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The Ideal User Data Storage Interface

Users should be able to quickly be aware of the most important property of a file when accessing their data on storage devices. This is especially true for storage mediums with unique features such as molecular storage media as well as new media that are in development. The ideal user interface allows the user to view the properties using a variety visual methods and display them in order of importance for the user.

When using a hard disk drive for instance, users typically find the capacity property to be one of the most critical. Early systems included tools that provided detailed information about a user’s storage device. However they primarily focused on presenting the capacity of the device with bar charts stacked and their variations (e.g., doughnut charts).

With more modern systems, however, the capacity of a file is typically only one of the many aspects that are displayed to the user. Certain systems, for instance, display the file’s lifetime with a graph, or a pie chart which also displays the number of segments used within the storage device. Additional information, like the probability of a lifetime is displayed when a user hovers over the stacks.

The issue is that IT teams now have to work with departments and users to facilitate more cost-efficient storage and faster and secure access to the right data sets to support new projects and ideas. This shift requires IT departments to concentrate less on the acquisition of technology in the context of configuration and budget management and more on empowering users to serve their requirements.

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