Later this year, solid-state drives (SSDs) are expected to drop beneath that magical barrier that really spurs adoption: $1 per gigabyte (GB) from a relatively lofty $1.56 in 2011. According to IDC, SSDs will reach this milestone in the second half of 2012. (Pro tip: hold off on that upgrade ’til then.) Mind you, SSDs are still [...]
Read more SSDs sales rise, prices drop below $1 per GB in 2012
This year’s devastating floods in Thailand have upended lives. They also illustrate the interconnected nature of the global economy. Take, for instance, Toyota. The Japanese automaker expects parts shortages in the region to clip its profitability and result in “230,000 vehicles in lost production this business year,” according to this Reuters report. The effect on several [...]
Read more Thailand flooding the SSD tipping point?
Solid-state drives (SSDs) are pretty energy efficient, but there are those in the industry that feel that they can do a lot better and are partnering on developing a new standard called SATA DEVSLP. Who are they? They’re SanDisk, Samsung, Intel and Microsoft SanDisk. It’s important to note that three out of four of those [...]
Read more Tech heavies team for SATA DEVSLP, a low-power SSD standard
Let’s get it out of the way, solid-state drives (SSDs) like Toshiba’s enterprise-class unit pictured above are expensive when you compare them to regular, magnetic hard drives. Old news, but it’s still a huge roadblock toward massive, widespread adoption. But those that are in the platter-free data storage camp are finding benefits that far outweigh [...]
Read more SSDs: Beyond the price premium
In recent years, the data storage part of the IT energy efficiency equation has been getting a ton of attention. From deduplication drama to a white-hot flash startup scene, where our data’s stored and how it’s managed have become big priorities. The good news is that when it comes to architecting an efficient storage infrastructure [...]
Read more Think green for efficient data storage
Hot on the heals of flash storage all-stars Fusion-io and Violion Memory, comes Pure Storage, a startup that’s making some bold claims about its tech, particularly surrounding costs. Pure Storage, which just emerged out of stealth, has attracted $55 million in funding, including $30 million in a just-announced series-C round of funding led by Redpoint [...]
Read more Pure Storage enters flash startup race
The past couple of years have been good for startups that specialize in flash memory storage systems for data centers. Though they peddle pricey wares, flash chip-based data storage and SSD makers are giving data centers a performance edge with energy savings boot. And in an era that’s unkind to pokey cloud performance and is [...]
Read more Fusion-io’s Flashy IPO
Flash memory is once again taking the performance crown by enabling Violin Memory and HP to claim bragging rights today on a TPC-E benchmark. According to the companies, a Violin Memory Array in conjunction with an HP Proliant DL380 G7 server running Microsoft SQL Server 2008 set a record for a dual socket with a [...]
Read more Violin, HP blast benchmarks, make case for solid-state storage in the data center
Fusion-io, a maker of flash memory modules for fast, energy efficient server storage, has filed for an initial public offering in the hopes to raising up to $150 million. And for those watching the flash storage and SSD markets, it’s a pretty big deal. The Salt Lake City-based startup has been a rising star in [...]
Read more Funding flash: Fusion-io files for IPO
Companies are steadily alleviating two of the common pain points related to solid-state drive technology: price and longevity. But another has emerged: data security. One of Today’s 10 links is this InformationWeek article on how traditional methods of wiping data from hard drives aren’t as effective on SSDs. University of California at San Diego researchers [...]
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