SSD Tag Index

Despite what flash vendors say, SSDs are not going to replace hard disks completely anytime soon.
Tags : hard drive, Flash, hard disk, SSD, NAND Flash, Storage

The idea of adding cache to storage is coming back into vogue again.
Tags : appliance, cache, hybrid, Flash, RAID, disk drives, SSD, Storage

Company hopes to lure enterprises with faster, cheaper and cloudier SSD arrays that don't leave apps hanging during an outage.
Tags : data storage, Flash, SSD

Social data is different from other types of data, so it has unique storage management needs.
Tags : Storage, social data, SSD, deduplication, Cloud Storage, tiering

The all-flash data storage vendor upgrades its software platform with support for a new REST-based API and apps that brings systems management capabilities to the iPhone and Android devices.
Tags : SSD, Flash, Solid State Storage, Storage

These young companies are offering products related big data, the cloud, virtualization and SSDs.
Tags : startups, cloud computing, Flash, big data, Storage, virtualization, SSD

Analysts advise managers to think strategically and consider their security needs when it comes to big data storage.
Tags : SSD, big data, Flash, tiering, Hadoop, Storage

Data storage giant unveils new PCIe flash server cards and offers a peek at its all-SSD roadmap.
Tags : SSD, Storage, Flash, PCIe

How do an SSD and a SATA drive fare in head-to-head competition?
Tags : Drive, Storage, SATA, STEC, Enterprise, Seagate, SSD

Storage provider unveils secure, crypto-friendly storage for data centers.
Tags : SSD, security, Storage

Enterprise storage solutions with flash cache can offer faster performance and lower latency at a reasonable price.
Tags : tiering, IOS, enterprise storage, cache, SSD, Flash

The chipmaker continues to make enterprise storage inroads with its new line of DC S3700 SSDs.
Tags : Storage, SSD, Intel

Capable of 1.2 million IOPS and sporting PCIe 3.0 support, Emulex readies SANs for ever-faster server chips and SSDs with its new HBAs.
Tags : Emulex, PCIe, SSD, HBA, Storage

SSD performance potential can be tough to achieve. As the claims get increasingly higher, do they make sense or even matter anymore?
Tags : SSD, Storage Performance, performance, SSD Performance, IOPS, benchmark

Is Sepaton's product line of disk-only offerings with their focus on data footprint reduction strong enough to bring an end to tape's hold?
Tags : SSD, hard disk, Sepaton, Buying Guide, storage hardware, HDD, disk

Henry Newman revisits his 2011 predictions for the storage industry and prognosticates about 2012 and beyond.
Tags : SSD, cloud security, Storage, security, IOPS, RAID

The hybrid storage appliance maker expands its family -- adds a VMware plug-in.
Tags : SSD, Storage, Nimble Storage, array, appliances

These eight storage companies are pushing cloud, SSD, big data and virtualization to the next level.
Tags : cloud computing, virtualization, storage virtualization, SSD, start ups, big data

Specification tests performance of SSDs regardless of vendor.
Tags : SNIA, Storage, SSD

SSD dominance shows no sign of abating as the aisles of Storage Networking World demonstrated earlier this month. With nearly half the vendors touting their latest flash products, we look at 10 to keep a close watch on.
Tags : Storage, solid state drive, solid state disk, SSD, Top 10

Taneja Group analyst Jeff Boles explains why performance, long neglected by storage innovation, is now at a mismatch with today's applications. But a solution may be on the way.
Tags : Storage, SSD, Taneja Group, performance, I/O

SandForce controllers are found in a wide range of SSDs. The most interesting and unique feature of SandForce SSD controllers is that they use real-time data compression to improve performance and SSD longevity. The impact, however, depends on the compressibility of the data.
Tags : dedupe, real-time, Storage, SSD, data compression

SSDs may be expensive, but they're well worth their high price tag when you consider their advantages. Here are 10 Reasons why SSDs are better than mechanical disks.
Tags : solid state disk, SSD, disk storage, power and cooling, disk

Users can scale performance to almost 900,000 IOPS per rack
Tags : RAID array, SSD

Intel's 310 Series solid state disk (SSD) drives have almost as much performance as the company’s 2.5-inch X25-M SSDs, but in one-eighth the size.
Tags : Intel, solid state disk, SSD, 310 Series

The JEDEC Solid State Association has published two sets of standards for endurance and reliability.
Tags : solid state disk drives, SSD

IBM to integrate multi-level cell SSDs into the DS8800, DS8700, Storwize V7000 arrays.
Tags : MLC, IBM, SSD, STEC

In part two of his look at solid state disk performance degradation, Jeff Layton puts an enterprise SSD through its paces to understand its performance characteristics before, during and after heavy use.
Tags : SSD, SSD Performance, Intel, solid state disk

The cost of disk storage isn’t dropping as fast as it has in years past and storage density improvements are going to take far longer until new technology enters the market in 2013 or 2014.
Tags : HDD, Storage Budgeting, Hard Disk Drives, Storage Planning, SSD

With the SSD market on the grow, vendors continue to vie for their share of the segment with new products.
Tags : solid state disk, SSD, fibre channel, SAS

LSI’s new WarpDrive SPL-300 plugs into a standard PCIe slot.
Tags : WarpDrive, SPL-300, solid state disk, SSD, LSI

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies’ solid-state disk (SSD) drives are available with SAS or Fibre Channel interfaces.
Tags : Intel, solid state disk, Hitachi GST, SSD

Henry Newman revisits the limitations of storage I/O and explains why the movement of data is at the mercy of the physical constraints within computers and storage hardware.
Tags : solid state disk, storage networking, SSD, Storage I/O, Flash

The aim of the newly formed vendor group is top develop standards for PCIe-based solid state disks (SSDs).
Tags : SSD, solid state disk, PCIe SSDs, SSD Standards

The latency of the Internet is greater than the latency of disk, so what's the point of Flash cache for Web devices?
Tags : SSD, Flash, solid state disk, cache, disk drives

IT is responsible for almost as much of the world's CO2 emissions as the aviation industry, but the groundwork is being laid for substantial long-term performance improvements that could make data centers – and storage systems – much greener.
Tags : SNIA, MAID, Energy Star, The Green Grid, SSD

STEC is now shipping new SSDs and now supports DRAM, SLC and MLC NAND Flash.
Tags : MLC, SLC, Flash, SSD, STEC

Violin’s addition of MLC-based devices to its line of SSDs is indicative of the general trend toward MLC NAND flash in enterprise disk arrays.
Tags : Flash, Violin Memory, SLC, SSD, MLC

Solid state disk (SSD) development could easily stagnate at the 20-25nm mark without changes to today’s materials and techniques for storing and retrieving data.
Tags : SSD, solid state disk, NAND, Lithography, Flash

Company expects MLC technology will cut the price of SSDs in half.
Tags : MLC, SSD, SLC, Pliant, solid state disk

Virtual desktops get an I/O performance boost from the Network Storage Server (NSS) SAN Accelerator’s SSD technology.
Tags : virtual desktop infrastructure, FalconStor, SSD, VDI, SAN Accelerator

SATADIMM is an Enterprise Class SATA II Solid State Drive (SSD).
Tags : SSD, SATA, Solid State Storage, Solid-State Drives

Micron's 6Gbps SATA drives compete with SSD drives from Intel, Samsung and STEC. Meanwhile, Seagate is partnering with Samsung for enterprise-class SSD controllers.
Tags : SSD, solid state disk, Flash

The company will provide a multi-terabyte SSD (Solid State Drive) storage system for use by a Federal Government Agency.
Tags : solid state drive, solid state disk, storage system, Solid State Storage, SSD

The HLNAND SSD prototype is optimized for mass storage applications.
Tags : solid state disk, SSDs, SSD, SATA

Fusion-io has combined the capabilities of traditional I/O subsystems with the features of virtual memory to create a hybrid flash-optimized OS subsystem called the ioMemory VSL.
Tags : Flash, Fusion-io, SSD, solid state drives, Solid State Storage

The company has expanded capacity by announcing the S-1000 which provides up to 10 TB of SSD capacity per shelf.
Tags : solid state disk, storage capacity, SSDs, SSD, solid state drive

The kit enables migration from a traditional hard drive to a Crucial Real SSD C300.
Tags : SSD, solid state drive, solid state, solid state disk

The Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has announced the Solid State Storage Performance Test Specification for public review.
Tags : SSD, storage networking, solid state

There has been some new activity in the RAID arena with companies like Infortrend and Arena-MaxTronic adding to their respective product families, according to a recent report from sister site InfoStor.com.
Tags : encryption, SSD, SSD RAID Array, RAID storage, RAID

Vendors have been quick to offer cache solutions for direct attached storage (DAS), network attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SAN).
Tags : SAN, NAS, SSD, Solid-State Drives, DAS

The enterprise-class solid state drives are powered by SandForce's SF-1500 controller.
Tags : SSD, OCZ, solid state drives

Anobit claims a breakthrough in low-cost solid state drives that has eluded other SSD makers.
Tags : solid state drive, EMC, SSD, Anobit, MLC flash

The new Application Cloud Controller based on SSD is a storage device with embedded application awareness.
Tags : Solid State Storage, Cloud, Cloud Storage, SSD

Hitachi-LG Data Storage plans to use the Barefoot Solid State Drive (SSD) controller by Indilinx in its HyDrive.
Tags : SSD, Solid State Storage, solid state disk

Pricing for the 3200 Memory Array is on par with traditional hard disk drive arrays.
Tags : SSD, Solid State Storage, SSD RAID Array, RAID

The company is leveraging the optimization of MaxIQ storage controllers to allows OCZ to maximize SSD performance.
Tags : OCZ, SSD, enterprise storage, solid state disk

The acquired product lines from Microchip Technology will form the core of Greenliant's solid-state storage product portfolio.
Tags : Flash, controller, NAND, SSD, solid state drive

The company has expanded its MaxIQ Solid State Drive (SSD) caching product line.
Tags : storage management, PCIe, controller, solid state disk, SSD

HP says its new SSD is suitable for use in Midline (MDL) drive environments.
Tags : solid state drive, Enterprise, SSD

This study contrasts HDDs,SDDs and hybrids
Tags : SSD, data storage, storage networking, solid state drive

Enterprise-class SSDs are just in time to accommodate high throughput brought on by virtualization and the cloud.
Tags : RAID, throughput, solid state disk, storage network, SSD

The new MaxIQ Storage Controllers offer wider support for solid-state drives (SSDs) and enhanced management and analytics tools.
Tags : data protection, Adaptec, storage controller, SSD

The challenge that has plagued the reality of tiered storage management has been its management complexity. This is the Achilles heel of this innovative technology and has in many cases has compromised the effective integration of SSD resulting in the self defensive reaction of over provisioning.
Tags : SSD, storage management, solid state drive, data protection, storage networking

The company plans to offer a new series of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) flash storage units.
Tags : solid state disk, storage system, Enterprise, SSD

According to the company its SSD processors a record performance benchmark on IBM Power Systems.
Tags : solid state drive, IBM Power System, performance, SSD, Enterprise

IBM plans to include SandForce Flash controller chip technology in future systems.
Tags : Enterprise, Flash, controller, data, SSD

The company's new Serial Attached SCSI ( SAS ) Solid State Drive offers capacities up to 400-GB.
Tags : solid state drive, Enterprise, SSD, Storage