This technology creates another layer of cache between the ARC (Adaptive Replacement Cache) and the hard disk drives. Called L2ARC (Second Level Adaptive Replacement Cache), it contains data that was ...

When it comes to ATmega8 basic I/O interfacing, we just learned how to connect a switch as an input device to control one LED connected as an output device. Now a simple tour through selected areas of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A performance measurement commonly used to benchmark hard disk drives, solid state drives, and ...

In prior Java 101 articles, I referred to the concepts of redirection, standard input device, and standard output device. To demonstrate inputting data, several examples called System.in.read(). It ...

When it officially came online at the San Diego Supercomputer Center in early January 2012, Gordon was instantly impressive. In one demonstration, it sustained more than 35 million input/output ...

In my April column (“Putting the IOPS Where They Count”), the generalities of Input Output Operations (per second) or IOPS were explored from the physical device that is the hard disk drive (HDD) ...