Conclusion
Increasing reliability and performance requirements in military,
industrial and enterprise applications are pushing data storage
standards to unprecedented levels. High bandwidth, mobility, and
"zero downtime" are becoming common IT must haves. As
magnetic hard disk drives reach performance limitations, Flash-SSDs
are expected to play a critical role in meeting industry demand
for fast, reliable yet economical data storage due to their impressive
line up of inherent and built-in characteristics, as well as the
continuous down spiraling cost of Flash memory.
How does a 3.5-inch form factor Flash-SSD with capacities of up
to 600 GBytes at a cost of $10 per GByte sound? Regardless how unlikely
that seems, they are poised to become reality by 2008/9. Consider
further the unprecedented strides being taken to improve transfer
rates, from 68MBytes/sec in 2004 to 1,600 MBytes/sec in 2008 for
a 3.5-inch Flash-SSD and from 110,000 IOPS in 2004 to 2,000,000
IOPS in 2008 for a 2U rack mount system. These innovations will
install solid-state Flash drives as the next disruptive technology
in the IT landscape, sweeping enterprise storage off its feet by
providing faster access to information at a lower overall cost of
ownership.
About the Author
Marius Tudor is Director for Business Development at BiTMICRO Networks.
You may contact him at 1 (510) 743-3412 or send an email at marius.tudor@bitmicro.com.
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