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Jan 20, 2010 07:31
14 yrs ago
German term

auf Festplattenbasis

German to English Tech/Engineering Computers: Hardware Data storage
Context:

"Permanentspeicher auf Festplattenbasis"

It seems almost like a tautology, but does this simply mean non-volatile memory using hard disks, or is it something subtly different?
Proposed translations (English)
5 hard drive (disk) based non-volatile storage
References
Permanentspeicher / nicht flüchtiger Speicher

Discussion

David Williams (asker) Jan 20, 2010:
Precisely As is shown in the PDF I linked to below, a "Silent Cube" is basically a box of hard drives, a quadruply redundant RAID system. Of course, the more state of the art (and even more pricey) solution would be solid state drives, but they will surely be the next step.
You're right, Steven. I know it should really be "non-volatile", but if that's what the manufacturer claims...
jccantrell Jan 20, 2010:
Well, there are others ..... I understand this to mean using hard disks instead of the other technologies available such as CDs, thumb drives, old floppies, magnetic or paper tape, IBM cards .... I could go on, but you get the idea.
Steven Sidore Jan 20, 2010:
odd claim--hard drives aren't "permanent," strictly speaking, but if that's their thing, so be it...
David Williams (asker) Jan 20, 2010:
It's all about Silent Cubes, which offer "Permanent hard disk memory":
http://www.perennitysoft.com/download/FAST Lta Silent Cubes ...

Simple as that :-)
Bernd Runge Jan 20, 2010:
Hard drive Seems to be the high-faluting version of hard disk/disc ;-)
Steven Sidore Jan 20, 2010:
Can you provide even more context, please? What type of device is using this? A PC? A mobile? A DVR? I suspect it's a so called hybrid hard drive--solid state memory used to buffer a more typical hard drive, but hard to tell without knowing where it's used

Proposed translations

2 hrs

hard drive (disk) based non-volatile storage

It is your choice whether to use "hard drive" or hard disk/disc - depends on the EN flavour.
Note from asker:
Thanks. In this instance it is specifically about the Silent Cubes, which are used as third-party hardware by my client, so it is definitely "Permanent hard disk memory" as mentioned in the discussion above.
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Permanentspeicher / nicht flüchtiger Speicher

Speichereinheit, die Daten dauerhaft und ohne Stromversorgung sichert. Nicht flüchtige Speicher sind die magnetischen Massenspeicher (Festplatte, Magnetband, Diskette), die optischen Massenspeicher (CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD) und die magnetooptischen Massenspeicher (MOD, MO-Laufwerk). Allen diesen Speichern ist gemeinsam, dass sie Daten über beträchtliche Zeiträume hinweg (zehn Jahre und mehr) speichern können. Allerdings müssen dabei schädliche Einwirkungen vermieden werden, etwa solche durch Hitze, Sonnenlicht oder Magnetfelder.
© Bibliographisches Institut & F. A. Brockhaus AG, Mannheim, 2005
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