As Storage Switzerland discussed in the article “What is Server Based Solid State Caching” there is much to be gained by moving solid state disk (SSD) closer to the application and its processor. The substantial reduction of network I/O and…
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What To Look For in Server Based SSD
Tagged with: Cache, DRAM, Dynamic random-access memory, EMC, Flash memory, Marvell, PCI Express, Solid-state drive, SSD, VMware
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What Are IOPS? and why should you care?
In a recent article, “What is I/O and why should you care”, we discussed what input and output (I/O) operations are and how a storage system’s ability to support these I/Os is a finite resource, one that’s arguably as important…
Tagged with: Computer data storage, Disk storage, Hard disk drive performance characteristics, Hardware, IOP, RPM, Solid-state drive, Storage
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OCZ Deneva 2 Test Drive – First Impressions
OCZ recently sent Storage Switzerland two of their new Deneva 2 eMLC based solid state disk drives (SSD) to test in our labs. eMLC, or enterprise MLC, has a longer life cycle (about 30,000 program/erase cycles) than MLC without the…
Tagged with: Hard disk drive, HDD, MLC, Multi-level cell, OCZ Technology, Solid-state drive, SSD
Posted in Lab Report
Posted in Lab Report
OCZ Pushing The SSD Envelope
Solid State Storage (SSD) continues to gain interest in markets of all sizes, from user laptops to home gaming systems to small business servers to the enterprise itself. Very few companies cover that full spectrum like OCZ can. OCZ is…
Tagged with: Flash memory, IOPS, Multi-level cell, OCZ, OCZ Technology, PCI Express, SandForce, Solid-state drive, SSD
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What is Server Based Solid State Caching?
Thanks to virtualization (server and desktop), cloud computing and big data, many environments are adding capacity to their storage infrastructures to meet performance demand. Essentially they are trying to provide the storage system with access to enough hard disk spindles…
Tagged with: Cache, Dell, Hard disk drive, Marvell, NetApp, PCI Express, Solid-state drive, SSD, Storage, Western Digital
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Will SSD Improve Your Database Performance?
The fog around solid state storage is lifting. Most storage and database administrators are convinced that solid state technology is the most practical next step in storage performance. The challenge is that solid state performs so well that now there’s…
Tagged with: Database, DRAM, Kaminario, Oracle Database, PCI Express, Random-access memory, solid state storage, Solid-state drive, Storage
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Nimble Storage Briefing Note
Nimble Storage is a convergence device of a different sort. Instead of focusing on unifying primary storage protocols, they are unifying primary storage, backups and disaster recovery into a single device. The goal is essentially to allow storage managers to…
Tagged with: Backup, CASL, Data corruption, ExecEvent, Flash memory, Nimble, Nimble Storage, RAID, Solid-state drive
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Pay Attention to Flash Controllers when Comparing SSD Systems
Solid State Disk (SSD) storage devices now commonly use flash memory as the media on which they record data. Flash has driven the SSD cost per capacity significantly below that of DRAM based SSD and flash is narrowing the lead…
Tagged with: DRAM, ECC, Flash memory, MLC, Multi-level cell, SLC, Solid-state drive, SSD
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Visualizing SSD Readiness
For many enterprises, Solid State Disks (SSD) should no longer be a future consideration and they are visualizing SSD at work in their data center. Many environments can take advantage of SSD right now and the organization can benefit from…
Tagged with: Hardware, IOPS, Serial ATA, Solid-state drive, SSD, Texas Memory Systems, Visual, White paper
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