Flash Forward | Solid state storage

9 February 2012

Flash Forward

In storage circles, they call it “Tier 0”. Outgunning high-end disk drives on almost every aspect except price, the new breed of solid state storage disk drives (SSD) based on NAND flash memory has been an intriguing enterprise storage option since early last year when initial products first appeared on the market.

But it has only recently become clear – largely as a result of the experiences of early adopters – just how far reaching SSD will be. Not only will the technology offer an “ultra-performance storage tier that transcends the limitations of magnetic disk drives” (in the words of... read more...

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