Category Archives: Definitions

Performance As A Service™ – What is the differentiator?

Performance As A Service™ – What is the differentiator? When you hear someone say that we sell “Performance As A Service™ (PAAS)”, it will probably make you wonder, what one means by it.  What kind of performance is being provided and at what level? Is this infrastructure related? Which Information Technology layers does it apply… Read More »

RAID: Redundant Array of Independent Disks

What is RAID? RAID (redundant array of independent disks; originally redundant array of inexpensive disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple hard disks. By placing data on multiple disks, I/O (input/output) operations can overlap in a balanced way, improving performance. Since multiple disks increases the mean… Read More »