Tag Archives: Disk

GE Research announces new holographic media

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Ray

When last we discussed holographic storage it was over the decline of the industry as a whole and what could be done about it. Perhaps I posted too soon.  GE research just announced that they have come out with a … Continue reading →

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Are SSDs an invasive species?

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Ray

A head assembly on a Seagate disk drive by Robert Scoble (cc) (from flickr) I was reading about pythons becoming an invasive species in the Florida Everglades and that brought to mind SSDs.  The current ecological niche in data storage … Continue reading →

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7 grand challenges for the next storage century

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Ray

I saw a recent IEEE Spectrum article on engineering’s grand challenges for the next century and thought something similar should be done for data storage. So this is a start: Replace magnetic storage – most predictions show that magnetic disk … Continue reading →

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Tape v Disk v SSD v RAM

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Ray

There was a time not long ago when the title of this post wouldn’t have included SSD. But, with the history of the last couple of years, SSD has earned its right to be included. A couple of years back … Continue reading →

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