise server and storage system architectures. Technology migrations... [01 Sep 2009]
Fujitsu Introduces Full Disk Encryption
White Paper Fujitsu has introduced its first Hard Disk Drive (HDD) to offer Full Disk Encryption (FDE). The MHZ-CJ series is Fujitsu's highest performing notebook HDD at 7200 RPM, with up to 320GB... [30 Aug 2009]
CLARiiON Enterprise Flash Drives: Optimizing Application Performance at a Lower Total Cost of Ownership
White Paper The presenter will compare Flash drives with traditional Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), discuss the degree of Flash drive integration within the CLARiiON family, and help to identify opportunities for... [29 Aug 2009]
Barker Implement Reaps the Benefits of HP Disk-to-Tape Backup Innovation
White Paper Barker Implement, implemented HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System with integral LTO Ultrium tape drive, providing a Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape (D2D2T) data-protection solution. Carrying a full... [28 Aug 2009]
