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A New Era of Flash: Addressing Hyperscale Architectures
Just recently, we took another giant leap toward ushering in a New Era of Flash as we looked to address the growing trend of custom built hyperscale architectures. We found that many organizations are developing these demanding data center environments on their own because they’re forced to do more with less. In order to build … Continue reading
Executive Thought Leader Series: SMART + Diablo = New Era of Flash Storage
Welcome to the first post in our new thought leader series! We’re bringing SMART Storage Systems news to you, straight from the executive team behind it. To kick off the series, we sat down with the President of SMART Storage Systems, John Scaramuzzo, to gather more details around our recent partnership with Diablo Technologies – … Continue reading
Storage Switzerland Asks – “Is PCIe Dead?”; IBM and SMART Storage Systems Respond
In our recent webinar with Storage Switzerland and IBM, we had a great discussion about the future of PCIe, which may not go away anytime soon, but there are certainly other approaches to take. The webinar provided some insight into questions such as, “Why did the data center decide to go with PCIe?” and “Why … Continue reading
Customer Highlight: X-IO Wins a Pair of Awards with SMART Storage Systems SSDs Inside
Last month we received some very exciting news from our customer X-IO. We have been working with X-IO for a couple years now and have developed a great partnership centered on solving enterprise storage needs. Well, that work has paid off! During last month’s Microsoft TechEd North America event, X-IO’s Hyper ISE was given both … Continue reading
IBM eXFlash with XceedIOPS SATA Offers Alternative to PCIe SSDs
We partnered with IBM and Storage Switzerland on a four-part series of articles for this prominent storage news site. The series will highlight the advantages of IBM’s eXFlash solution, in combination with SMART Storage Systems’ XceedIOPS 1.8” SATA SSDs. Commencing the lineup is an article titled, “Alternatives To PCIe SSD In Servers” which discusses benefits … Continue reading
The Key to Widespread SSD Adoption
I recently read an article from Chris Mellor at The Register on STEC’s CellCare announcement and came to the realization that Smart Storage Systems and STEC are the only SSD companies to make specific endurance claims, such as 14x or 13.3x to achieve 40k PE cycles or translated 10 random drive writes per day. We … Continue reading
Flash Back: The History and Evolution of the SSD
Last week, I took a look at the key trends coming up on the horizon for flash memory. This week, I’m taking a look back at the history of SSDs… With the storage industry’s attention shifting from traditional hard drives to solid-state storage devices in recent years, it is easy to forget SSD technology has … Continue reading
