2 Blancco 24 Bay Drive Eraser
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Short for Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) and Parallel ATA. These are interface
standards for the connection of storage devices such as HDDs.
Blancco Management Console. Blancco software used to store and manage Blancco erasure
reports. Please read the BMC manual for more information.
A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Flash Erasable Programmable
Read-Only Memory or "flash memory" is a kind of non-volatile storage device where erasing
can only be done in blocks or the entire chip.
A serial data transfer architecture. The most prominent Fibre Channel standard is Fibre
Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL).
Short for Hardware Against Software Piracy, it is a software protection dongle that plugs into
an electrical connector on a computer and serves as an electronic “key” for a piece of
software. The program will run only when the dongle is plugged in.
Host Bus Adapter connects a host system to other network and storage devices.
Hard Disk Drive is a data storage device used for storing digital information using rapidly
rotating discs with magnetic surfaces.
Integrated Drive Electronics is an interface for mass storage devices, in which the controller is
integrated into the disk or CD-ROM drive. Although it really refers to a general technology, the
term to usually refers to the ATA specification, which uses this technology.
An ISO image is an archive file of an optical disc, a type of disk image, composed of the data
contents of every written sector of an optical disc, including the optical disc file system.
A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers in a limited
area.
Logical Unit Number is the identifier of a SCSI logical unit, and by extension of a Fibre Channel
or iSCSI logical unit. A logical unit is a SCSI protocol entity which performs classic storage
operations such as ‘read’ and ‘write’.
NVM Express (NVMe) is a logical device interface specification for accessing non-volatile
storage media attached via a PCI Express (PCIe) bus. NVM, stands for non-volatile memory,
which is commonly flash memory that comes in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs).
Operating System or OS is a set of software that manages computer hardware resources and
provides common services for computer programs. It is a vital component of the system
software; programs require an OS to function.
Proxy server is a server that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking
resources from other servers. A client connects to the proxy server, requesting some service,
such as a file, connection, web page, or other resource available from a different server and
the proxy server evaluates the request as a way to simplify and control its complexity.
The Preboot eXecution Environment is an environment to boot computers using a network
interface independently of data storage devices or installed operating systems.
Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a technology that provides increased storage
reliability through redundancy, combining multiple disk drive components into a logical unit
where all drives in the array are interdependent.
Short for Serial Attached SCSI, it is a communication protocol used to move data to and from
computer storage devices such as hard drives and tape drives. SAS is a point-to-point serial
protocol that replaces the parallel SCSI bus technology.
Serial ATA or SATA is an evolution of the Parallel ATA physical storage interface. SATA is a
serial link – a single cable with a minimum of four wires creates a point-to-point connection
between devices.
Short for Small Computer System Interface, a parallel interface standard used by Apple
Macintosh computers, PCs, and many UNIX systems for attaching peripheral devices to
computers.
In Blancco Drive Eraser, SPI stands for SCSI Parallel Interface, the predecessor of SAS. It is
one of the interface implementations in the SCSI family and it defines the electrical signals and
Solid State Drive is a data storage device used for storing digital information using integrated
circuit assemblies as memory to store data persistently.
SSID stands for "Service Set Identifier”. An SSID is a unique ID that consists of 32 characters
and is used for naming wireless networks. When multiple wireless networks overlap in a
certain location, SSIDs make sure that the data gets sent to the correct destination.
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