The disk cache in OS X can sometimes use a fair amount of the system's RAM, and clearing it can help you figure out how much RAM your applications and system processes are using. Topher, an avid Mac ...

With the introduction of the solid-state Flash drive, performance came to the forefront for data storage technologies. Prior to that, software developers and server administrators needed to devise ...

Going through the BIOS menu afterward I noticed that the default for Advanced Options > Drive Write Cache is "Disabled". Does this mean that all the drivex in the box (which are attached to the ...

Microsoft says Microsoft Edge users will notice improved performance and a smaller disk footprint because the web browser now automatically compresses disk caches. "Beginning with Microsoft Edge 102 ...

Last month we had a look at Intel’s new disk caching technology available on the recently introduced Z68 Express chipset. Rapid Storage Technology (RST), as it’s called, allows data to be read from a ...

Over at Enterprise Storage Forum, Henry Newman from Instrumental writes that the popular notion that disks are going away is fading fast. In fact, hybrid storage environments are proving to be much ...

Moving the head takes a lot longer than waiting for the sector to come around. So low seek times (the time to move the head) are critical to good disk performance. Access time (time to find a sector) ...