In a data dependent world, ULINK DA Drive Analyzer’s AI algorithms disrupt drive failure prediction with 7-8 times more effectiveness than traditional systems. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is permeating almost every sphere of our life. It’s exciting to see how...
In a data dependent world, ULINK DA Drive Analyzer’s AI algorithms disrupt drive failure prediction with 7-8 times more effectiveness than traditional systems. In the previous two parts of this series on the User Interface of DA Drive Analyzer, we have seen how ULINK...
For data center CTOs and other such advanced users who have to monitor the health trends of hundreds of drives, an optimum solution is DA Portal. DA Portal is a web-based dashboard that uses ULINK DA Drive Analyzer for a single-window display of the health trends of...
In a data dependent world, ULINK DA Drive Analyzer’s AI algorithms disrupt drive failure prediction with 7-8 times more effectiveness than traditional systems. Be it NAS users, advanced users like data centers, or IT personnel, DA Drive Analyzer helps in making the...
Data loss due to disk drive failure and time loss for recovery are major problems for businesses and organizations. Disk drive failures can also lead to higher costs associated with data recovery and RAID rebuilds. However, with the use of ULINK DA Drive Analyzer, a...
ULINK has set the standard in testing for the storage industry and helped in reducing the time-to-market for products in the storage industry. One challenge it faced in doing so was the high risk of errors and time involved in managing and analyzing storage drive test...
Over time, our ULINK DriveMaster testing platform has evolved and reinvented itself to address the changing needs and challenges of the disk drive industry. The latest version DriveMaster 9 is a high-quality, comprehensive tool for different types of disk drives such...
Around 2012, the Opal SSC (Security Subsystem Class) Specifications were published by the Trusted Computer Group (TCG) for disk drive self-encryption. This was the top and major standard in the disk drive encryption industry. However, there was no tool to adequately...
Near the end of 2009, ULINK had developed a set of Testing Packages for HDD and SSD vendors to test the quality and compliance of new SSD and HDD products. They included scripts for ATA/SATA protocol, performance, regression and reliability tests to provide a complete...
Around 2006, ULINK DriveMaster 2006 Pro started supporting a series of SATA-IO Plugfests held in California. With its SATA-IO Digital test suite, it provided the necessary tests for the SATA-IO logo certification for SATA devices such as Hard Disk Drives and Optical...
Back in 2005, we at ULINK invented DriveMaster for HDD testing, one of the best HDD test tools of its time. This was right after the success of our DriveMaster 2004 test platform. Our HDD testing tool was addressing the need for a single test platform for design,...
Let’s say Robert Anderson is the CTO at a data center called DatHumR that uses hundreds of drives. Recently, some drives crashed that resulted in outages and disruptions to services. It became a sore point for clients already pressurized by a slow economy. Robert...