Computer hardware; solid-state drive (SSD); computer storage systems consisting of computer memories, computer memory hardware, computer software and hardware for use in data storage, computer storage devices in the nature of blank flash drives, computer storage devices in the nature of high-speed storage subsystems for storage and backup of electronic data either locally or via a telecommunications network, dynamic random access memory (DRAM), electronic memories, external computer hard drives, flash memory cards, memories for data processing equipment, memories for use with computers, memory boards, memory cards, memory expansion modules, and removable hard drive based computer backup systems; computer storage arrays systems consisting of blank electronic storage media, blank data storage drives, blank data storage cards, blank data storage chips, and data storage arrays in the nature of computer hardware; network attached storage in the nature of high-speed storage subsystems for storage and backup of electronic data via a telecommunications network; computer storage area networks consisting of computer hardware and computer software for operating solid-state drives and computer storage sub-systems; communications switches in the nature of computer network switches; network routers; appliances and storage appliances, namely, computer hardware; external computer hard drives; computer software for operating solid-state drives and computer storage sub-systems; non-volatile memory based storage in the nature of blank electronic storage media; memory systems consisting of flash memory cards, memories for data processing equipment, memories for use with computers, memory boards, memory cards, memory expansion modules, removable hard drive based computer backup systems; computer expansion boards; Ethernet adapter; blank hard drives for computers, servers, and storage systems; flash memory cards; memory cards; RAM (random access memory) cards; computer storage devices, namely, blank flash drives; computer memory hardware; integrated circuits, namely, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs)