Data Center


4 Reasons You Should Be Excited at OCP Amsterdam

4 Reasons You Should Be Excited at OCP Amsterdam

The open-source community is pushing forward new technology to make hardware more flexible, scalable, and efficient. As a leader in energy-conscious hardware design, we’re excited to participate in the Open Compute Project (OCP) Regional Summit, taking place in Amsterdam. This two-day event – tailored for hardware designers, data center architects, infrastructure engineers, and other technologists […]

September 25, 2019 • 3 min read Data

Go for WD Gold, Our Enterprise-Class HDDs

Go for WD Gold, Our Enterprise-Class HDDs

This post was updated on 7/8/2020 to reflect new 18 TB storage capacities, energy-assisted technology, and triple-stage actuator features. As data continues to grow, it adds complexities to the storage architecture of our customers. Whether data is generated from healthcare records, consumer habits, or financial transactions, reliable storage and quick access to the data in […]

September 24, 2019 • 3 min read Data

The Demise of the Centralized Data Center

The Demise of the Centralized Data Center

The centralized data center model is increasingly outmoded as new types of data, such as sensor, log, IoT, audio, video and edge architectures provide the opportunity for improving operations, customer interaction and market understanding.

September 20, 2019 • 3 min read Data

JBOD vs. RAID vs. Erasure Coding

JBOD vs. RAID vs. Erasure Coding

We explain the difference between these configurations, and the value that JBOD and RAID stand to bring to the modern workload set.

September 4, 2019 • 7 min read Data