Storage

Are you a Know-It-All? Storage as a Service

Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is Storage as a Service (SaaS)

Storage as a Service is a business model in which a company rents space in their storage infrastructure to individual end users or businesses. In the enterprise, Storage as a Service is being driven by economic factors, as well as runaway data growth, compliance requirements, security issues and disaster recovery mandates.

Are you a Know-IT-All? Test your knowledge of tech vocabulary!

Secret Word of the Day

This is a conventional storage model, in which space is allocated beyond current needs, in anticipation of growing need and increased data complexity.
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Acronym Challenge

On a storage area network, TP is a flexible storage allocation scheme where each user is assigned a minimum amount of storage space depending on what’s required for them to do their job effectively. What does TP stand for?
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Tech Trivia

What’s the name of Amazon’s Storage as a Service?
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Storage as a Service FAQ

Small storage vendors walk in the clouds, too

Are you a Know-IT-All? MAID

Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is MAID

MAID (massive array of idle disks) is a storage technology in which only those drives in active use are spinning at any given time. This reduces power consumption and prolongs the lives of the drives.

Are you a Know-IT-All? Test your knowledge of tech vocabulary!

Secret Word of the Day
This storage buzzword is used to describe a logical, abstracted view of physical storage devices. What is the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
An SSD is a storage device that stores persistent data in flash memory. What does SSD stand for?
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Tech Trivia
What storage medium was used for the 1890s U.S. census?
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Copan CEO: Putting spindown on disk arrays isn’t MAID

Big savings with MAID 2.0 storage technology

StorageTopics: greenBytes – an innovative approach energy …but is it MAID?

Tech quiz of the day - ECOphlex

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is ECOphlex.

Tech Trivia
What was the first computer to break the petaflop barrier?
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Secret Word of the Day
This repository for the storage, management, and dissemination of data is, essentially, the brain of an organization. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
The IEEE describes itself as the world’s largest technical society. What does IEEE stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about InfiniBand?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is InfiniBand.

Tech Trivia
It looks like a sideways numeral 8 — what does it symbolize in mathematics?
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Secret Word of the Day
In a communications context, this is a point where the flow of data is impaired or stopped entirely. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
What does the i in iSCSI stand for: Internet or intelligent?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about port interface cards?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is port interface card.

Tech Trivia
A computer has a motherboard. Which of the following might it also have:
a. a fatherboard
b. a daughterboard
c. a sonboard
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Secret Word of the Day
In a computer or on a network, this is a transmission path on which signals are dropped off or picked up at every device attached to the line. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
MPP is the coordinated processing of a program by multiple processors that work on different parts of the program, with each processor using its own operating system and memory. What does MPP stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about Microsoft Operations Framework?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF).

Tech Trivia
What year was the first version of Windows released?
a. 1985
b. 1990
c. 1995
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Secret Word of the Day
Bill Gates and Paul Allen started out by writing a program for this, the first commercially available PC to attract a substantial user base. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Gates and Allen adapted BASIC, a mainframe programming language, for the new computer. What does BASIC stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about Windows 7?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Windows 7.

Tech Trivia
What year was the first version of Windows released?
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Secret Word of the Day
After this is initially loaded into a computer by a boot program, it manages all the other programs in a computer. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
IcM is an area of ITSM that involves returning service to normal as quickly as possible after an incident, in a way that has little to no negative impact on the business. What does IcM stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about the CRUD cycle?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is CRUD cycle.

Tech Trivia
Who’s known as the father of the relational database?
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Secret Word of the Day
In 1977, this became the first commercial relational database management system. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
A BLOB is a large file that must be handled in a special way because of its size. What does BLOB stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about enterprise content management?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is enterprise content management (ECM).

Tech Trivia
What do you call data that isn’t currently either in transit or in temporary storage?
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Secret Word of the Day
In business accounting, this refers to expenses that aren’t directly related to production; in computing it’s the amount of processing time required for system software such as the OS and utilities. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
DBA certification has been a good career choice for a long time and demand continues to increase. What does DBA stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about Blu-ray?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Blu-ray.

Tech Trivia
What kind of media is used in a holographic disk drive?
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Secret Word of the Day
Despite its name, these days this device (which enables a TV set to receive and decode digital television broadcasts) often ends up in a cabinet or shelf below a screen, especially if it’s a flatscreen HDTV mounted to a wall. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
Do you have a Blu-ray player and HDTV? The odds are good that you’ve connected them with an HDMI cable. What does HDMI stand for?
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