[clug] PSIG: my 'show and tell' contribution

[steve jenkin]

AIA for self-reply, forgot to include in original.

Something new I learnt last night:
 The 1.8" disk format is very much alive and well.
 they're used in mobile appliances.
 I wonder if we'll see them "move up" into laptops, desktops or servers?
 Already I've seen a 2.5" SSD which is a 1.8" module in a carrier...

Another factoid:
 For the last 2 years, HP has only shipped servers with 2.5" internal
drives.

Apple lead the desktop world twice in this fashion:
 Mac's skipped 5.25" floppies, only ever 3.5"
 Mac removed floppy drives well before PC's.
 [Does the 'Air' w/o optical drive count too?]


steve jenkin wrote on 11/11/11 9:40 AM:
> Because there was no organised speaker for PSIG, I made time to bring
> write some highlights of what I'd been reading recently (Disk storage
> and RAID) as my 'show and tell' contribution.
> 
> If anyone else cares:
> "Surprises reading up on RAID and Disk Storage "
> <http://stevej-on-it.blogspot.com/2011/11/surprises-reading-up-on-raid-and-disk.html>
> 
> headline: Storage is really complex and full of surprises.
> 
> regards
> steve


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