Single-instance storage (SIS) is a system's ability to take multiple copies of content and replace them by a single shared copy. It is a means to eliminate...

related technique is single-instance (data) storage, which replaces multiple copies of content at the whole-file level with a single shared copy. While...

has several uses including as primary storage. In addition to usually being faster than forms of mass storage such as a hard disk drive, volatility can...

Data storage is the recording (storing) of information (data) in a storage medium. Handwriting, phonographic recording, magnetic tape, and optical discs...

location of data inside the memory, in contrast with other direct-access data storage media (such as hard disks and magnetic tape), where the time required to...

Non-volatile memory (NVM) or non-volatile storage is a type of computer memory that can retain stored information even after power is removed. In contrast...

independence and single-instance storage of a file referenced multiple times in the filesystem tree. Since the files are stored inside a single WIM file, the...

controller could access the entire 32-bit word in a single read/write cycle. Core memory is non-volatile storage—it can retain its contents indefinitely without...

Flash memory) and RAM. IBM used capacitor read-only storage (CROS) and transformer read-only storage (TROS) to store microcode for the smaller System/360...

Optical storage refers to a class of data storage systems that use light to read or write data to an underlying optical media. Although a number of optical...