Phase-Change Memory (PCM) Phase-Change Memory (PCM), also known as Phase-Change RAM (PRAM or PCRAM), is a…

Optane Memory Definition Optane Memory (branded as Intel Optane) is a high-performance caching technology developed by Intel,…

Storage Class Memory (SCM) Definition: Storage Class Memory (SCM), also known as persistent memory (PMEM), is…

Bad Block Management Bad Block Management (BBM) is a critical feature in storage devices (e.g., SSDs, SD…

Over-Provisioning Definition Over-Provisioning (OP) is a storage optimization technique that reserves a portion of an SSD’s (Solid-State…

Wear Leveling 1. Basic Definition Wear Leveling is a critical memory management technique used in flash storage…

GC (Garbage Collection) Definition GC (Garbage Collection) is an automatic background process in NAND flash-based storage devices…

RAID 0, 1, 2, 5, 6 & RAID 50 A detailed technical overview of common RAID…

JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) is a storage configuration that combines multiple physical hard disk…

Parity (in Data Storage & Computing) Definition Parity is a error-detection and error-correction technique used in data…