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Abstract
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Introduction
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Categories of server disk drives
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Characteristics of disk drives
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Small form factor and large form factor disk drives
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Disk drive capacity
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Disk drive performance
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Reliability
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Drive qualification process
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Interconnect technology
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Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
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SAS-2
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Second generation Serial ATA (SATA)
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Interconnect bandwidths and drive throughput
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Improved performance and reliability with RAID
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Advanced controllers
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Solid state drives for servers
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HP solid state drive reliability requirements
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NAND over provisioning and wear-levelling
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Power loss protection
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Value, mainstream and performance SSDs
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SSD performance
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Conclusion
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For more information
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Call to action
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Drive technology overview
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