Technical Information

Technical Information Links

• Storage System Standards Committee Works in cooperation with other mass storage organizations and committees. Also organizes the Symposium Tutorials.
  
• Linux High performance SCSI & RAID: What is RAID?
  
• Lightwave Communications Providing system and network administrators with innovative and reliable console management solutions.
  
• How Stuff Works: How Magnetic RAM Will Work Article explains how Magnetic RAM could replace both dynamic RAM and Flash memory, and eliminate the boot up process.
  
• Evolving FAQ/Reference for comp.arch.storage, Part 1/2 Answers to frequently asked questions for comp.arch.storage: Part 1 of 2
  
• Performance Measurements of the First RAID Prototype Examines a prototype disk array built by the RAID group at U. C. Berkeley. A hierarchy of bottlenecks was discovered in the system that limit overall performance. You will need to choose a download format.
  
• THIC Not-for-profit the THIC organization started out as a round-table group convened by the US Department of Defense to bring together vendors, manufacturers and users at the leading edge of recording technology, but quickly became a public forum.
  
• Computer and Communications Collection of computer and communications businesses on the Internet. The directory is maintained by staff at the University of California's Lawrence Livermores National Laboratory.
  
• Network Buyer's Guide Provides pre-purchase information on products from the computer storage and networking industry. Consists of product listings, technical papers, news sources, reference information, training services, and more. Everything you need to research the storage or networking product that is right for your needs.
  
• Storage Management Resource Site Searchable archives of ADSM list archives from 1993 to current.
  
• Westworld Productions Magazine publisher that produces Computer Technology Review, Storage Management Solutions, Storage, Inc. and Computer Technology News.
  
• DataStoreX E-community for the data storage and disk drive.
  
• comp.arch.storage FAQ 2/2 This article was archived around: 17 Jan 1998.
  
• The RAID Advisory Board Industry Association devoted to promoting the understanding and use of RAID and related storage technologies by means of education, standardization and its test and inspection programs.
  
• Storage Search Find computer storage manufacturers & products. Help Megabyte the Mouse in his quest for the perfect storage solutions.
  
• Computer Digital Storage Newsletter Unique monthly news report on the worldwide magnetic and optical, disk and tape industry.
  
• The Institute for Information Storage Technology Established to address the interdisciplinary area of data storage with information on the chapter and their conferences.
  
• Radifed Strategies for partitioning a hard drive.
  
• comp.arch.storage FAQ 1/2 This article was archived around: 17 Jan 1998.
  
• The PC Technology Guide Aimed at the hobbyist or interested novice, The PC Technology Guide covers the various technologies underlying the PCs major internal components and peripherals. It includes many explanatory graphics and an integrated glossary.
  
• 10 Gigabit Ethernet Resource 10GbE industry magazine featuring news, links, white papers and industry developments.
  
• DMS Expo Largest European event for information and document management.
  
• Storage Area Network Tutorial Explains the components that comprise a storage area network. Information complied by Dot Hill.
  
• The WWW Virtual Library The Department of Computing at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine University of London maintains several online "virtual libraries" for computing and technology.
  
• The Tech Page An online database of jumper settings and specifications for thousands of hard drives. Post questions on the hard drive forum.
  
• High Performance Storage System HPSS is a major development project, which began in 1993 as a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between government and industry, and is now nearing its third major release.
  
• Net Ready's Tekwatch Storage technologies directly related links. Very large listing.
  
• iSCSI Storage E-zine dedicated to information about storage over the internet. Provides news, experts, and discussion of IP SANs, NAS (Network attached storage), RAID, IP routers, storage management.
  
• The Storage-Specific Search Engine For Storage professionals and managers. Focused search capabilities, relevant links, editorial content, industry and technology tips via e-mail.
  
• The Storage Networking Industry Association SNIA is a not-for-profit organization, made up of more than 100 companies and individuals spanning virtually the entire storage industry.
  
• Disk/Trend Market research company tracking the disk drive and data storage industry.
  
• Overland Data Frequently asked questions on storage.