Five Seismic Changes for Media and Entertainment in 2017
From 8K broadcast to Virtual Reality, Hollywood is in the midst of seismic changes for media and entertainment. But are they ready? Here are five major changes you can expect:
November 21, 2016 • 6 min read Data
Why Overprovision an SSD?
Why overprovision an SSD? Overprovisioning with SanDisk X400 SSD can improve overall performance – higher throughput (IOPS) and lower latencies.
November 17, 2016 • 1 min read Data
Storage Class Memory Innovation at SC16
At SC16, Western Digital is showcasing the latest innovation in Storage Class Memory, a prototype memory controller incorporating SCM into the memory hierarchy.
November 17, 2016 • 2 min read Data
I’m Seeing Western Digital
Are you seeing Western Digital where you might have seen the SanDisk or HGST name? Rest assured, you have come to the right place.
November 11, 2016 • 2 min read Data
Get Longer Lifetime for your PCs with SSDs
Smartphones and tablets capture a lot of people’s attention, but PCs still play an important role in people’s lives. Meaning SSDs are here to stay!
November 10, 2016 • 3 min read Data
Data Availability vs. Durability – An Important Difference You Should Know
Data availability and durability are two very different aspects of data accessibility, that serve different objectives. Here are the key differences you should know.
November 9, 2016 • 5 min read Data
Tempest in a Teapot? A Five-Year Enterprise Storage Outlook
New technologies lead to greater performance, scale and efficiency of data storage. Yet what comprises our zettabytes of data will be no less important in shaping the future of the data center. So what's ahead? Here's a five-year enterprise storage [...]
November 2, 2016 • 6 min read Data
Storage Class Memory: Can the Promise be Fulfilled?
The next great challenge for storage companies will be developing a Storage Class Memory (SCM). But can the promise of SCM be fulfilled? A few lessons learned from 3D NAND.
October 25, 2016 • 6 min read People
The SQL Server® Query Challenge!
It can be considered that query tuning is both an art and a science. Now our engineers challenge you to improve the completion time of a standard query by optimizing...hardware. Welcome to the SQL Server #QueryChallenge!
October 20, 2016 • 3 min read Data
SQL Server® 2016 Always On AGs – Over 70K Transactions/Sec
SQL Server 2016 Always On Availability Groups (AGs) feature new performance enhancements. We took them to the test using HPE Servers and SanDisk® flash - flipping the AG /faster Bit!
October 20, 2016 • 5 min read Data