It is no longer “good enough” to have flash in the server. Where it is in the server is also of vital importance. Moving flash from the SAS interface to the PCI interface to the memory bus has significantly lowered flash latency but if the communications path is still routed through traditional protocols then flash still can’t reach its full potential. In addition most servers will have a combination of these different flash devices. What’s needed is software that provides a more native communications path to flash storage and can automatically manage the different flash types. In this ChalkTalk Video StorageSwiss and Plexistor discuss the importance of software in flash to achieve its full potential.
Twelve years ago George Crump founded Storage Switzerland with one simple goal; to educate IT professionals about all aspects of data center storage. He is the primary contributor to Storage Switzerland and is a heavily sought after public speaker. With over 25 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US, he has seen the birth of such technologies as RAID, NAS and SAN, Virtualization, Cloud and Enterprise Flash. Prior to founding Storage Switzerland he was CTO at one of the nation's largest storage integrators where he was in charge of technology testing, integration and product selection.
