From IBM
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As technology continues to evolve almost daily, businesses are looking for ways to become faster, more efficient and ultimately more profitable. Swapping outdated spinning disk storage for flash is a way of ticking all three boxes. The following are three reasons why flash storage is better than its traditional counterpart.
More than 2.5 exabytes of data are generated every day. And that figure is growing. Faced with this deluge of information, businesses are turning to more efficient and cost-effective ways to store, manage and access their data – and the smart ones are using flash. Below are three reasons why flash storage trumps more traditional spinning disk drives.
1. Flash is safer physical storage
With no moving parts, a simpler architecture and a smaller physical footprint, flash already has a head start over the more complicated and clunky spinning disk drives. These physical factors mean there is less operational burden as there is less that can go wrong.
Free from the need to physically write and read data, it’s little wonder flash performs better than its ageing counterpart. And while it might cost more upfront, businesses will save money when they factor in the lower total cost of ownership brought about by physical benefits such as lower power usage and higher return on investment from increased performance and greater versatility.
2. Flash delivers in crucial storage environments
Traditionally, modern enterprises were built on spinning disk storage. But that is changing. This year, enterprise spend on flash storage will surpass spinning disks in what will prove a tipping point in the preferred storage option for businesses.
That’s because flash delivers more in crucial storage environments. Whether it’s business-critical storage, grid-scale cloud storage or big data storage, there are flash storage arrays that offer top performance, greater acceleration and superior flexibility than spinning disks.
3. Flash makes easy what hard disks find hard
Businesses expect the highest possible level of service from their storage providers – and rightly so. Most providers run quality of service (QoS) – management, monitoring, and constant improvement of all aspects of its solution – as a core feature of their offering. And flash enables them to meet any QoS objectives that might be a part in their contract with customers.
It’s these factors, coupled with flash’s low latency and scalability that are attracting a new wave of startups to adopt the storage. On top of this, flash offers greater interoperability with software-defined storage (SDS) solutions than aging spinning disks – making it the storage format of choice for many modern businesses today and in the future.
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As technology continues to evolve almost daily, businesses are looking for ways to become faster, more efficient and ultimately more profitable. Swapping outdated spinning disk storage for flash is a way of ticking all three boxes. The following are three reasons why flash storage is better than its traditional counterpart.
More than 2.5 exabytes of data are generated every day. And that figure is growing. Faced with this deluge of information, businesses are turning to more efficient and cost-effective ways to store, manage and access their data – and the smart ones are using flash. Below are three reasons why flash storage trumps more traditional spinning disk drives.
1. Flash is safer physical storage
With no moving parts, a simpler architecture and a smaller physical footprint, flash already has a head start over the more complicated and clunky spinning disk drives. These physical factors mean there is less operational burden as there is less that can go wrong.
Free from the need to physically write and read data, it’s little wonder flash performs better than its ageing counterpart. And while it might cost more upfront, businesses will save money when they factor in the lower total cost of ownership brought about by physical benefits such as lower power usage and higher return on investment from increased performance and greater versatility.
2. Flash delivers in crucial storage environments
Traditionally, modern enterprises were built on spinning disk storage. But that is changing. This year, enterprise spend on flash storage will surpass spinning disks in what will prove a tipping point in the preferred storage option for businesses.
That’s because flash delivers more in crucial storage environments. Whether it’s business-critical storage, grid-scale cloud storage or big data storage, there are flash storage arrays that offer top performance, greater acceleration and superior flexibility than spinning disks.
3. Flash makes easy what hard disks find hard
Businesses expect the highest possible level of service from their storage providers – and rightly so. Most providers run quality of service (QoS) – management, monitoring, and constant improvement of all aspects of its solution – as a core feature of their offering. And flash enables them to meet any QoS objectives that might be a part in their contract with customers.
It’s these factors, coupled with flash’s low latency and scalability that are attracting a new wave of startups to adopt the storage. On top of this, flash offers greater interoperability with software-defined storage (SDS) solutions than aging spinning disks – making it the storage format of choice for many modern businesses today and in the future.
