The Future of RAID Storage Technology Nov 7, 2009
"Even RAID 6 has problems if you have coupled drive failures due to bit error rate problems.". To get beyond RAID 6, Floyd said vendors must adopt more advanced erasure coding schemes. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Why Cloud Storage Use Could Be Limited in Enterprises Oct 10, 2009
The most common type of failure is known as the vendor's bit error rate. The bit error rate is the expected failures per number of bits moved. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
SiGe experts push CMOS envelope for Light Peak transceivers Oct 9, 2009
"But to get to the $10 price point you need for consumer devices, we had to go with standard CMOS, then work hard to meet the specifications for a 1012 bit error rate and a 135-milliwatt-per-channel power budget.". Intel is working with industrial partners like Ensphere for the various components of its optical interconnection technology. (EETimes)
Sun Sees Growth in Data Tape Storage May 20, 2009
The claims a bit error rate that is than tape and hard disk drives, and Sun has addressed by locking the hub when the cartridge is out of the drive to protect the edges of the tape, among other features designed to enhance stability. Tom Wultich, Sun's group manager of tape, said Sun achieves its bit error rate in part by employing 32 channels instead of 16, so it takes fewer passes and lower speeds to fill the tape. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Brother, Can You Spare a Petabyte? May 20, 2009
You have to remember that the bit error rate (BER), which is also known as the hard error rate, is completely different from the annualized failure rate (AFR) of the device. One way to look at it is the failure of a single access compared to the failure of the whole device. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Absolute Analysis Enables Engineers with New Integrated Test Tool for Real-Time Delay Simulation, Modification, Analysis, and Verification Mar 25, 2009
Hardware/firmware device development tool boasts first-ever, real-time integrated functionality of protocol analysis, traffic generation, error injection, impairment test, and bit error rate test in a single solution ... In addition to the new Impairment Test and Error Injection Test capabilities, Absolute Investigator also offers a Protocol Analyzer, Protocol Editor, Traffic Generator, Bit Error Rate Test (BERT), Trace Viewer, and Performance Statistics applications. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
