The first magnetic disk drive was created in 1956 by Reynold Johnson and
his team at IBM. It consisted of 50 magnetic disks, each with diameter of
24 inches and capacity of 100KB. In comparison, an iPod has a single
magnetic disk with diameter of 1.8 inches and capacity of 160GB. While
storage density and access performance were key drivers in the revolution in
information storage; the current two key technology drivers in information
storage are: the integration between information storage and
communications (for example, the creation of the World Wide Web) and the
creation of portable storage (for example, phones, cameras and media
players). I will present some of my past and current research and technology
projects in storage reliability, storage virtualization and solid state storage.