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Quarch Technology

Quarch Technology Ltd, headquartered in Aviemore, Scotland, is a world leading supplier of automated test tools for Storage Systems. Our scalable test systems enable manufacturers and re-sellers of data storage to get to market faster with a more reliable product. Our ground breaking and highly customisable solutions can be tailored to our customers needs, allowing the system to achieve a very rapid return on investment in any test environment.

  • editor's comments:- March 2010 - among other things Quarch Technology makes SAS / SATA testers which automate the testing of arrays of 2.5" and 3.5" storage drives. The testers can automate plugging / pulling of drives to simulate hot swaps and can insert pre-programmed fault conditions.
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high reliability flash SSDs for embedded and high reliability servers
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Clarifying SSD Prices - article on StorageSearch.com
Clarifying SSD Prices
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read the article about SSD integrity written by SandForce
Data Integrity Challenges in flash SSD Design
Editor:- October 16, 2009 - StorageSearch.com recently published a new article called - Data Integrity Challenges in flash SSD Design - written by Kent Smith Senior Director, Product Marketing, SandForce.

Since bursting onto the SSD scene in April 2009, SandForce has achieved remarkably high reader popularity. How did a company whose business is designing SSD controllers achieve this? - especially when the direct market for its products today numbers less than 1,000 oems.

The answer is - that if you want to know what the future of 2.5" enterprise SATA SSDs might look like -you have to look at the leading technology cores that will affect this market. Even if you're not planning to use SandForce based products yourself - you can't afford to ignore them - because they are setting the agenda.

Reliability is the next new thing for SSD designers and users to start worrying about.
read the article about SSD integrity A common theme you will hear from all fast SSD companies is that the faster you make an SSD go - the more effort you have to put into understanding and engineering data integrity to eliminate the risk of "silent errors." ...read the article
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