Storage hardware
Terms related to storage hardware, including definitions about solid state drives and words and phrases about hard disk drives, tape drives, disk arrays and tiered storage.- solid state module (SSM) - A solid state module is solid state storage that resides in a Dual In-line Memory Module (DIMM) or similar form factor.
- solid-state drive (SSD) capacity - Solid-state drive (SSD) capacity is the maximum amount of data that can be stored on a solid-state drive.
- solid-state storage - Solid-state storage (SSS) is a type of computer storage media made from silicon microchips.
- solid-state storage garbage collection - Solid-state storage garbage collection, or SSD garbage collection, is an automated process by which a solid-state drive (SSD) improves write performance.
- solid-state storage UBER - Solid-state storage UBER (unrecoverable bit error rate) is the percentage of bits that have errors relative to the total number of bits that have been read.