ALSO CALLED: Array, Enterprise Arrays, Storage, Mass Storage Systems, Information Storage Systems, Arrays, Storage Management Systems, and Data Storage Systems DEFINITION: Robson is a mass storage system similar to a hybrid hard drive (HHD). Robson technology combines a conventional hard drive with a flash memory card. The flash memoryhandles the data most frequently written to or retrieved from storage and can also effectively increase
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STORAGE SYSTEMS DEFINITION (continued): the capacity of the drive. The principal difference between Robson and HHD technology is the fact that with Robson the flash memory is external to the drive but in an HHD the flash memory is contained in the drive housing.
Robson offers several advantages over conventional hard drives:
Faster data storage and retrieval for applications such as word processors
Faster boot-up and recovery from hibernation states
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