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Why Did the Hard Drive Market Crisis Occur? An Analysis of Its Causes and Root Factors
19.10.2026 11:11 | Studies
Customers who planned to upgrade their server infrastructure or storage systems in 2026 are facing a price shock that is fundamentally changing the economics of IT investments. This is not a minor market correction, but a dramatic shift in the rules that have governed the market until now. Memory component prices have increased by 300–500% compared with the average price levels of 2025, while hard drive prices have risen by 200–300%. Such dramatic increases are forcing companies to reassess investment plans, postpone modernization projects, and look for new ways to secure the required performance and capacity at economically viable costs. What is driving this unprecedented development, and when can we expect a turnaround?
HOW TO CHOOSE A DISK ARRAY – CHAPTER 5
02.12.2015 10:24 | Studies
What is more efficient – RAID 5 OR RAID 10? It looks like a seemingly simple question with a pandering answer ‘RAID 10’. Nevertheless the situation shall not be simplified and the performance potential of RAID 10 does not always have to show itself compared to RAID 5.
HOW TO CHOOSE A DISK ARRAY – CHAPTER 4
13.11.2015 14:06 | Studies
Our dear readers, above all we would like to thank you for your increasing interest, which is an impulse for us to continue in a surely successful series ‘How to choose a disk array’.
HOW TO CHOOSE DISK ARRAY – CHAPTER 3
08.10.2015 15:12 | Studies
While in previous two chapters of our popular online series we talked about technical parameters of possible solutions, today’s chapter will be about practical recommendations that should eliminate disappointment from the chosen one. How to put up an assignment?
HOW TO CHOOSE DISK ARRAY – CHAPTER 2
02.10.2015 12:49 | Studies
Today in our popular series we are going to deal with the topic of disk array architecture.
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