IT pro survey data showing SSD adoption, important features and who they perceive as brand leaders in 10 product categories. Also a comparison of the evolution of CD players with SSDs.
Enterprise SSD: Who is Adopting Them and WhyIT Brand Pulse
This document summarizes the key findings from a presentation on enterprise SSD adoption trends and brand leaders in 2014. Some of the main points include:
- Enterprise IT OEMs are increasingly adopting all-flash storage arrays after initially being hesitant.
- Cloud storage providers are becoming more transparent about the flash-based infrastructure behind their cloud offerings.
- Surveys of IT professionals show that NetApp, Dell, IBM, and EMC are seen as leaders for different types of flash storage solutions.
- Adoption of flash is growing rapidly, with many organizations planning to replace HDDs with SSDs as their primary storage within a few years as prices continue to decline.
NAND Flash is the dominant memory for storage in mobile and SSD applications. The presentation is a review of the players from the device level to the enterprise application level
Webinar: Getting Beyond Flash 101 - Flash 102 Selecting the Right Flash ArrayStorage Switzerland
Join Storage Switzerland and Data Direct Networks (DDN) for this on demand webinar: "Getting Beyond Flash 101 - Flash 102 Selecting the Right Flash Array”. We discuss the different types of flash storage and compare them, why vendors want to replace your SAN instead of enhance it and what you can do to not only protect your current storage investments but also prepare a path to the future.
- Enhance Technology is a leading manufacturer of storage solutions and has been in business for over 13 years.
- They design and produce RAID storage arrays, disk enclosures, and other storage peripherals for audio/video professionals and other industries.
- Enhance aims to provide innovative yet affordable storage solutions along with excellent customer support.
Enhance Technology is a leading manufacturer of storage solutions and peripherals, founded in 1997. It designs and produces RAID storage systems, media enclosures, and other products. Target customers include audio/video professionals and industries involving video editing, databases, and backup storage. Enhance aims to provide innovative yet affordable storage solutions with excellent customer support.
Enhance Technology is a leading manufacturer of storage solutions and has been in business for over 13 years. It designs and sells RAID storage systems, JBOD storage arrays, and other products. Enhance targets customers in industries like audio/video, broadcasting, healthcare, and education. It prides itself on innovative yet affordable solutions and strong customer support.
Enterprise SSD: Who is Adopting Them and WhyIT Brand Pulse
This document summarizes the key findings from a presentation on enterprise SSD adoption trends and brand leaders in 2014. Some of the main points include:
- Enterprise IT OEMs are increasingly adopting all-flash storage arrays after initially being hesitant.
- Cloud storage providers are becoming more transparent about the flash-based infrastructure behind their cloud offerings.
- Surveys of IT professionals show that NetApp, Dell, IBM, and EMC are seen as leaders for different types of flash storage solutions.
- Adoption of flash is growing rapidly, with many organizations planning to replace HDDs with SSDs as their primary storage within a few years as prices continue to decline.
NAND Flash is the dominant memory for storage in mobile and SSD applications. The presentation is a review of the players from the device level to the enterprise application level
Webinar: Getting Beyond Flash 101 - Flash 102 Selecting the Right Flash ArrayStorage Switzerland
Join Storage Switzerland and Data Direct Networks (DDN) for this on demand webinar: "Getting Beyond Flash 101 - Flash 102 Selecting the Right Flash Array”. We discuss the different types of flash storage and compare them, why vendors want to replace your SAN instead of enhance it and what you can do to not only protect your current storage investments but also prepare a path to the future.
- Enhance Technology is a leading manufacturer of storage solutions and has been in business for over 13 years.
- They design and produce RAID storage arrays, disk enclosures, and other storage peripherals for audio/video professionals and other industries.
- Enhance aims to provide innovative yet affordable storage solutions along with excellent customer support.
Enhance Technology is a leading manufacturer of storage solutions and peripherals, founded in 1997. It designs and produces RAID storage systems, media enclosures, and other products. Target customers include audio/video professionals and industries involving video editing, databases, and backup storage. Enhance aims to provide innovative yet affordable storage solutions with excellent customer support.
Enhance Technology is a leading manufacturer of storage solutions and has been in business for over 13 years. It designs and sells RAID storage systems, JBOD storage arrays, and other products. Enhance targets customers in industries like audio/video, broadcasting, healthcare, and education. It prides itself on innovative yet affordable solutions and strong customer support.
(1) The document discusses solid state drives (SSDs) and their suitability for enterprise and cloud storage systems. It covers SSD performance advantages over HDDs, challenges regarding endurance and reliability, and best practices for enterprise SSD usage.
(2) Key topics include choosing between SLC and MLC SSDs, new intelligent SSD controllers that meet enterprise requirements, and using storage tiering software to improve performance.
(3) The document provides an in-depth look at the SSD market and how different segments are suited to various interface types like PCIe, SAS, SATA, and Fibre Channel.
Storage & Controller Trends and Outlook - August 2013JonCarvinzer
1. The document discusses trends in the enterprise storage market, including major players in the SSD and PCIe spaces and how companies are positioned.
2. It predicts that within two years, the number of enterprise PCIe SSD players looking for acquisition or partnership will increase by 50% as consolidation occurs.
3. The key factors that will determine success are software/virtualization IP, access to flash memory manufacturing, and the ability to slow the decline of ASPs and margins amid increased competition.
SSD vs HDD - A Shift In Data Storage by Todd Dinkelmannomathjobs
The document discusses solid state drives (SSDs) and how they compare to traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). It notes that SSDs offer advantages over HDDs in terms of performance, power consumption, reliability, and environmental ruggedness. However, SSD endurance and lifetime are affected by factors like write amplification, wear leveling efficiency, and capacity. Larger SSD capacities and advances in controlling write amplification are extending SSD lifetimes to meet consumer needs.
Opportunità per la gestione dei centri fitness in seguito alla Proposta di Le...Beatrice Masserini
Intervento della Dott.ssa Beatrice Masserini (Studio Cassinis) a ForumClub Bologna 2017, relativo alle opportunità per centri fitness, SSD e ASD in seguito alla Proposta di Legge dell'Onorevole Daniela Sbrollini e alle recenti novità in Italia.
This document discusses the expanding field of genomics and its potential impact over the next 10 years. It begins with a story about a teacher asking students what the leading frontier technology is, with a student unexpectedly answering genomics. The teacher is surprised by this response from an usually sluggish student. The student explains that a recent doctor's visit revealed how genetics and one's DNA can determine traits and behaviors. This sparks the teacher's interest in genomics. The document goes on to provide some background on the history of genetics research, dating back to Gregor Mendel in the 1800s. It acknowledges that while crude applications of genomics existed in the past, the science is still far from perfected. In closing, it states
The UniPlex 1000 is a 24-bay NVMe JBOF that connects to hosts via PCIe, supporting up to 64 GB/s throughput and 16 million IOPS. It comes in locked and unlocked versions, with the locked version containing pre-installed drives and the unlocked allowing any drives. The JBOF can expand into an appliance using I/O drawers and storage controllers, and start small with a single JBOF then grow by connecting multiple JBOFs and tiers of storage.
SSD stands for solid state drive, which stores computer data without magnetic disks. SSDs have three main advantages over traditional hard disk drives: lower power usage, faster data access speeds, and greater reliability. While SSDs are more expensive than HDDs and have less storage capacity currently, the price of SSDs is decreasing as the technology advances. SSDs use no moving parts compared to HDDs, making them more durable and less prone to failure over time.
The document discusses solid state drives (SSDs) and how they differ from traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). SSDs use solid state memory like NAND flash instead of spinning disks, so they have no moving parts. This makes SSDs faster, more durable, quieter, and more energy efficient than HDDs. However, SSDs currently have higher costs and lower storage capacities than HDDs. The document covers the history, components, advantages, disadvantages, applications, and performance comparisons of SSDs versus HDDs.
Today Micron announced the production of 8GB DDR4 NVDIMM, the company’s first commercially available solution in the persistent memory category. Persistent memory delivers a unique balance of latency, bandwidth, capacity and cost, delivering ultra-fast DRAM-like access to critical data and allowing system designers to better manage overall costs. With persistent memory, system architects are no longer forced to sacrifice latency and bandwidth when accessing critical data that must be preserved.
Watch the video presentation: http://wp.me/p3RLHQ-eII
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Intel, Micron unveil “breakthrough” 3D XPoint Memory Tech – A revolutionary b...Syntech
What is 3D XPoint?
The explosion of connected devices and digital services is generating massive amounts of new data. For this data to be useful, it must be stored and analysed very quickly. 3D XPoint™ technology is an entirely new class of non-volatile memory that can help turn immense amounts of data into valuable information in real time. With up to 1,000 times lower latency and exponentially greater endurance than NAND, 3D XPoint technology can deliver game-changing performance for big data applications. Its ability to enable high-speed, high-capacity data storage close to the processor creates new possibilities for system architects and promises to enable entirely new applications.
The document summarizes Intel's new Solid-State Drive Data Center Family for PCIe. It provides an overview of Intel's SSD product families for different market segments. It then focuses on the new Data Center Family for PCIe, highlighting its native PCIe interface, performance benefits over SAS/SATA, endurance, reliability features, and product lineup. Finally, it lists upcoming events where Intel will promote the new data center SSD family.
It is no longer enough to focus our efforts on networks and endpoints. As IT changes continue to occur, organizations need to keep pace and advance their security by focusing on the data itself through the development of a data-centric security program.
A comprehensive data-centric security strategy includes the following 10 key elements:
1 - Data discovery
2 - Data classification
3 - Data tagging & watermarking
4 - Data loss prevention
5 - Data visibility
6 - Encryption strategies
7 - Enhanced gateway controls
8 - Identity management
9 - Cloud access
10 - Continuous education
This presentation contains a synopsis of each element. As organizations develop a data-centric security program, it is important to assess current maturity levels and determine which areas need to be prioritized and remediated first.
Database performance tuning for SSD based storageAngelo Rajadurai
Databases are a key part of any application. The storage subsystem contributes most to performance of the database. In recent days, new storage technologies like Solid State Storage (SSD) and high performance drives are becoming cheaper and more accessible, but it takes a lot of planning to use these technologies in a cost effective way for best price-performance.
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent block level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances. In this technical session, we conduct a detailed analysis of the differences among the three types of Amazon EBS block storage: General Purpose (SSD), Provisioned IOPS (SSD), and Magnetic. We discuss how to maximize Amazon EBS performance, with a special eye towards low-latency, high-throughput applications like databases. We discuss the performance implications of our new larger and faster SSD volumes (up to 16 TB with increased max throughput levels), as well as Amazon EBS encryption. Throughout, we share tips for success.
Navigating Storage in a Cloudy EnvironmentHGST Storage
Steve Campbell, Chief Technology Officer at HGST, presents at Cloud Expo 2013 on the data center evolution, enterprise solid state drives, the future of data storage, and more.
Solid state drives use solid state memory like NAND flash instead of spinning disks. They have faster access times than hard disk drives. An SSD contains a controller, flash memory, and an interface. The controller manages read and write operations to the flash which is organized into pages and blocks. SSDs are found in devices like thumb drives, memory cards, and embedded systems. They provide benefits like faster startup, access, and application loading compared to HDDs. SSDs are used where fast storage access is important, like financial trading systems.
This document provides an overview of a presentation by Advanced Systems Group on top technology trends for virtualization. It discusses flash storage technologies, the importance of disaster recovery (DR), and architecting for the cloud. The presentation covers various flash storage options and their performance characteristics. It emphasizes the need for DR to address hardware failures, data corruption, and natural disasters. It also discusses best practices for virtualization including cluster sizing, resource allocation, and security considerations for virtual machines.
Day 2 General Session Presentations RedisConfRedis Labs
The document discusses new memory technologies like persistent memory and their implications. It provides latency and bandwidth numbers for different memory types and notes that heterogeneous memory systems using tiers of DRAM and NVM provide opportunities for better performance and cost. Examples are given of key-value stores and databases leveraging NVM to achieve high performance while reducing costs. The talk also discusses how new distributed data structures like CRDTs could be used across servers with shared memory.
(1) The document discusses solid state drives (SSDs) and their suitability for enterprise and cloud storage systems. It covers SSD performance advantages over HDDs, challenges regarding endurance and reliability, and best practices for enterprise SSD usage.
(2) Key topics include choosing between SLC and MLC SSDs, new intelligent SSD controllers that meet enterprise requirements, and using storage tiering software to improve performance.
(3) The document provides an in-depth look at the SSD market and how different segments are suited to various interface types like PCIe, SAS, SATA, and Fibre Channel.
Storage & Controller Trends and Outlook - August 2013JonCarvinzer
1. The document discusses trends in the enterprise storage market, including major players in the SSD and PCIe spaces and how companies are positioned.
2. It predicts that within two years, the number of enterprise PCIe SSD players looking for acquisition or partnership will increase by 50% as consolidation occurs.
3. The key factors that will determine success are software/virtualization IP, access to flash memory manufacturing, and the ability to slow the decline of ASPs and margins amid increased competition.
SSD vs HDD - A Shift In Data Storage by Todd Dinkelmannomathjobs
The document discusses solid state drives (SSDs) and how they compare to traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). It notes that SSDs offer advantages over HDDs in terms of performance, power consumption, reliability, and environmental ruggedness. However, SSD endurance and lifetime are affected by factors like write amplification, wear leveling efficiency, and capacity. Larger SSD capacities and advances in controlling write amplification are extending SSD lifetimes to meet consumer needs.
Opportunità per la gestione dei centri fitness in seguito alla Proposta di Le...Beatrice Masserini
Intervento della Dott.ssa Beatrice Masserini (Studio Cassinis) a ForumClub Bologna 2017, relativo alle opportunità per centri fitness, SSD e ASD in seguito alla Proposta di Legge dell'Onorevole Daniela Sbrollini e alle recenti novità in Italia.
This document discusses the expanding field of genomics and its potential impact over the next 10 years. It begins with a story about a teacher asking students what the leading frontier technology is, with a student unexpectedly answering genomics. The teacher is surprised by this response from an usually sluggish student. The student explains that a recent doctor's visit revealed how genetics and one's DNA can determine traits and behaviors. This sparks the teacher's interest in genomics. The document goes on to provide some background on the history of genetics research, dating back to Gregor Mendel in the 1800s. It acknowledges that while crude applications of genomics existed in the past, the science is still far from perfected. In closing, it states
The UniPlex 1000 is a 24-bay NVMe JBOF that connects to hosts via PCIe, supporting up to 64 GB/s throughput and 16 million IOPS. It comes in locked and unlocked versions, with the locked version containing pre-installed drives and the unlocked allowing any drives. The JBOF can expand into an appliance using I/O drawers and storage controllers, and start small with a single JBOF then grow by connecting multiple JBOFs and tiers of storage.
SSD stands for solid state drive, which stores computer data without magnetic disks. SSDs have three main advantages over traditional hard disk drives: lower power usage, faster data access speeds, and greater reliability. While SSDs are more expensive than HDDs and have less storage capacity currently, the price of SSDs is decreasing as the technology advances. SSDs use no moving parts compared to HDDs, making them more durable and less prone to failure over time.
The document discusses solid state drives (SSDs) and how they differ from traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). SSDs use solid state memory like NAND flash instead of spinning disks, so they have no moving parts. This makes SSDs faster, more durable, quieter, and more energy efficient than HDDs. However, SSDs currently have higher costs and lower storage capacities than HDDs. The document covers the history, components, advantages, disadvantages, applications, and performance comparisons of SSDs versus HDDs.
Today Micron announced the production of 8GB DDR4 NVDIMM, the company’s first commercially available solution in the persistent memory category. Persistent memory delivers a unique balance of latency, bandwidth, capacity and cost, delivering ultra-fast DRAM-like access to critical data and allowing system designers to better manage overall costs. With persistent memory, system architects are no longer forced to sacrifice latency and bandwidth when accessing critical data that must be preserved.
Watch the video presentation: http://wp.me/p3RLHQ-eII
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Intel, Micron unveil “breakthrough” 3D XPoint Memory Tech – A revolutionary b...Syntech
What is 3D XPoint?
The explosion of connected devices and digital services is generating massive amounts of new data. For this data to be useful, it must be stored and analysed very quickly. 3D XPoint™ technology is an entirely new class of non-volatile memory that can help turn immense amounts of data into valuable information in real time. With up to 1,000 times lower latency and exponentially greater endurance than NAND, 3D XPoint technology can deliver game-changing performance for big data applications. Its ability to enable high-speed, high-capacity data storage close to the processor creates new possibilities for system architects and promises to enable entirely new applications.
The document summarizes Intel's new Solid-State Drive Data Center Family for PCIe. It provides an overview of Intel's SSD product families for different market segments. It then focuses on the new Data Center Family for PCIe, highlighting its native PCIe interface, performance benefits over SAS/SATA, endurance, reliability features, and product lineup. Finally, it lists upcoming events where Intel will promote the new data center SSD family.
It is no longer enough to focus our efforts on networks and endpoints. As IT changes continue to occur, organizations need to keep pace and advance their security by focusing on the data itself through the development of a data-centric security program.
A comprehensive data-centric security strategy includes the following 10 key elements:
1 - Data discovery
2 - Data classification
3 - Data tagging & watermarking
4 - Data loss prevention
5 - Data visibility
6 - Encryption strategies
7 - Enhanced gateway controls
8 - Identity management
9 - Cloud access
10 - Continuous education
This presentation contains a synopsis of each element. As organizations develop a data-centric security program, it is important to assess current maturity levels and determine which areas need to be prioritized and remediated first.
Database performance tuning for SSD based storageAngelo Rajadurai
Databases are a key part of any application. The storage subsystem contributes most to performance of the database. In recent days, new storage technologies like Solid State Storage (SSD) and high performance drives are becoming cheaper and more accessible, but it takes a lot of planning to use these technologies in a cost effective way for best price-performance.
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent block level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances. In this technical session, we conduct a detailed analysis of the differences among the three types of Amazon EBS block storage: General Purpose (SSD), Provisioned IOPS (SSD), and Magnetic. We discuss how to maximize Amazon EBS performance, with a special eye towards low-latency, high-throughput applications like databases. We discuss the performance implications of our new larger and faster SSD volumes (up to 16 TB with increased max throughput levels), as well as Amazon EBS encryption. Throughout, we share tips for success.
Navigating Storage in a Cloudy EnvironmentHGST Storage
Steve Campbell, Chief Technology Officer at HGST, presents at Cloud Expo 2013 on the data center evolution, enterprise solid state drives, the future of data storage, and more.
Solid state drives use solid state memory like NAND flash instead of spinning disks. They have faster access times than hard disk drives. An SSD contains a controller, flash memory, and an interface. The controller manages read and write operations to the flash which is organized into pages and blocks. SSDs are found in devices like thumb drives, memory cards, and embedded systems. They provide benefits like faster startup, access, and application loading compared to HDDs. SSDs are used where fast storage access is important, like financial trading systems.
This document provides an overview of a presentation by Advanced Systems Group on top technology trends for virtualization. It discusses flash storage technologies, the importance of disaster recovery (DR), and architecting for the cloud. The presentation covers various flash storage options and their performance characteristics. It emphasizes the need for DR to address hardware failures, data corruption, and natural disasters. It also discusses best practices for virtualization including cluster sizing, resource allocation, and security considerations for virtual machines.
Day 2 General Session Presentations RedisConfRedis Labs
The document discusses new memory technologies like persistent memory and their implications. It provides latency and bandwidth numbers for different memory types and notes that heterogeneous memory systems using tiers of DRAM and NVM provide opportunities for better performance and cost. Examples are given of key-value stores and databases leveraging NVM to achieve high performance while reducing costs. The talk also discusses how new distributed data structures like CRDTs could be used across servers with shared memory.
Solid State Drives (SSDs) -What it Takes to Make Data Go AwayBlancco
This document discusses the challenges of securely erasing data from solid state drives (SSDs) compared to traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). It explains that SSDs have different memory architecture than HDDs that impacts how data is written, read, and erased. Traditional erasure methods do not fully erase data from SSDs. The document outlines SSD-specific issues like wear leveling and firmware locks that must be addressed for complete erasure. It emphasizes the need for multi-stage, manufacturer-specific erasure processes that are verifiable and provable to fully remove data from SSDs.
The document discusses how solid state disks (SSDs) can improve performance in Oracle databases compared to traditional magnetic disks, describing Oracle's database flash cache architecture and how SSDs are used in Exadata systems. It provides details on SSD technologies, benchmarks showing SSD performance improvements for sorting, redo logging and other workloads, and recommendations for configuring and using SSDs in Oracle databases and Exadata systems.
Get Your GeekOn With Ron - Session Two: Local Storage vs Centralized Storage ...Unidesk Corporation
Join virtualization expert and industry veteran Ron Oglesby as he discusses local storage vs centralized storage models for VDI, including the arguments for and against local storage in VDI environments, a review of converged platform models (ie Nutanix) for VDI, and SSD tips and tricks
Software Defined Memory (SDM) uses new technologies like non-volatile RAM and flash storage to treat memory and storage as a unified persistent resource without traditional performance tiers. This can optimize Oracle database I/O performance by bypassing buffer caches and using fast kernel threads. Benchmarks showed a Plexistor SDM solution outperforming a traditional two-node Oracle RAC cluster. The best approach is to use fast storage like 3D XPoint as the secondary tier to maintain high performance even with cache misses. Combining SDM with solutions like FlashGrid and Oracle RAC could provide extremely high performance.
Get Your GeekOn with Ron - Session One: Designing your VDI ServersUnidesk Corporation
Join virtualization expert and industry veteran Ron Oglesby as he breaks down how to select and configure servers, including:
• Server CPU selection - they were not made equal!
• Desktop-to-core guesstimation?
• Memory - and its temperamental relationship with disk design
• Local storage options - yes, it's an option
• And, overall best practices for VDI implementation
Dell Solutions Tour 2014 Norge
Kaj Inge Skjønhaug Storage Spesialist, Dell Norway
Få en teknisk gjennomgang av Dells nyeste løsninger innen SSD og flash basert lagring. Presentasjonen tar for seg All-flash array, hybrid arrays, og FluidCache løsninger. Den tekniske gjennomgangen viser hvordan SSD kan anvendes i ulike løsninger for å gi maksimal effekt. Presentasjonen tar også for seg NAS, og VMware relatert lagringsteknologi
Firebird and RAID document discusses choosing the right RAID configuration for a Firebird server. It covers the basics of different RAID levels like mirrored RAID, parity RAID, JBOD, and RAID 0. It provides examples of performance comparisons between hardware RAID, software RAID, and SSD using inserts, updates, and selects. The conclusion is that for a database server, a mirrored RAID implementation will generally outperform a parity RAID configuration with the same specifications due to lower write penalties.
This document summarizes a presentation about architecting a virtual infrastructure. The presentation covers design decisions, real world examples, potential pitfalls, and taking an interactive approach. The agenda includes an introduction, overview of design patterns, and a question and answer section. Key aspects of the virtual infrastructure design process are discussed, such as gathering requirements, vision, architecture, transition planning, and change management. Design patterns around sizing, scaling, hosts, networking, storage, and virtual constructs are also covered.
NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) allows NVMe-based storage to be shared across multiple servers over a network. It provides better utilization of resources and scalability compared to directly attached storage. NVMe-oF maintains NVMe performance by transferring commands and data end-to-end over the fabric using technologies like RDMA that bypass legacy storage stacks. It enables applications like composable infrastructure with remote direct memory access (RDMA) providing near-local performance. While NVMe-oF can use different transports, RDMA has been most common due to low latency it provides.
2015 Enterprise Flash Storage: Who's Adopting Them and WhyIT Brand Pulse
A presentation from the 2015 Flash Memory Summit covering data from surveys of IT pros on enterprise flash storage and its brand leaders.
Please note that this preview version does not display the numerical data as presented in the Flash Memory Summit session. The cost to purchase a copy of the full presentation (which includes all numerical data) is $ 495. Contact cheryl.parker@itbrandpulse.com to order.
Virtual SAN 5.5 provides a technical deep dive into VMware's Virtual SAN software-defined storage technology. Key points include:
- Virtual SAN runs on standard x86 servers and provides a policy-based management framework and high performance flash architecture.
- It delivers scale of up to 32 hosts, 3,200 VMs, 4.4 petabytes, and 2 million IOPS.
- Virtual SAN is integrated with VMware technologies like vMotion, vSphere HA, and vSphere replication and simplifies storage management.
- It offers flexible configurations, granular scaling, and reduces both capital and operating expenses for improved total cost of ownership.
Watch the full webinar here: http://bit.ly/1TUuUCK
When considering flash storage, there are many misconceptions and outright myths. Especially when equating consumer-grade flash (USB sticks) to enterprise-grade SSDs. In this webinar SanDisk Chief Architect, Adam Roberts, will discuss 5 myths of flash storage and highlight what you need to look out for when choosing a storage device to accelerate your data center storage. This webinar will cover:
1.Data Protection
2.Power Fail Protection
3.Temperature Throttling/Overheating
4.QoS for Performance
5.SSD Endurance
Stay tuned for future webinars which will look at the benefits of flash beyond performance…busting a few more myths on flash.
Used as part of panel pitting Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu vs. Snow Leopard, OS Smack-Down! NELA 2009, Hartford, CT. [An oldy, but a goody and most of still true 3 years later, although the pricing has started to slide more to Apple's favor and iPads have sure added to the mix too.]
Silicon Motion is a global fabless semiconductor company established in 1995 with over 1200 employees that specializes in NAND flash controllers, solutions, and graphic display SoCs. The document provides an overview of Silicon Motion including their product categories, market share in client SSD controllers and embedded storage solutions, competitive advantages including reliability and support for automotive and industrial applications, and technology advantages such as error correction and extending NAND lifespan.
One of the most important things you can do to improve the performance of your flash/SSDs with Aerospike is to properly prepare them. This Presentation goes through how to select, test, and prepare the drives so that you will get the best performance and lifetime out of them.
The document summarizes a technology alliance between Apacer, a NAND flash hardware company, and Diskeeper Corporation, a storage performance software company. It details how file system fragmentation degrades SSD performance over time, with write speeds reducing by up to 80%. Diskeeper's HyperFast software addresses this by maintaining low free space fragmentation, improving Apacer SSD performance significantly in tests with read/write speeds increasing by 3-22 times. The software also reduces erase cycles to increase the drives' longevity while optimizing performance.
This document discusses storage considerations for VMware View environments. It begins with an introduction to storage systems and their history, then discusses planning storage needs for VMware View. Some key challenges with storage in virtual desktop environments are large amounts of centralized user data and "storms" of access that can impact performance. The document recommends addressing these through good sizing and performance assessment, optimizing desktop images, leveraging technologies appropriately, and using resources on optimizing for View.
Dell whitepaper busting solid state storage mythsNatalie Cerullo
This document provides an overview of solid-state storage technology, including its uses, applications, and innovations. Some key points:
- Solid-state storage is becoming more widely adopted as NAND flash chip density and capacity increases while prices drop significantly. Over the next few years, most actively accessed data is expected to move to solid-state storage.
- Solid-state storage comes in different form factors like solid-state drives (SSDs), solid-state cards (SSCs), and can be deployed in servers, shared storage, and dedicated arrays. It provides much higher I/O performance than hard disk drives.
- While early adoption focused on read caches, new solutions now provide write caching and data protection.
Similar to Flash Memory Summit: IT Brand Pulse - SSD Buying Behavior (20)
The 2022 Flash brand leader surveys cover 9 Flash products.
This report includes the results of voting for six categories of brand leadership for each service: Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Service & Support and Innovation.
The 2020 Storage Brand Leader Survey covers 14 Storage products. This report includes the results of IT Pro voting for six categories of brand leadership for each service: Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Innovation, and Service & Support.
The 2019 Servers Brand Leader Survey covers 11 server products. This report includes the results of IT Pro voting for six categories of brand leadership for each service: Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Innovation, and Service & Support.
Industry's First Petabyte-Scale On-Prem STaaSIT Brand Pulse
Infinidat provides on-premises petabyte-scale storage as a service that allows customers to pay for only the storage capacity they need. Their solution uses commodity hardware and data reduction technologies to deliver high performance and low cost storage that can scale to multiple petabytes. Infinidat handles maintenance, support, and upgrades to provide customers a fully-managed storage service on site.
The 2019 Storage brand leader surveys cover 14 storage products. This report includes the results of IT Pro voting for six categories of brand leadership for each service: Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Innovation, and Service & Support.
AWS is estimated to be the #3 enterprise storage vendor by revenue in 2018, with storage revenue estimated between $1.1-1.486 billion in Q4 2018. By extrapolating AWS's 52% market share of the IaaS market to the storage-as-a-service market, and estimating that 15-20% of AWS's revenue comes from storage, AWS is calculated to have overtaken traditional storage vendors by revenue. If AWS maintains 35-45% annual growth, it is projected to become the #1 storage vendor by 2020, with over $3 billion in storage revenue, cementing its position as a top storage leader through sustained large investments in R&D.
AWS #3 Storage Vendor in 2017 | #1 in 2020IT Brand Pulse
This IT Brand Pulse industry brief uses crowd-sourced data about storage and cloud revenues to estimate the size and ranking of the AWS storage business. The bottom line is AWS is the #3 ranked storage vendor in 2017 and will be #1 in 2020.
The document discusses how server and storage utilization has changed with the adoption of virtualization, noting that a survey found over half of small to medium companies were using VMware hypervisors by 2016, especially among larger companies. It also explains how vMotion traffic can either share the Ethernet network with application servers or be isolated to a dedicated FC-SAS storage network. Finally, it lists some VMware and ATTO solutions related to using direct attached storage to create a SAN.
The document discusses how small to medium businesses have swung between using direct-attached storage (DAS) and storage area networks (SANs) for their VMware environments. It provides an example of a construction firm, Torcon, that converted their DAS setup into a SAN using ATTO technology to save costs and extend the usable life of their servers and storage. The conversion took less than three hours and provided benefits like isolated storage networking and easier expansion capacity. The document advocates that SAS-based SANs provide performance and flexibility comparable to fibre channel SANs at a lower cost that is suitable for cost-conscious small to medium businesses.
The 2018 IaaS brand leader surveys cover fourteen Infrastructure-as-a-Service products. This report includes the results of IT Pro voting for six categories of brand leadership for each service: Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Service & Support and Innovation.
Comparing Cost of Dell EMC Centera and HPE/SUSE/iTernity iCASIT Brand Pulse
This document compares the total cost of ownership of two archival storage solutions over five years: Dell EMC Centera and HPE/SUSE/iTernity iCAS. It finds that the HPE solution has significantly lower costs, with hardware 47% cheaper, software 97% cheaper, and support 354% cheaper. As a result, the cumulative five-year cost is over $350,000 more for Centera, which is more than double the cost of the HPE solution. The document concludes the HPE solution better addresses the high costs of compliant archive storage.
This IT Brand Pulse report includes data from the independent, non-sponsored annual survey on Scale-Out File Storage--voted on by IT professionals--covering six categories of brand leadership: Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Service & Support and Innovation.
Please contact us at info@itbrandpulse.com for information on this or other technology product brand leader surveys.
2017 Servers for Software-Defined Storage Brand Leader ReportIT Brand Pulse
This IT Brand Pulse report includes data from the independent, non-sponsored annual survey on Servers for SDS--voted on by IT professionals--covering six categories of brand leadership: Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Service & Support and Innovation.
Please contact us at info@itbrandpulse.com for information on this or other technology product brand leader surveys.
This IT Brand Pulse report includes data from the independent, non-sponsored annual survey on Enterprise HDDs--voted on by IT professionals--covering six categories of brand leadership: Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Service & Support and Innovation.
Please contact us at info@itbrandpulse.com for information on this or other technology product brand leader surveys.
This document summarizes the findings of a case study comparing the 5-year total cost of ownership (TCO) for 4 disk array solutions and 4 software-defined storage solutions for backup to disk. The study found that SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 provided the lowest overall 5-year TCO that was $181,457 less than the most expensive solution from EMC. SUSE offered multiple layers of cost savings, including using standard hardware, low annual software licensing fees spread over 5 years, and support included in the license cost. The study concludes that software-defined storage solutions can provide disk backup for half the cost of branded storage arrays.
2017 Flash Storage and NVME Brand Leader Mini-ReportIT Brand Pulse
This IT Brand Pulse mini-report includes only market leader data from the independent, non-sponsored survey covering six categories of brand leadership—Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Service & Support and Innovation—for twelve Flash Storage and NVMe products.
Complete survey data for each product category is available. Please contact us at info@itbrandpulse.com for information and pricing.
2017 AI and Cloud Brand Leader Mini-ReportIT Brand Pulse
This IT Brand Pulse mini-report includes only market leader data from the independent, non-sponsored survey covering six categories of brand leadership—Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Service & Support and Innovation—for nine AI and Cloud products.
Complete survey data for each product category is available. Please contact us at info@itbrandpulse.com for information and pricing.
Must Know Postgres Extension for DBA and Developer during MigrationMydbops
Mydbops Opensource Database Meetup 16
Topic: Must-Know PostgreSQL Extensions for Developers and DBAs During Migration
Speaker: Deepak Mahto, Founder of DataCloudGaze Consulting
Date & Time: 8th June | 10 AM - 1 PM IST
Venue: Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore
Abstract: Discover how PostgreSQL extensions can be your secret weapon! This talk explores how key extensions enhance database capabilities and streamline the migration process for users moving from other relational databases like Oracle.
Key Takeaways:
* Learn about crucial extensions like oracle_fdw, pgtt, and pg_audit that ease migration complexities.
* Gain valuable strategies for implementing these extensions in PostgreSQL to achieve license freedom.
* Discover how these key extensions can empower both developers and DBAs during the migration process.
* Don't miss this chance to gain practical knowledge from an industry expert and stay updated on the latest open-source database trends.
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Our team offers a wide range of services, including assistance, support, consulting, 24/7 operations, and expertise in all relevant technologies. We help organizations improve their database's performance, scalability, efficiency, and availability.
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ScyllaDB Real-Time Event Processing with CDCScyllaDB
ScyllaDB’s Change Data Capture (CDC) allows you to stream both the current state as well as a history of all changes made to your ScyllaDB tables. In this talk, Senior Solution Architect Guilherme Nogueira will discuss how CDC can be used to enable Real-time Event Processing Systems, and explore a wide-range of integrations and distinct operations (such as Deltas, Pre-Images and Post-Images) for you to get started with it.
CNSCon 2024 Lightning Talk: Don’t Make Me Impersonate My IdentityCynthia Thomas
Identities are a crucial part of running workloads on Kubernetes. How do you ensure Pods can securely access Cloud resources? In this lightning talk, you will learn how large Cloud providers work together to share Identity Provider responsibilities in order to federate identities in multi-cloud environments.
Introducing BoxLang : A new JVM language for productivity and modularity!Ortus Solutions, Corp
Just like life, our code must adapt to the ever changing world we live in. From one day coding for the web, to the next for our tablets or APIs or for running serverless applications. Multi-runtime development is the future of coding, the future is to be dynamic. Let us introduce you to BoxLang.
Dynamic. Modular. Productive.
BoxLang redefines development with its dynamic nature, empowering developers to craft expressive and functional code effortlessly. Its modular architecture prioritizes flexibility, allowing for seamless integration into existing ecosystems.
Interoperability at its Core
With 100% interoperability with Java, BoxLang seamlessly bridges the gap between traditional and modern development paradigms, unlocking new possibilities for innovation and collaboration.
Multi-Runtime
From the tiny 2m operating system binary to running on our pure Java web server, CommandBox, Jakarta EE, AWS Lambda, Microsoft Functions, Web Assembly, Android and more. BoxLang has been designed to enhance and adapt according to it's runnable runtime.
The Fusion of Modernity and Tradition
Experience the fusion of modern features inspired by CFML, Node, Ruby, Kotlin, Java, and Clojure, combined with the familiarity of Java bytecode compilation, making BoxLang a language of choice for forward-thinking developers.
Empowering Transition with Transpiler Support
Transitioning from CFML to BoxLang is seamless with our JIT transpiler, facilitating smooth migration and preserving existing code investments.
Unlocking Creativity with IDE Tools
Unleash your creativity with powerful IDE tools tailored for BoxLang, providing an intuitive development experience and streamlining your workflow. Join us as we embark on a journey to redefine JVM development. Welcome to the era of BoxLang.
QR Secure: A Hybrid Approach Using Machine Learning and Security Validation F...AlexanderRichford
QR Secure: A Hybrid Approach Using Machine Learning and Security Validation Functions to Prevent Interaction with Malicious QR Codes.
Aim of the Study: The goal of this research was to develop a robust hybrid approach for identifying malicious and insecure URLs derived from QR codes, ensuring safe interactions.
This is achieved through:
Machine Learning Model: Predicts the likelihood of a URL being malicious.
Security Validation Functions: Ensures the derived URL has a valid certificate and proper URL format.
This innovative blend of technology aims to enhance cybersecurity measures and protect users from potential threats hidden within QR codes 🖥 🔒
This study was my first introduction to using ML which has shown me the immense potential of ML in creating more secure digital environments!
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) invited Taylor Paschal, Knowledge & Information Management Consultant at Enterprise Knowledge, to speak at a Knowledge Management Lunch and Learn hosted on June 12, 2024. All Office of Administration staff were invited to attend and received professional development credit for participating in the voluntary event.
The objectives of the Lunch and Learn presentation were to:
- Review what KM ‘is’ and ‘isn’t’
- Understand the value of KM and the benefits of engaging
- Define and reflect on your “what’s in it for me?”
- Share actionable ways you can participate in Knowledge - - Capture & Transfer
For senior executives, successfully managing a major cyber attack relies on your ability to minimise operational downtime, revenue loss and reputational damage.
Indeed, the approach you take to recovery is the ultimate test for your Resilience, Business Continuity, Cyber Security and IT teams.
Our Cyber Recovery Wargame prepares your organisation to deliver an exceptional crisis response.
Event date: 19th June 2024, Tate Modern
ScyllaDB is making a major architecture shift. We’re moving from vNode replication to tablets – fragments of tables that are distributed independently, enabling dynamic data distribution and extreme elasticity. In this keynote, ScyllaDB co-founder and CTO Avi Kivity explains the reason for this shift, provides a look at the implementation and roadmap, and shares how this shift benefits ScyllaDB users.
Session 1 - Intro to Robotic Process Automation.pdfUiPathCommunity
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In this session, we shall introduce you to the world of automation, the UiPath Platform, and guide you on how to install and setup UiPath Studio on your Windows PC.
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What is RPA? Benefits of RPA?
RPA Applications
The UiPath End-to-End Automation Platform
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MongoDB to ScyllaDB: Technical Comparison and the Path to SuccessScyllaDB
What can you expect when migrating from MongoDB to ScyllaDB? This session provides a jumpstart based on what we’ve learned from working with your peers across hundreds of use cases. Discover how ScyllaDB’s architecture, capabilities, and performance compares to MongoDB’s. Then, hear about your MongoDB to ScyllaDB migration options and practical strategies for success, including our top do’s and don’ts.
Lee Barnes - Path to Becoming an Effective Test Automation Engineer.pdfleebarnesutopia
So… you want to become a Test Automation Engineer (or hire and develop one)? While there’s quite a bit of information available about important technical and tool skills to master, there’s not enough discussion around the path to becoming an effective Test Automation Engineer that knows how to add VALUE. In my experience this had led to a proliferation of engineers who are proficient with tools and building frameworks but have skill and knowledge gaps, especially in software testing, that reduce the value they deliver with test automation.
In this talk, Lee will share his lessons learned from over 30 years of working with, and mentoring, hundreds of Test Automation Engineers. Whether you’re looking to get started in test automation or just want to improve your trade, this talk will give you a solid foundation and roadmap for ensuring your test automation efforts continuously add value. This talk is equally valuable for both aspiring Test Automation Engineers and those managing them! All attendees will take away a set of key foundational knowledge and a high-level learning path for leveling up test automation skills and ensuring they add value to their organizations.
This time, we're diving into the murky waters of the Fuxnet malware, a brainchild of the illustrious Blackjack hacking group.
Let's set the scene: Moscow, a city unsuspectingly going about its business, unaware that it's about to be the star of Blackjack's latest production. The method? Oh, nothing too fancy, just the classic "let's potentially disable sensor-gateways" move.
In a move of unparalleled transparency, Blackjack decides to broadcast their cyber conquests on ruexfil.com. Because nothing screams "covert operation" like a public display of your hacking prowess, complete with screenshots for the visually inclined.
Ah, but here's where the plot thickens: the initial claim of 2,659 sensor-gateways laid to waste? A slight exaggeration, it seems. The actual tally? A little over 500. It's akin to declaring world domination and then barely managing to annex your backyard.
For Blackjack, ever the dramatists, hint at a sequel, suggesting the JSON files were merely a teaser of the chaos yet to come. Because what's a cyberattack without a hint of sequel bait, teasing audiences with the promise of more digital destruction?
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This document presents a comprehensive analysis of the Fuxnet malware, attributed to the Blackjack hacking group, which has reportedly targeted infrastructure. The analysis delves into various aspects of the malware, including its technical specifications, impact on systems, defense mechanisms, propagation methods, targets, and the motivations behind its deployment. By examining these facets, the document aims to provide a detailed overview of Fuxnet's capabilities and its implications for cybersecurity.
The document offers a qualitative summary of the Fuxnet malware, based on the information publicly shared by the attackers and analyzed by cybersecurity experts. This analysis is invaluable for security professionals, IT specialists, and stakeholders in various industries, as it not only sheds light on the technical intricacies of a sophisticated cyber threat but also emphasizes the importance of robust cybersecurity measures in safeguarding critical infrastructure against emerging threats. Through this detailed examination, the document contributes to the broader understanding of cyber warfare tactics and enhances the preparedness of organizations to defend against similar attacks in the future.
MySQL InnoDB Storage Engine: Deep Dive - MydbopsMydbops
This presentation, titled "MySQL - InnoDB" and delivered by Mayank Prasad at the Mydbops Open Source Database Meetup 16 on June 8th, 2024, covers dynamic configuration of REDO logs and instant ADD/DROP columns in InnoDB.
This presentation dives deep into the world of InnoDB, exploring two ground-breaking features introduced in MySQL 8.0:
• Dynamic Configuration of REDO Logs: Enhance your database's performance and flexibility with on-the-fly adjustments to REDO log capacity. Unleash the power of the snake metaphor to visualize how InnoDB manages REDO log files.
• Instant ADD/DROP Columns: Say goodbye to costly table rebuilds! This presentation unveils how InnoDB now enables seamless addition and removal of columns without compromising data integrity or incurring downtime.
Key Learnings:
• Grasp the concept of REDO logs and their significance in InnoDB's transaction management.
• Discover the advantages of dynamic REDO log configuration and how to leverage it for optimal performance.
• Understand the inner workings of instant ADD/DROP columns and their impact on database operations.
• Gain valuable insights into the row versioning mechanism that empowers instant column modifications.
Elasticity vs. State? Exploring Kafka Streams Cassandra State StoreScyllaDB
kafka-streams-cassandra-state-store' is a drop-in Kafka Streams State Store implementation that persists data to Apache Cassandra.
By moving the state to an external datastore the stateful streams app (from a deployment point of view) effectively becomes stateless. This greatly improves elasticity and allows for fluent CI/CD (rolling upgrades, security patching, pod eviction, ...).
It also can also help to reduce failure recovery and rebalancing downtimes, with demos showing sporty 100ms rebalancing downtimes for your stateful Kafka Streams application, no matter the size of the application’s state.
As a bonus accessing Cassandra State Stores via 'Interactive Queries' (e.g. exposing via REST API) is simple and efficient since there's no need for an RPC layer proxying and fanning out requests to all instances of your streams application.
16. My organization’s spending for storage in the next 12
months will:
Increase of 0-5% 10.3%
Increase of 6-10% 16.4%
Increase of 11-25% 12.9%
Increase of 26-50% 4.7% 47.7%
Increase of 50-75% 1.7%
Increase of more than 75% 1.7%
Stay the same 41.1%
Decrease of 0-5% 2.2%
Decrease of 6-10% 2.2%
Decrease of 11-25% 3.4%
Decrease of 26-50% 1.7% 11.2%
Decrease of 50-75% 0.4%
Decrease of more than 75% 1.3%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
17. I have already purchased the following brands of SSD
(select all that apply):
I have not purchased an SSD product 37.8%
Intel 17.6%
HP 12.9%
EMC 10.7%
OCZ 10.7%
IBM 9.9%
Seagate 8.6%
Dell 8.2%
SanDisk/Pliant 7.7%
Samsung 7.3%
Fusion-io 6.9%
Western Digital 6.0%
Other 4.7%
NetApp 4.3%
Oracle 4.3%
HDS 3.4%
Texas Memory Systems 2.6%
Violin Memory 2.1%
STEC 1.7%
Nimbus 1.3%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
18. I will purchase the following brands of SSD in the next
12 months (select all that apply):
I will not purchase an SSD product 29.2%
HP 17.6%
Dell 14.2%
Intel 13.7%
OCZ 10.7%
EMC 9.9%
Fusion-io 9.4%
Western Digital 9.0%
NetApp 8.6%
Samsung 8.6%
IBM 8.2%
SanDisk/Pliant 7.3%
Other 5.6%
Seagate 4.3%
Oracle 3.0%
Texas Memory Systems 3.0%
Violin Memory 2.6%
HDS 2.1%
STEC 2.1%
Nimbus 1.7%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
19. My organization has deployed the following types of
SSD products (select all that apply):
As cache inside a storage array 15.5%
USB interface SSD for workstations/PCs 16.7%
PCI Express SSD card installed inside servers 19.3%
Ethernet interface NAS SSD shared by servers 9.4%
SAS interface DAS SSD 16.3%
iSCSI interface SAN SSD 13.7%
Fibre Channel interface SAN SSD 11.6%
SAS/SATA 3.4%
Have not deployed SSDs 40.3%
Other 1.3%
0% 20% 40% 60%
20. Percent of servers in my environment accessing some
type of SSD storage:
24 months from now 46%
12 months from now 32%
2X
Today 22%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
21. The following type of server most driving the adoption of
SSD in my environment is:
Virtualized servers with an aggregation
of I/O from multiple VMs/applications
37.3%
Database servers 28.8%
Other 11.2%
Mainstream
File servers 10.7%
Email servers 6.0%
Video servers 6.0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
22. SSD will comprise approximately this percentage of my
organization’s combined SSD and HDD disk capacity:
24 months from now 20.08%
12 months from now 9.94%
7.5X
Today 2.80%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
23. What I value most from SSDs is:
Deployment is simplified when I
meet my I/O performance needs 42.1%
with one SSD versus many HDDs
Service is simplified because SSDs
31.8%
don’t crash like HDDs do
Management is simplified because I
19.7%
don’t need to load balance HDDs
Other 6.4%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
24. The most important feature of an SSD for my
environment is:
Performance (IOPs) 35.6%
Cost per gigabyte 26.2%
The endurance in terms of number of
writes 15.9%
The cost per IOP 11.2%
The brand of SSD Controller (Intel,
LSI/SandForce, etc.) 4.7%
Other 3.8%
The type of NAND Flash (MLC or SLC) 2.6%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
25. By eliminating HDD crashes, I expect the operating costs
of SSD based storage arrays to be:
The same as an HDD based
45.9%
storage array
1-10% less than an HDD based
18.8%
storage array
11-20% less than an HDD based
14.3%
storage array
More than 30% less than an HDD
8.3%
based storage array
21-30% less than an HDD based
7.5%
storage array
Other 5.3%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
26. SSDs with the following type of NAND Flash are best
suited for my environment:
Don’t know 39.5%
Single-Level Cell (SLC) for
highest performance and write 34.8%
endurance
Multi-Level Cell (MLC) for lower
cost 24.9%
Other 0.8%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
27. My organization plans to completely replace HDDs and
deploy SSD as primary storage:
Never. It will always be more expensive than HDD and be
used only for applications which can justify the added cost 30.6%
When SSDs are the same $/GB of HDDs 21.6%
When SSDs are within 20% of the $/GB of HDDs 15.7%
When SSDs are within 10% of the $/GB of HDDs 11.9%
When SSDs are within 30% of the $/GB of HDDs 8.2%
When SSDs are within 50% of the $/GB of HDDs 7.5% 47.8%
Other 3.0%
When SSDs are within 40% of the $/GB of HDDs 1.5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
28. We loved CDs and HDDs
They were breakthrough technologies which brought high
quality music and random access storage to the masses
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29. We loved CDs and HDDs
Even though they often fell apart, and consumed a lot of
space and power, we were proud of our vast collections.
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30. Why we don’t anymore
Flash memory is an innovation which gave us solid-state
media players and storage.
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31. Why we don’t anymore
No moving parts, lightning-fast, high-fidelity, and vast
amounts of data fit in the palm of our hand or a single array
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32. Where we’re at today
Media player customers recognize the added value
of solid-state and pay a premium up to 10x (1,000%)
CD Player
(~$40)
Solid State
Media Player
(~$400)
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33. Where we’re at today
The IT pro community is conflicted. Not planning to replace
HDDs, but forecasting growth which would impact Tier-1
My organization plans to completely replace HDDs and deploy SSD will comprise approximately this percentage of my
SSD as primary storage: organization’s combined SSD and HDD disk capacity:
Never. It will always be more expensive than HDD and
be used only for applications which can justify the… 30.6%
When SSDs are the same $/GB of HDDs 21.6%
24 months from now 20.08%
When SSDs are within 20% of the $/GB of HDDs 15.7%
When SSDs are within 10% of the $/GB of HDDs 11.9%
12 months from now 9.94%
When SSDs are within 30% of the $/GB of HDDs 8.2%
When SSDs are within 50% of the $/GB of HDDs 7.5%
Other 3.0% Today 2.80%
When SSDs are within 40% of the $/GB of HDDs 1.5%
0% 10% 20% 30%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
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34. Where we’re at today
OEMs lining up to ride the massive SSD wave
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35. IBM is ready to drop in front.
IBM / Texas Memory Systems Analyst Call Q&A
Question from IT Brand Pulse “Do you see IT buying behavior changing and SSD penetrating Tier-1
storage?”
Answer from IBM “You bring up a great point, and that’s one of the major objectives we’ve got around this
acquisition, and being ahead of that curve as that happens. Certainly it hasn’t taken off to that level yet, but
we’re trying to be prepared to skate to where the puck’s going to be in the future--no doubt about it. We do
see that with the improvements made within the technology of sold-state, the improvements in the IP and
core development talent that Holley and the team have here with TMS, and what they’ve been able to bring
to the market. We’re going to see a more pervasive use, a more widespread use of flash technology, beyond
what application support it’s provided in the past. The costs are going to continue to come down. The
performance is going to continue to be high, much higher than any disk-based-only offering. The resiliency,
the endurance, the capabilities of the product have still got some runway ahead of them. I fully anticipate
that it will become a much bigger percentage of the tier-1, tier-0 capacity will be stored on flash. To be
honest with you, that is the major reason for our partnership and our interest in the partnership.”
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36. If you want this presentation or the report,
contact frank.berry@itbrandpulse.com
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