Report: Solid State Drives: Enabling MLC Technology in the Enterprise TOC

CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
ENABLING MLC TECHNOLOGY IN THE ENTERPRISE
- NAND (SSD Usage Models) in Enterprise
  - Overcoming the Shortcomings of MLC Technology
  - Applications for MLC Technology

ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS
- Performance Characteristics
- Total Cost of Ownership
- General Pricing Trends
- Server-attached SSDs
  - Boot Drives
  - PCIe
  - SATA/SAS I/O
- Storage-attached SSDs
  - Boot Drives
  - FC/SAS I/O
- Total Enterprise SSD Market

LOW COST MOBILE PC APPLICATIONS
- Netbooks
- Smartbooks
- Value proposition
- Implications for SSDs
- Market Outlook

MAINSTREAM PC APPLICATIONS
- Trends
- Notebook PC Market
  - Total Cost of Ownership
  - mSATA
- Desktop PC Market
- Computing SSD Market

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
- SWOT Analysis
  - NAND Flash Vendors
  - HDD Vendors
  - Module Houses
  - Controller Vendors
  - HDD Controller Vendors
  - Summary
- Vendor Status
  - PC Applications
  - Enterprise Applications

APPENDIX I: NAND FLASH MEMORY OVERVIEW
- NAND Flash Memory Introduction
  - Concept
  - NAND Flash Architecture

APPENDIX II: ENDURANCE
REFERENCES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ABOUT FORWARD INSIGHTS
- Services
- Contact

List of Figures

Figure 1. Write/Read Workload Applications
Figure 2. Sequential/Random Workload Applications
Figure 3. SSD vs. HDD in the Enterprise - Performance Characteristics
Figure 4. Enterprise HDD vs. SSD Hardware Cost
Figure 5. SSD vs. HDD IOPS
Figure 6. Server Forecast
Figure 7. Total Enterprise SSD Units Forecast
Figure 8. Total Enterprise SSD $/GB Forecast
Figure 9. Total Enterprise SSD GB Forecast
Figure 10. Total Enterprise SSD Revenue Forecast
Figure 11. Total Enterprise SSD Units by Technology
Figure 12. Total Enterprise SSD GB by Technology
Figure 13. Total Enterprise SSD Revenues by Technology
Figure 14. SSD vs. HDD in Low Cost Mobile PCs
Figure 15. Low Cost Mobile PC Unit Forecast
Figure 16. Low Cost Mobile PC Unit Forecast By Technology
Figure 17. LC Mobile PC SSD Capacity Mix
Figure 18. Low Cost Mobile PC SSD GB Forecast
Figure 19. Low Cost Mobile PC SSD Revenue Forecast
Figure 20. SSD Performance Trend
Figure 21. 2.5" SSDs vs. HDDs in PCs - Performance Characteristics
Figure 22. Productivity Improvement Over PC Life
Figure 23. Savings vs. Cost for 128GB SSD Over 3 Year PC Lifecycle
Figure 24. mSATA SSD vs. 2.5" HDD in PCs - Performance Characteristics
Figure 25. Notebook PC Unit Forecast
Figure 26. Notebook PC SSD Unit Forecast
Figure 27. Notebook PC SSD GB Forecast
Figure 28. Notebook PC SSD Revenue Forecast
Figure 29. Desktop PC Unit Forecast
Figure 30. Desktop PC SSD Unit Forecast
Figure 31. Desktop PC SSD GB Forecast
Figure 32. Desktop PC SSD Revenue Forecast
Figure 33. Computing SSD Unit Forecast
Figure 34. Computing GB Forecast
Figure 35. Computing SSD Revenue Forecast
Figure 36. SSD vs. HDD $ / GB
Figure 37. NAND Flash Cell Programming
Figure 38. Multi-level Storage in NAND Flash
Figure 39. NAND Flash Cell Reading
Figure 40. NAND Flash Cell Erase
Figure 41. NAND Cell String
Figure 42. NAND Cell String
Figure 43. NAND Flash Memory Architecture
Figure 44. 8Gb NAND Flash Memory Organization
Figure 46. Endurance vs. SSD Capacity

List of Tables

Table 1. NAND Usage Model
Table 2. Selection Criteria - SLC or MLC?
Table 3. MLC vs. SLC SSD Parameters
Table 4. Boot Drive Forecast (Server-attached)
Table 5. PCIe SSD Forecast
Table 6. SATA/SAS I/O SSD Forecast
Table 7. HDD & SSD Shipment Forecast
Table 8. Storage-attached SSD Forecast
Table 9. LC Mobile PC SSD Product Mix Forecast
Table 10. LC Mobile PC SSD Price Forecast
Table 11. HDD Failure Costs
Table 12. Notebook PC Tasks
Table 13. Savings Over 3 Year PC Life
Table 14. Notebook PC SSD Capacity Unit Mix Forecast
Table 15. Notebook PC SSD OEM Price Forecast
Table 16. Desktop PC SSD Capacity Unit Mix Forecast
Table 17. $ / GB Trend
Table 18. SSD SWOT Analysis
Table 19. Supplier Relationships - PC SSDs
Table 20. Supplier Relationships - Enterprise SSDs
Table 21. Specifications for 4xnm SLC and MLC NAND Flash
Table 22. SSD NAND Flash Technology under Four Scenarios

Solid State Drives: Enabling MLC Technology in the Enterprise

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List of Figures

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