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Demartek Expert Q&A: Five questions on SSD
16 January 2012
Dennis Martin, Demartek President, was interviewed by SearchDataCenter as part of their Expert Q&A series.
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Everyone wants better storage performance and solid state drive (SSD) devices can deliver
data at phenomenal speeds while also saving energy. But can your data center’s network
handle the data equivalent of switching from a water bubbler to a fire hose before making
such a costly investment? In this Q&A, storage expert Dennis Martin, founder and president
of Demartek, a computer industry analyst organization, shares his insights on SSD technology
and addresses the concerns every potential SSD adopter should consider.
Q: What are the strongest justifications/drivers for bringing SSDs into data center storage arrays? A: Continue to page... Q: What about traffic saturation on iSCSI and FCoE. Would too many SSDs flood I/O on the SAN? How do I monitor and prevent this? A: Continue to page... Q: What architectural changes within the data center (e.g., the network) can help facilitate SSDs? A: Continue to page... Q: How is SSD reliability advancing, and what do adopters need to consider? A: Continue to page... Q: What about wear-leveling and limited SSD write cycles? How do I monitor and handle this? A: Continue to page... |