[Fujitsu] FUJITSU Partners With Enhance Technology To Deliver Next Generation MULTI-DISK Storage Enclosure - Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Enhance Technology, Inc. is using Fujitsu next-generation Serial interface hard disk drives in its QuadraPack™ Q14. The storage solution is the industry’s first compact removable storage enclosure designed to house four Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) 2.5” hard disk drives mounted in a single 5.25” drive bay. ...
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[Fujitsu] The Significance of 2.5” SAS Hard Disk Drives in Enterprise Deployments - Enterprise data access and transfer demands are no longer driven by advances in processing systems alone. Beyond the sheer volume of data, data routinely consists of rich content that increases the need for capacity. High-speed networks have increased the velocity of data center activity. Networked applications have increased the rate of transactions. Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) addresses the technical requirements for performance and availability in these more I/O-intensive, mission-critical environments. ...
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[Seagate] Savvio: The First Enterprise 2.5-Inch Disc Drive - Three forces are converging to create the perfect storm in enterprise storage. The first, of course, is the massive amount of content generated daily. Video and other new digital media, retention and other regulatory requirements, e-business, improved data collection, and analytical demands from operations, marketing and financial systems threaten to outpace storage capacity in data centers. According to a University of California-Berkeley study, more than 1.5 million terabytes of information are produced and stored worldwide each year. The annual storage growth rate is expected to top 55 percent. ...
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