Flash is the cure for almost all storage performance problems and can make a difference a variety of workloads. Tier 1 OLTP applications are an obvious use case for flash as is Tier 2 VMware environments and even Tier 3 file sharing workloads can benefit from flash. The problem is that each vendor typically offers a solution for each of these tiers of storage. Even if the solutions are from the same vendor, often the systems are different and require different skills to implement and manage.
In this ChalkTalk Video George Crump, Lead Analyst at Storage Switzerland and Chris Tsilipounidakis Manager, Product Marketing at Tegile ChalkTalk through the various options and discuss how a single storage system might be designed to meet all the demands of these various tiers.
See these articles for more information on using flash for various workloads:
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