Solid State Disks Reports

EBOOK: Where there are instances when either all-flash or hybrid arrays work well—that is where the battle for dominance occurs. In this issue of Storage Handbook, our experts deconstruct the hybrid vs. AFA debate, digging into cost, network connectivity, and which arrays are more pertinent for primary storage workloads.

Posted: 27 Apr 2017 | Published: 27 Apr 2017

EGUIDE: Download this guide as Tom Fenton, Senior Validation Engineer at the Taneja Group, illustrates several critical factors to consider when deciding to use an all-flash or hybrid array in your virtual desktop environments. Here, you'll evaluate hybrid vs. all-flash on cost, ability access to cold data, compression and deduplication, and more.

Posted: 20 Apr 2017 | Published: 20 Apr 2017

EGUIDE: Use this guide as a comprehensive resource for evaluating flash caching benefits, trade-offs, 3 main implementation models, and determine where to cache in order to leverage faster media and improve I/O performance.

Posted: 20 Apr 2017 | Published: 17 Apr 2017

EGUIDE: Access this e-guide to clue into exactly why SSD is emerging as a solid storage choice for SQL Server. Our experts highlight how SSD's embedded controller ensures the integrity of the data stored in the drive, and address your concerns centered on drive reliability and longevity.

Posted: 20 Apr 2017 | Published: 17 Apr 2017

EGUIDE: Which types of flash make the most sense for a virtualized environment? In this expert guide, George Crump evaluates the durability of three types of flash—single-level, multi-level, and triple-level cell. Read on to also delve into three flash form factors to consider when implementing it on virtual workloads.

Posted: 20 Apr 2017 | Published: 19 Apr 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, discover how women's health website Lifescript implemented a revenue-boosting DevOps strategy with all-flash storage and copy data management. Read on to see how this SSD/CDM duo succeeds, with built-in data deduplication and more.

Posted: 20 Apr 2017 | Published: 18 Apr 2017

EGUIDE: This e-guide serves as your essential resource for choosing a cloud provider with integrated flash storage to maximize your cloud app performance. Read on to learn why object storage just doesn't deliver the scale and performance cloud apps demand, and instead see how SSD steps in to deliver potentially unlimited scale.

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 | Published: 18 Apr 2017

EGUIDE: Because the demand for storage capacity is so insatiable, storage media suppliers have had to look for new ways to increase the capacity of their flash products. Discover how to do so here with 3D-Nand-powered SSD, achieving higher densities at a lower cost per bit.

Posted: 10 Apr 2017 | Published: 05 Apr 2017

EGUIDE: Read this expert guide to flesh out flash implementation, and discover why I/O performance lags, capacity concerns, and server virtualization are fueling SSD appliance adoption. Additionally, learn the top 3 apps storage admins indicate are in most need of flash.

Posted: 07 Apr 2017 | Published: 05 Apr 2017

EGUIDE: Download this expert guide to delve into the AFA essentials, and learn which apps will best benefit from implementation. Read on to take advantage of AFA deduplication and compression for virtual apps, as well as learn how HDDs compare to SSDs, how to accommodate apps that require more IOPS, and more.

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 | Published: 30 Mar 2017

EGUIDE: Download this expert guide to gain a foothold in the hyper-converged market, and discover why all-flash storage is now an integral component in converged infrastructure. Read on to learn how to apply flash-based HCI to high-performance databases, VDI workloads, and more.

Posted: 15 Mar 2017 | Published: 10 Mar 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert-guide, learn how data protection systems have adapted to support hyper-convergence, and how hyper-convergence can be used to better archive your information. Then, read a little about why you may want to consider moving your organization to a flash backup system.

Posted: 10 Mar 2017 | Published: 10 Mar 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert-guide, delve deeper into server-based solid state storage. Inside, discover 6 forms of flash, 5 typical interfaces used for connecting storage devices, the essentials of server-side caching, and more.

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 | Published: 10 Feb 2017

EGUIDE: NVMe programs are the "new kid on the block" when it comes to transferring data between hosts and target storage devices. Use this expert-guide to learn how new products supporting NVMe are being received, why this system might merit your consideration, and 2 new flash offerings that support NVMe adoption.

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 | Published: 08 Feb 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert-guide, discover why flash is a realistic choice for storing non-mission critical data, as well as some practices to help you prepare your flash array to handle object storage. Inside, learn how SSDs are beginning to outperform HDDs, how to begin storage caching, and 7 ways flash storage is the best option for any size workload.

Posted: 31 Jan 2017 | Published: 31 Jan 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, George Crump, President of Storage Switzerland discusses several strategies for making storage expansion easy and affordable. Inside, discover a plan for implementing flash storage in hyper-converged architecture, a guide for making a storage capacity plan in-line with your budget, and 7 tips to improve data storage efficiency

Posted: 31 Jan 2017 | Published: 31 Jan 2017

EGUIDE: Before the ink has even dried in the Dell-EMC merger signing, the duo has already injected Dell's PowerEdge servers into numerous EMC flash storage products. Access this eGuide to learn about the features of their new products including ScaleIO software, DSSD D5 Rack-Scale Flash system and more.

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 | Published: 08 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: Access this eGuide to learn how solid state drives (SSD) will affect the future of primary and secondary network attached storage (NAS) applications.

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 | Published: 06 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: NetApp has been gaining recent momentum in the flash storage market, jumping from 4th to 2nd place, after its recent acquisition of SolidFire. This eGuide dives into the SolidFire integration, how this will benefit customers and the potential roadmap for NetApp's all-flash portfolio.

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 | Published: 07 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: SolidFire's quality of service (QoS) has helped it remain above its competitors in its 5 years in the flash storage market. In this eGuide, learn about the features of their new storage node, SF9605, and see why Storage magazine calls it one of the top flash products of the year.

Posted: 12 Dec 2016 | Published: 07 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: Discover how LOB managers are leveraging all-flash storage to drive better decision-making by boosting the performance, reliability, and development of Oracle apps and analytics. Access this expert guide to see the essentials, as well as 5 key reasons why all-flash on Oracle is essential for app owners.

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 | Published: 02 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: In this eGuide, learn how flash storage dramatically improves database performance in 4 key areas: database IOPS, query performance, data reduction and backup.

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 | Published: 02 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: To simplify the solid state storage purchasing process, this eguide provides an overview of a plethora of factors to consider including various form factors, interfaces, capacities as well as advantages and limitations of server-side solid-state storage.

Posted: 07 Dec 2016 | Published: 06 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: Vendors are claiming that all-flash arrays (AFA) are the same price as hard disk drives (HDD) but is this really true? This eguide delves into the finer details beneath the initial price tag and compares cost in terms of data efficiency and capacity.

Posted: 07 Dec 2016 | Published: 06 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide takes a closer look at SSD caching, how caching and tiering are alike, and some caching and tiering challenges.

Posted: 07 Dec 2016 | Published: 05 Dec 2016