Ever since NAND flash made the jump from consumer memory sticks to enterprise storage devices the idea of simply filling up a storage array with SSDs has been out there. It certainly makes sense from a logical perspective as server-side…
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Yes You Do Want Your Flash Array To Last For 10 years!
My recent article stating that the current generation of All-Flash Arrays should last for 10 years has created a bit of stir across the storage community. Chris Evans over at Architecting IT did the best job of arguing against a…
Tagged with: All-Flash Array, data centers, performance, storage software, storage system
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Are All PCIe SSDs Created Equal?
One of the more popular approaches to implementing solid state disks (SSDs) is to implement the flash memory on a PCIe card, which is installed directly into a server. This places the high performance storage directly at the point of…
Tagged with: Controller, Flash memory controller, OCZ Technology, PCI Express, performance, Serial ATA, Solid-state drive, SSD, SSDs
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Poor Performance Is The Same As Downtime
When the subject of application or data availability comes up in IT meetings the focus of the discussion is what to do when an application fails or the storage system that holds that application’s data fails. Occasionally with a savvy…
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