HDDs, SSDs, and Other Storage System Components
Published on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 4:45 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mike Leone |
Storage-class Memory with Sustainable, Multi-dimensional Performance
Virident Storage Class Memory (SCM) is a class of solid-state storage solutions designed to meet the extreme IO performance needs of business-critical databases, Web 2.0, high-performance computing (HPC), and data center tier-0 application workloads. This report documents ESG Lab’s hands-on validation testing of Virident FlashMAX ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mike Leone |
Pure Storage has an appealing value proposition—offering a “next-generation tier-1 array” that is flash based but economically comparable to mainstream performance disk systems. The system is being fully evaluated in its beta program. Meanwhile, the IT industry is uncovering many ways in which solid-state offers opportunities—indeed requirements—for users to think ...
For my last blog of 2011 I am again turning to the topic of solid-state storage. I make no apologies for this as we seem to finally be witnessing the upward ‘hockey stick’ momentum in the use of solid-state in business storage ecosystems. This may not yet be represented in ...
The increasing use of solid-state is—in a generic sense—well documented. But what specifically it is being used for is less well known. Recent ESG primary research investigated and found recent significant changes in—and broadening of—the applications for which solid-state is being deployed. It is making the move from a vertical ...
If received opinion and market commentaries are an accurate guide, they suggest that the use of solid-state storage is increasing. Recent ESG primary research found that the facts do indeed support this—just over a half of the enterprise-class end-users surveyed either already have solid-state in some form or plan to ...
‘Tis the season to distort reality to one’s benefit – fa la la la la,la la la la.
Both WD and Seagate have decreased their drive warranties as of late – which is entirely due to the fact that they can’t make enough drives (or components) to support revenue ...
As Christmas approaches I’m not sure what I want more under my analyst tree: more solid-state vendors and products, or perhaps a day or two when I’m not talking just about solid-state!? You would think that each vendor (whether big systems houses, start-ups or stealth organizations) had ...
Steve Duplessie, an analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group, said that reducing a warranty was highly unusual and that he could not think of another such instance. He suggested that it was related to the Thailand floods.
“They don’t have components to fix things, so they can’t afford to fix things. ...
You may think that the descriptions in the title are synonymous, but far from it. It’s just that we tend to hear far more about start-ups (new companies) than about companies – existing ones that is – which make the move to start up in storage. The ...
While watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade today, I was reflecting on all the things I am thankful for this year. While I am of course most thankful for my family, my friends, and all my co-workers, there are a few things from an IT perspective that I am thankful ...
