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Green SSD 3.5 Inch
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SAMSUNG GREEN SSD In a world where a high degree of energy efficiency is critical to our future, we must examine every way possible to reduce our power consumption. A 2008 study by McKinsey & Company found that data centers consume 0.5 percent of the world's energy and are second to the airline industry in carbon dioxide emissions, emitting more CO2 gases than Argentina or the Netherlands. In the US, data centers consume more electricity than all of the country's televisions, and the EPA estimates that by 2011, they will consume an incredible three percent of the country's electricity....

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^^^^^^ 7.0 KW HDD Storage Samsung SSD is Green. In the US, data centers consume more electricity than all of the country's televisions, and the EPA estimates that by 2011, data centers will consume three percent of the country's electricity. For these reasons, companies today are increasingly seeking ways to reduce power consumption without compromising performance. IOPS per watt is a key factor in judging storage capacity, as well as how IOPS manage and restrict power consumption. Samsung SSDs can access up to 240 times more IOPS per watt than a traditional 15K RPM HDD. Samsung SSD. More...

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SUNG GREEN SS SSD Benefits. How do SSDs impact your company's bottom line? In a typical enterprise storage application, the savings in moving from HDDs to SSDs can be realized on day one. You start saving money the second you decide to adopt SSD technology, essentially an "instantaneous TCO savings." The chart below shows the benefits of a hybrid SSD system versus a HDD in a 63 Terabyte (TB) configuration. This HDD storage scenario utilized 240GB 300GB 15Krpm Fiber Channel HDDs while the SSD storage is comprised of 8 200GB SSDs with 136 300GB HDDs. SSD BENEFIT IN REAL SYSTEM Key Features...

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