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NVMe: New Standard Interface for Solid State Drives

Solid-state drive (SSD) manufacturers are working with a new standard interface that allows SSDs to work at speeds closer to their full potential. The introduction of this new interface, which is called Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe), is similar in importance to the now-ubiquitous USB connections used to link computers and…

SSD Grows, HDD Slows

Solid-state drives (SSDs) continued to outpace hard disk drive (HDD) sales by a wide margin last year and will grow even more popular in 2014, according to industry reports. Infostor, a storage industry publisher, reported shipments of SSDs grew by 82 percent in 2013 to 57 million units. There is…

It’s Rocket Science, Sort Of

Comparing a new solid state drive (SSD) to a more traditional electro-mechanical drive is like comparing an internal combustion engine to an electric motor. Both devices provide power, but in different ways. The engine is more complex, has many more moving parts and takes up more space than the motor,…

No Flash in the Pan

As if we needed another reason to believe flash memory is the future of large data storage systems, along comes IBM with a plan to spend $1 billion in R&D to address this rapidly growing area. The pace of adoption of storage devices using flash technology is quickening as users…

The Challenge of Mobile Device Data Recovery

What would you do if you lost all of your data today? Or, if you were suddenly unable to access files on your computer, smartphone or tablet due to a failure of the device? Do you have a backup plan? Have you recently synchronized your mobile devices to your computer?…

DriveSavers: Coming to a Conference Near You

DriveSavers participates in numerous trade shows and computer-related events across the country throughout the year, giving more people a chance to see what professional data recovery is all about. If you’re in San Francisco this week attending the annual RSA Conference, please stop by our booth (No. 451) and say “hello.”…

New Terms, New Technology

Anyone dealing with solid-state (SSD) drive technology should know a few things about how these unique devices work and what they are supposed to do. An SSD, like the Intel 160GB device shown here, uses flash memory chips to store data. Unlike a traditional electro-mechanical drive, a solid-state drive has no…

SSDs Come of Age

Solid state hard drives are the hottest thing in data storage today. A smaller footprint plus faster response time and lower power consumption are hallmarks of solid state storage that employs cutting-edge Nand flash technology. With an SSD, an array of memory chips work together as a disk drive volume.…

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