Table of Contents
Executive summary
- In a nutshell
- Key messages
- Recommendations
A new storage medium for the data centre
The appeal of NAND flash
Tumbling flash prices
- Gadget explosion
- Flash is now cheaper than DRAM
- Pricier than disk for capacity, cheaper for throughput
Flash performance
Speed reader, slow writer
Limited write life?
Confidence in predicted write lifes is low
The power and the greenery
The energy advantage
Flash' s friendly failure rates
A more rugged option
Putting flash to work
- Slow start for flash drives in laptops
- Flash fuels hybrid disk drives
- Flash' s brightest future - in SAN storage
- Flash in servers
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