Login
Become a member
RSS
Part of the TechTarget network

SearchStorage.com

News
- Latest Headlines
  - Automated tiering helps digital forensics firm get the most out of SAN
  - DataDirect Networks tackles Hadoop storage with SFA appliance
  - HP StoreSystem: New converged system combines 3PAR, StoreOnce
  - View All News
- - Sponsored News
  - When to Consider an All-Flash Array sponsored by NetApp
  - Use a Scalable SAN to Keep Up With Rapid Data Growth sponsored by NetApp
  - Three Reasons to Update Your Next Storage RFP sponsored by NetApp
  - NetApp Flash Pool and Flash Cache: A Deep Dive sponsored by NetApp
  - VIEW ALL SPONSORED NEWS
- Featured
  Storage Magazine
  
  Find out our editors' picks for the 6 Hot Storage Technologies in 2013...and why they should be on your radar if they're not already.
  Download Now!
Premium
E-Books & E-Zines
- E-Books
  - E-book: Making the case for solid-state storage
  - E-book: Focus on virtual machine storage
  - View All E-Books
- E-Zines
  - Storage magazine current Issue
  - Storage magazine archives
  - Storage magazine subscription/renewal
Multimedia
- - Videos
  - Podcasts
  - Webcasts
Storage
Topics
- Topics
  - Cloud Storage
    
    Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Cloud Computing Infrastructure
    
    Storage and Virtualization
    
    Data Storage for a Virtual Environment, File Virtualization, SAN Virtualization and Consolidation, Storage Network Virtualization, Virtualization Strategy
    
    SAN (storage area network)
    
    ISCSI SAN, SAN switch, SAN (storage area network) management, Multiprotocol or unified storage, Fibre Channel (FC) SAN
  - NAS (network attached storage)
    
    Clustered NAS, NAS hardware, NAS management
    
    Primary Storage or Storage Hardware
    
    Disk arrays, Disk drives, Solid-State Storage, RAID
    
    Data Backup
    
    Disk-based backup, Tape backup and libraries, Data storage backup tools, Data reduction and deduplication
  - Data Protection
    
    Disaster recovery and planning, Remote data protection, Secure data storage
    
    Data Storage Management
    
    Data storage compliance and archiving, Primary storage capacity optimization, Data management tools, Tiered storage, Remote and offsite data storage
    
    Storage Strategy
    
    Enterprise storage, planning and management, HPC storage, Outsourced storage and storage service providers, Small business storage, Storage management jobs and salaries, Storage vendors, Storage market research reports, Data center storage
- Hot Topics
  - Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
  - SPONSORED: Dell Compellent Efficient Virtual Storage
  - Sponsored by Dell Compellent
Tutorials
- Advice & Tutorials
  - Big data tutorial: Everything you need to know
  - A guide to technology stack product bundles
  - EMC World 2012 conference coverage
  - Scale-out network-attached storage: What you need to know
  - Best data storage products 2011
  - NAS options: Pros and cons of scale-out and scale-up
  - NAS technologies: Vendor landscape
  - Evaluating midrange systems to meet your data storage needs
- Technology Dictionary
  - Find definitions and links to technical resources
  - Powered by WhatIs.com
Expert
Advice
- Tips
  - Using hybrid storage
  - Use a tiered storage model to achieve capacity utilization efficiency
  - Converged architecture offerings pick up momentum with IT shops
  - View All Tips
- Answers
  - How is Hadoop infrastructure improving?
  - Can shared storage be used with Hadoop architecture?
  - How will 10 GbE impact iSCSI speed?
  - View All Answers
- Ask a Question
  - Get help from our technical community
  - Powered By ITKnowledgeExchange.com
Vendor
Content
- Research Library
  - White Papers
  - Business Webcasts
  - Downloads
  - Powered by Bitpipe.com
- Resource Centers
  - View All Resource Centers
- Featured
  HP Converged Infrastructure
  
  Click here to learn how HP's infrastructure convergence helps you increase IT speed and agility by making the data center simpler, more flexible, more efficient and less expensive to operate.
  View Now
Blogs
- Blogs
  - Storage Soup
  - Powered By ITKnowledgeExchange.com
Storage Decisions Events
- Conferences
  - Chicago
  - New York
  - San Francisco
- Regional Seminars
  - Backup School
  - Disaster Recovery
  - Virtual Servers & Desktops
  - Cloud Storage
  - Solid-State Storage

Search this site

Home
Topics
Storage Strategy
Enterprise storage, planning and management
"AP" storage history quiz -- Answer #5

"AP" storage history quiz -- Answer #5

E-Mail
Print
A
AA
AAA
LinkedIn
Facebook
Twitter
Share This
Reprints

If your answer was 1981, you are correct.

Sony introduced the first 3.5-inch floppy drives and diskettes in 1981.

Back to the quiz!

Latest Headlines

Featured

Storage Magazine

E-Books

E-Zines

Topics

Cloud Storage

Storage and Virtualization

SAN (storage area network)

NAS (network attached storage)

Primary Storage or Storage Hardware

Data Backup

Data Protection

Data Storage Management

Storage Strategy

Hot Topics

Advice & Tutorials

Technology Dictionary

Tips

Answers

Ask a Question

Research Library

Resource Centers

Featured

HP Converged Infrastructure

Blogs

Conferences

Regional Seminars

"AP" storage history quiz -- Answer #5

More News and Tutorials

Articles

Related glossary terms

You May Also Be Interested In...

More Background

More Details

More from Related TechTarget Sites

QLogic Mt. Rainier FabricCache pools PCIe flash cache across servers

Role of PCIe cards in enterprise data storage is up for debate

Enterprises still waiting for SSD prices to drop

Sanbolic gives Melio clustered file system a distributed architecture

EMC sees software-defined storage as storage virtualization done right

Microsoft VHDX format: Understanding benefits, conversion process

Mezeo beefs up software for cloud building, online file collaboration

Cloud gateways morph into cloud controllers market

Egnyte brings file collaboration to public clouds