Eric Brewer and colleagues from Google presented an interesting white paper at the Usenix FAST conference in Santa Clara, CA. They argue that with the growth in portable devices and services in the ...

Following are the parameters stored in a PC's BIOS setup memory that describe the configuration of the hard disks in the system. SCSI hard disks are usually not identified in the setup memory. There ...

Do solid-state disks (SSDs) last longer than traditional hard disks? A new study looks very good for the SSDs, but closer inspection of the results suggests it’s actually too early to call. Online ...

There are two main hard disk types used today IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) and SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) hard drives. Can a computer have more than one hard disk? There are two main ...

This article is part of the Technology Insight series, made possible with funding from Intel. This article is part of the Technology Insight series, made possible with funding from Intel. When it ...