SSD: A Better Solution
Instead of rotating disks, solid state disks (SSD) use RAM and Flash chips. SSD: Dramatically lowers response time (latency) Offers extremely high inputs / outputs / second (IOPS) Uses less power and less space
The future of data storage
No decline in performance over time
Max 44MB/s Max 67MB/s
Average 36MB/s
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SSD (Flash) Key Benefits
Primary Benefits:
Reliability and Endurance
Performance
Power consumption
Secondary Benefits:
Resistance to shock and vibration Low acoustics Wide temperature range
SSD (Flash) Benefits: Reliability & Endurance
No failures from moving mechanical parts Higher MTTF resulting in lower failure rates 2M hours vs. 500K hours 4X more than 7200RPM HDD 2X more than 15K RPM HDD Enhanced Endurance: Write 100GB/day on 32GB SSD and the SSD will last more than 10 years* Highly durable: Operating shock 1500G vs. 300G Operating vibration 16.3 gRMS 10-2000 Hz
Performance Comparison: Flash drives
Performance Matrix: Flash Drive
Power Consumption (Green)
Po!er consum tion: Active (R/W operation) 1.0W Idle 0.4W Po!er 1 heat : Power efficiency required to reduce electricity cost and expensive fans in a multi-disk system
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Servers DW IBM HS21 XM Blade
The Worldwide Marketing Manager for IBM Blade Center, said: IBM is the first major blade vendor to deliver
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Solid state storage in blade servers, helping clients balance datacenter cost, complexity, reliability and manageability. SSD4s uses u to 27 ercent less o!er than a conventional hard dis$ drive and runs with no moving parts, eliminating a common oint of dis$ failure and ma$ing the ,S"+ 5M 6lade solution even more relia6le .
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Write intensive databases Databases that need the highest possible performance
Must maintain low latency during peak operating periods
Transaction heavy applications (OLTP, messaging, etc).
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Hard disk drives inadequate for NetBooks Solid state drives as ideal storage device
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