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Don't yell at your hard disks
blogs.sun.com - 1/2/2009
Don't yell at your hard disks
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Amusing video done by Sun folk while investigating hard disk latency and the implications of vibration (via David Magda , via e-mail). Technorati Tags: david_magda , disk , dtrace , funny , links , performance , storage , sun , video ☯
Floppy Disks Finally Become Useful Again
ohgizmo.com - 1/1/2009
Floppy Disks Finally Become Useful Again
— ohgizmo.com — By Luke Anderson I started my computing days at the very end of the original floppy disk... era. My grandpa had an old DOS machine with a few games on 5.25-inch floppies, and the school computers still used them for a bit. However, kids these days ... (more) Floppy Disks Finally Become Useful Again
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Shouting in the datacenter increases disk latency
MAKE Magazine — ... It seems shouting in the datacenter increases disk latency, fun experiment - we've all shouted in the server room, maybe we need to do it outside from now on... or just go all SSD. ...

Video: Shouting at disk drive causes high latency, low morale
Engadget — ... Here's a tip for everyone who hasn't made the jump to solid state: try to be nice to your disk drive. Brendan Gregg from Sun's Fishworks team wanted to see the effects of vibrations on his disk array, so he proceeded to shout at it. On video. Yeah, we bet that's pretty ...

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