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How to Reduce Server-side Cache Risk

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Eric Slack

Storage caching enables the use of a very fast storage area, typically flash, to intelligently store the most frequently accessed data objects and improve application performance. Server-side caching uses one of a variety of flash based SSDs internal to the…

Tagged with: Cache (computing), FlashSoft, PCI Express, SanDisk, Solid-state drive
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Using All-Flash Arrays To Solve Tier-1 Database Problems

Posted on October 2, 2013 by George Crump

To solve tier-1 database performance problems, it is important to understand the nature of tier-1 applications. Standard definitions of tier-1 include: (i) extremely high cost, extremely high performance applications – sometimes referred to as “tier-0” (e.g., Wall Street trading platforms)…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Cache (computing), Hard disk drive, High Availability, RAID
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The Challenges with SSD Caching and Tiering

Posted on February 29, 2012 by George Crump

It is universally accepted that for most applications, adding flash to the storage infrastructure will greatly improve storage performance and offer a productivity return on the investment. The controversy in the industry is deciding where the flash storage should be…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Cache (computing), Flash memory, flash storage, Hard disk drive, Hardware, Pure, Solid-state drive, storage system
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Advancing The State Of Solid State Caching

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Eric Slack

Most applications could benefit from a faster infrastructure. Storage performance, especially IOPS, has been routinely identified as a primary impediment to improving compute infrastructure speed. Not surprisingly, customers are turning to Flash Solid State Devices (SSDs) as a solution to…

Tagged with: Cache (computing), Flash memory, IOPS, Marvell, Multi-level cell, PCI Express, Solid-state drive, SSD
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