4TB-Festplatten bringen RAID 6 an seine Grenzen - Höhere Rebuild-Zeiten erfordern Triple Parity von Heiko Wüst, Nexenta Systems

4TB-Festplatten werden zunehmend gängig und erschwinglich, aber viele Administratoren haben Zweifel, ob sie diese wirklich einsetzen sollten. Das Problem: Die Rebuild-Zeit einer Festplatte steigt linear mit ihrer Größe an. Es kann zwei bis vier Tage dauern, bis eine neue 4TB-Platte in einem RAID-Verbund wieder mit den Daten der ausgefallenen Festplatte gefüllt ist. Die Gefahr ist, dass in dieser Zeit weitere Festplatten ausfallen. RAID 6 verträgt zwei Ausfälle...

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Blue Coat empowers business with Advanced Threat Protection solution

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Premier global investors infuse $58 million into SimpliVity

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Growth and DFJ Growth co-lead greatly oversubscribed C-Round, joined by Meritech Capital Partners, Swisscom Ventures and Series A and B investors Accel Partners and Charles River Ventures as universal demand for SimpliVity’s “Lego-like” x86 based converged IT building blocks and advanced data-architecture far exceeds all prior expectations.

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Dell SecureWorks selected as part of the UK Government’s Cyber Incident Response Scheme

The expertise and security intelligence of Dell SecureWorks’ Counter Threat Unit (CTU) research team was demonstrated during the application process.

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New report by Korn/Ferry Whitehead Mann identifies digital skills gap among UK NEDs.
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