SSD vs. SSHD vs. HDD – Who Wins?

joniclark — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:49:04 +0000

A colleague of mine used this quote in his keynote speech at the Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara last August. "If you want to be incrementally better: be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: be cooperative." Source unknown. Truth is there are a lot of SSD and "SSD-like Hybrid" options in the market today, from chipsets and drivers, to bundles SSD + HDD + board combos, and including Seagate's Momentus XT the all-in-one solid state hybrid drive. But what frustrated my colleague as he spoke to a large group of industry enablers and eco-system companies, was that they were not all working together collaboratively for the good of the consumer. Critical system components and software would support one technology differently than the others, making it difficult for SSD, HDD, SSHD or other hybrids out there to deliver consistency. If you want to hear more about John Moon's challenge to drive higher performance and better durability in your systems, take a look at his very entertaining keynote speech. If you like the way John is pushing the industry to be cooperative then hit the "like" button for him.

What’s a Crypto Guy like you doing at a Solid State show?

joniclark — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:08:54 +0000

Solid State storage was everywhere at the Flash Memory Event but just a handful of SSD vendors were talking about encryption in SSDs. Yes, it's true everyone wants Solid State but is Solid State ready for everyone? If you need security where your data lives most of the time - on your storage device, then you might want to insist that your storage vendor integrates one of the most powerful data protection technologies out there today. Hardware based encryption or Self-encrypting Drives (SED). For hard drives this is a no brainer, SEDs are readily available but on the SSD side we're still waiting for it. In fact, there is no safer way to wipe an SSD clean of all sensitive data then to cryptographically erase that baby - secure erase. This technology is a must for healthcare, financial, education, government, military and related supporting businesses that have a need to protect data. To learn more about SEDs check out Seagate security pages and products. To hear more about SSD Secure Erase watch my interview with Monty Forehand, Director of Development Engineering for Self-Encrypting Storage at the Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara California. How much more would you pay for your laptop to have encryption designed in from the factory? http://youtu.be/AjD1-uy3KII

Seagate launches Creative Professionals Program [video]

Seagate Technology — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:21:48 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSQKUZ3nJlY

Seagate scores with the Colorado Rockies

Seagate Technology — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:18:48 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D-e1bcuxwI

Digital Home Thoughts – CES 2011: Seagate’s “Data “Lunchbox” Prototype Hard Drive

Seagate Technology — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:49:08 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttStkIXfW9Y

Scoble chats with Seagate’s Greg Falgiano about GoFlex

Seagate Technology — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:48:52 +0000

Seagate Momentus XT (Hybrid) Explained

Seagate Technology — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:12:53 +0000

Facebook Contest: Win a Seagate® FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Ultra-portable Drive

Seagate Technology — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:57:24 +0000

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CrunchGear talks about Seagate’s FreeAgent GoFlex System. [YouTube]

Seagate Technology — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:22:38 +0000

CNET’s Dong Ngo walks you through the Seagate BlackArmor PS110 USB 3.0 [video]

Seagate Technology — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:10:26 +0000

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