We keep a close eye on what technologies our readers are most
interested in. Here are the year's 25 most commonly searched terms.
Do you know them all?
1. This is a way of storing the same data in different places on
multiple disks.
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2. This technology is a high-speed special-purpose network that
interconnects different kinds of data storage devices with
associated data servers on behalf of a larger network of
users.
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3. This is a unique identifier used on a SCSI bus that enables it
to differentiate between up to eight separate devices.
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4. This is a new standard to connecting hard drives into computer
systems.
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5. This circuit board and/or integrated circuit adapter provides
input/output (I/O) processing and physical connectivity between a
server and a storage device.
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6. This is a plug-and-play portable storage device that uses flash
memory and is lightweight enough to attach to a key chain.
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7. This Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard
for linking data storage facilities was developed by the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF).
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8. This is a storage system in which all the data in an enterprise
is backed up whenever any change is made.
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9. This technology transmits data between computer devices at data
rates of up to 4 Gbps (and 10 Gbps in the near future).
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10. This is the assignment of different categories of data to
different types of storage media in order to reduce total storage
cost.
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11. Sometimes referred to as a business process contingency plan,
this describes how an organization is to deal with potential
disasters.
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12. This is a method used in accessing computer peripheral devices
that employs a serial (one bit at a time) means of digital data
transfer over thin cables.
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13. This is an archival storage technology that makes it possible
to save data as if it were being stored on tape.
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14. This is a comprehensive approach to managing the flow of an
information system's data and associated metadata from creation and
initial storage to the time when it becomes obsolete and is
deleted.
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15. This is the activity of copying files or databases so that
they will be preserved in case of equipment failure or other
catastrophe.
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16. This technology is a method of providing fast access to fixed
content (data that is not expected to be updated) by assigning it a
permanent place on a disk.
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17. This is the process of making a replica or copy of
something.
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18. This is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version
of something, such as an operating system, a server, a storage
device or network resources.
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19. This is a method of offsite data storage in which files,
folders, or the entire contents of a hard drive are regularly
backed up on a remote server or computer with a network
connection.
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20. This is an approach to computer storage backup and archiving
in which data is initially copied to backup storage on a disk
storage system and then periodically copied again to a tape storage
system (or possible to an optical storage system).
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21. This hard disk storage is set up with its own network address
rather than being attached to the department computer that is
serving applications to a network's workstation users.
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22. This is a measure of computer storage capacity and is 2 to the
40th power or approximately a thousand billion bytes.
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23. This storage technology makes it possible to access a remote
data center as though it were local.
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24. This is a categorization of data for its most effective and
efficient use.
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25. This is a form of magnetic tape and drive system used for
computer data storage and archiving.
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