Jean-Jacques Maleval posted a “complete list of 85 SSD manufacturers in the world” over at StorageNewsletter, and I was surprised to see so many unfamiliar names in the list. So here’s my own rundown of the enterprise SSD makers to keep an eye on in the coming year!
Hybrid SSD/Hard Disk Drives: This Time For Sure!
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Hard disk drive makers are adding flash storage to their conventional spinning-platter drives to improve performance and are targeting the performance PC market. Wait a second, haven’t we seen this before? As Rocky eventually said to Bullwinkle, “but that trick never works!”
STEC Spills the Beans on ZeusRAM SSD
May 10, 2010 By 3 Comments
STEC may not have been quite ready to reveal their next-generation ZeusRAM solid-state disk (SSD), but they are demonstrating it anyway at EMC World in Boston this week. The ZeusRAM is a fundamentally different animal from the existing ZeusIOPS drive in one critical way: Rather than using flash memory for primary data storage, the ZeusRAM uses DRAM. This improves reliability and longevity and ought to raise the bar on performance as well.
The Difference Between “Integration” and “Frankenstein”
February 5, 2009 By 2 Comments
When is a solution integrated and when is it a Frankenstein-like mashup of tangled tech? Apparently, that line is crossed when it’s your competitor’s offering… In my time in the storage industry, I’ve seen enough franken-storage come and go to make me skeptical whenever a new “integrated” solution is announced. But a lot of this [...]
Is Flash A Disk Or A Cache?
October 22, 2008 By 2 Comments
There is a battle shaping up in the enterprise storage industry. On one side are those who see flash storage as an upgrade for the disk drive, and on the other are those who see it as a cache between the CPU and the drive. It’s a fundamental difference of opinion – flash chips can [...]
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I would like to challenge everyone who reads my blog. Are you adding to the conversation? Are you discussing the merits of a product or technology? Or are you trying to disrupt that conversation and turn attention to your own offerings? I’d like to thank the former and warn the latter: People are smart, and they’ll spot a phony.