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The Four Horsemen of Storage System Performance: The Rule of Spindles

August 25, 2010 By Stephen 9 Comments

Why do some data storage solutions perform better than others? What tradeoffs are made for economy and how do they affect the system as a whole? These questions can be puzzling, but there are core truths that are difficult to avoid. Mechanical disk drives can only move a certain amount of data. RAM caching can improve performance, but only until it runs out. I/O channels can be … [Read more...] about The Four Horsemen of Storage System Performance: The Rule of Spindles

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