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COCC
Efficiency Skyrockets with New Solid
State Disks
January 20, 2010
All too often, new computer hardware
arrives in an information technology
center amid glowing claims of
productivity improvements, only to be
disappointed by reality. Not so with
solid state disks at COCC.
Installed in September 2009, solid state
disks have increased COCC’s system
performance by a whopping 86% overall,
and literally ‘changed the scale’ when
measuring the time needed to process
financial transactions – the lifeblood
of the business.
Solid state disks use memory (DDR or
Flash) to store and access data,
eliminating the need for spinning
magnetic disks and delivering far
greater storage speeds with less power
and cooling requirements. Data is stored
directly on memory chips and accessed
from them. Internal batteries and backup
disks prevent data loss in the event of
power loss or shutdown.
The change enables COCC to add new
clients and services at a reduced cost.
As a cooperative data center, COCC
continually seeks these opportunities to
invest in next generation IT services. |
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