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Why IOPS and DRAM caches actually matter ...

You may have seen the acronym SSD and wondered what it really is. First off, the acronym stands for solid-state drives, and they’ve become the premier storage medium for most modern desktop PCs, ...

Before you throw out that old desktop or laptop, consider upgrading its storage. Whether your computer uses a hard drive or an older solid-state drive (or SSD) it’s probably time to upgrade it. SSDs ...

In our last entry we discussed the value of using solid state disk (SSD) as a cache, which provides a simpler on-ramp to the accelerated world of SSD. With SSD cache there are no or limited changes ...

Won't everything be simpler when we can afford to make all the storage in the data center solid state? Everything will be fast and we won't have to worry about moving data between different tiers of ...

The hardware reason your external SSD will fail without warning ...