Some of these companies include Active Storage, BlueArc, DataDirect Networks, EditShare, Facilis and Rorke Data (now part of Avnet).

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At the present time there are several private storage companies left focusing on the rich media market that could be future acquisition targets, including, Active Storage, Atempo, Cache-A and DataDirect Networks.

FORBES: Digital Storage Stars Drive Acquisitions

Solid-state storage and memory technologies in general use less power than hard disk drives when they are active, and thus there can be power savings if some solid-state storage and memory can be used in a mixed storage technology environment in a way that reduces the spinning time of hard disk drives and thus decreases the power needs of a storage system.

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Thus a 5, 400 RPM HDD can use the flash memory for speeding performance while providing as much as 30% higher storage capacity for a given number of active disk surfaces than a 7, 200 RPM drive.

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However, at the moment, he says the company doesn't have any oil in storage, and holds just 240 net acres in oil and gas leases in Missouri with no active drilling.

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