Kingston Blog: Enterprise and Client SSDs compared

24 February 2022 00:00:00 EST

A growing number of high-throughput, low-latency business data centres have relied on hard disk drives (HDDs) in their servers and are now facing performance bottlenecks. Today, they envisage Solid...

21 October 2021 00:00:00 EDT

Data Recovery 101: Hard Drive Failures vs. Solid-State and Flash Failures

We’ve examined the proper way to assess your data loss situation at the onset and the differences between logical data loss and physical data loss. Now, we’ll discuss the different types of damage...

30 July 2020 00:00:00 EDT

SSD Lifespan: How Long do SSDs Really Last?

Until a couple of years ago, many IT administrators and managers were concerned about the risk of losing valuable data because of a sudden failure. That’s why it took manufacturers a long time to...

18 April 2019 00:00:00 EDT

How to store data on Mars

Storing data in outer space is no walk in the park! There are many differences between using computers on Earth and operating them on another planet, or just space in general. Luckily, a few...

31 January 2019 00:00:00 EST

What is Write Amplification (WA) and how it affects the SSD?

In a recent blog, we described Garbage Collection and the Trim command. Both are methods to mark and set data that are no longer in use and can, therefore, be overwritten in a Flash NAND based SSD....

24 January 2019 00:00:00 EST

How does wear levelling extend the life of a SSD?

In a previous blog, we looked at some of the most basic technologies that make SSDs and their Flash NAND chips work more efficiently and thus live longer. But there is one thing we have not...

18 December 2018 00:00:00 EST

What is TCG Opal Encryption?

TCG Opal stands for Trusted Computing Group OPAL. The Trusted Computing Group is an organisation that develops open standards for trusted computing platforms. It is run by leading companies from the...

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