Tag Archives: Disk energy use

Save the planet – buy fatter disks and flash

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Ray

Well maybe that overstates the case but there is no denying that both fatter (higher capacity) drives and flash memory (used as cache or in SSDs) saves energy in today’s data center.  The interesting thing is that the trend to … Continue reading →

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SSD vs Drive energy use

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Ray

Recently, the Storage Performance Council (SPC) has introduced a new benchmark series, the SPC-1C/E, which provides detailed energy usage for storage subsystems. So far there have been only two published submissions in this category but we look forward to seeing … Continue reading →

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