There has been a long-felt performance gap between storage and the memory and processor resources in a modern data center. While progress around silicon based resources has been made in leaps and bounds, storage technology has changed little in almost 60 years. The harsh reality many organizations are afraid to face? The hard disk is […]
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The hard disk is dead. Or at least it should be. Cause of death? The performance demands of the modern data center. Enterprise storage expectations and needs have changed, but the capabilities of HDDs and even solid state disks (SSDs) have not. So now it’s time for a new solution. Storage Switzerland performed a technology […]
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When it comes to real-world application workloads, the IOPS numbers quoted on product datasheets may not be as accurate as you think. In many cases, the real-world workloads are larger and more varied than the 4K block sizes typically used to obtain the datasheet IOPS numbers. These variations can sometimes have unpredictable effects on the […]
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Enterprise storage workload requirements have evolved, and so have the needs for a comparable alternative to hard disk drive (HDD) storage arrays. In their place, all flash arrays (AFAs) have proven themselves able to meet the requirements of high performance dedicated application environments. In this report, IDC assess the current state of the AFA market […]
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