Editing Computer data storage (section)

=== Energy use ===
* Storage devices that reduce fan usage automatically shut-down during inactivity, and low power hard drives can reduce energy consumption by 90 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springlightcfl.com/consumer/energy_savings_calculator.aspx|title=Energy savings calculator|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221131054/http://springlightcfl.com/consumer/energy_savings_calculator.aspx|archive-date=21 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.simpletech.com/content/eco-friendly-redrive|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805092907/http://www.simpletech.com/content/eco-friendly-redrive|archive-date=5 August 2008|title=How much of the [re]drive is actually eco-friendly?|website=Simple tech}}</ref>
* 2.5-inch hard disk drives often consume less power than larger ones.<ref>{{cite web|title=IS the Silent PC Future 2.5-inches wide?|url=http://www.silentpcreview.com/article145-page1.html|access-date=2 August 2008|author=Mike Chin|date=8 March 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720000101/http://www.silentpcreview.com/article145-page1.html|archive-date=20 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silentpcreview.com/article29-page2.html|title=Recommended hard drives|access-date=2 August 2008|author=Mike Chin|date=18 September 2002|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905085853/http://www.silentpcreview.com/article29-page2.html|archive-date=5 September 2008}}</ref> Low capacity [[solid-state drive]]s have no moving parts and consume less power than hard disks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://techreport.com/articles.x/10334/13|title=Super Talent's 2.5" IDE flash hard drive|website=The tech report|date=12 July 2006|page=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126045422/http://techreport.com/articles.x/10334/13|archive-date=26 January 2012|access-date=18 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/conventional-hard-drive-obsoletism,1324-5.html|title=Power consumption – Tom's hardware : Conventional hard drive obsoletism? Samsung's 32 GB flash drive previewed|website=tomshardware.com|date=20 September 2006|access-date=18 June 2011}}</ref><ref name=xbitSSDvsHD/> Also, memory may use more power than hard disks.<ref name=xbitSSDvsHD>{{cite web|title=SSD, i-RAM and traditional hard disk drives|date=23 April 2008|url=http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/ssd-iram.html|author=Aleksey Meyev|publisher=X-bit labs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218134355/http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/ssd-iram.html|archive-date=18 December 2008}}</ref> Large caches, which are used to avoid hitting the [[memory wall]], may also consume a large amount of power.