Scrambling for SSD
The SSD market is very active because it combines a number of factors: new suppliers, VC funding, OEM deals, take-overs and rumours of acquisitions. In this note we look at the current activity levels and whether the market will settle down. SSD (Solid State Drive) is the semiconductor based alternative to HDD (rotating hard disks) connecting in the disk array or directly on the server. It is attractive since it is much faster than magnetic HDDs and prices are coming down. IT professionals exploit SSD by enhancing workload performance by placing hyper active files on an SSD tier. This is why all disk system vendors have introduced these SSD tiers on their disk systems.
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