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Endurance
Endurance Is Money
If you keep up with the SMART Thinking blog, you know we love to cover endurance and the benefits of having an SSD that lasts. While reading an interesting article in CIOL entitled, “Big data storage: Five must-haves for enterprises,” my belief that endurance is the key to meeting the needs of the new enterprise … Continue reading
Flash is Ready for Write Traffic
Although we knew it from the start, it is nice to have someone reaffirm it! In George Crump’s latest article in InformationWeek, he delves into the topic of I/O writes, and the need for endurance. If you haven’t read it, George gives a nice overview of what storage vendors are doing today to address write … Continue reading
Industry Agrees: Endurance is Key to Enterprise SSD Adoption
Do you ever wonder if and how enterprise solid-state drives (SSD) will gain mass adoption? At SMART Storage Systems, we ask this question every day and work toward making it a reality. While we continue to focus on enabling SSDs to strike a balance between performance, reliability, cost and endurance to meet the requirements of … Continue reading
Guardian Technology Platform Now Supports 19nm MLC Flash
What’s more exciting than attending SNW Europe to showcase SMART Storage Systems’ enterprise SSDs? Announcing at the show that our award-winning Guardian Technology Platform has enabled the use of 19nm MLC NAND Flash for enterprise applications! With a smaller and more cost-effective 19nm process node, we can provide data centers and cloud environments with the … Continue reading
Response to SearchSolidStateStorage’s “Prolonging SSD Life”
In a recent article on SearchSolidStateStorage, Phil Goodwin discussed the benefits of prolonging the life of SSDs. One might see how this caught our attention as prolonging SSD life is what we excel at. After all, what is the value of performance and capacity if SSDs aren’t built for the future of the enterprise? For … Continue reading
“SMART” Tips on SSD Selection: Endurance
The second post in our “SMART” tips series discusses one of the most important features you should consider when looking for SSDs: endurance. In case you missed the first “SMART” tips post in May, I began offering tips on selecting the best enterprise SSD for your organization. In our last post, we talked about the … Continue reading
‘SMART’ take on SearchSolidStateStorage
Last week, I came across an article in SearchSolidStateStorage that truly caught my eye. How couldn’t it with a title like, “When using SSD is a bad idea!” While there certainly were some valid points, I kept thinking the proper response was “never!” I wanted to use this post to respond to, and provide added … Continue reading
