(Single Large Expensive Disk) The traditional hard disk drive used in minicomputers and mainframes. Such drives were widely used starting in the mid-1960s through the late 1980s. Today, all hard disks are small and inexpensive by comparison. See RAID.
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
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- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
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- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
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- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
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- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
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- Blog posts 2008-05-02
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- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
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- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
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- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
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