The Future of Flash Storage

Posted by Tech Data Europe on Apr 26, 2017 7:08:20 AM

By Evan Unrue, Chief Technologist, IoT, Analytics & Cognitive EMEA

Evan Unrue, Chief Technologist, IoT, Analytics & Cognitive EMEA, Technology Solutions, now part of Tech Data.

This is a big topic, but in essence there are a few areas where we will see flash technology advances, in the immediate to mid-term, and I would categorise this into a few areas: Cost, Capacity, Connectivity, Performance and Acceptance.

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Why Flash is such a big deal in the enterprise

Posted by Tech Data Europe on Apr 19, 2017 8:10:11 AM

By Evan Unrue, Chief Technologist, IoT, Analytics & Cognitive EMEA

Why is Flash's impact likely to continue to expand?

At the point of its entry into the market, the All-Flash Array gained its appeal through jaw dropping performance, primarily to those with specific use cases that demanded they do something different to address the high performance storage requirements, such as high performance OLTP database environments and large-scale virtual desktop deployments.

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The Economic Realities of All-Flash Arrays Today

Posted by Tech Data Europe on Apr 12, 2017 5:45:42 AM

By Evan Unrue, Chief Technologist, IoT, Analytics & Cognitive EMEA

Evan Unrue, Chief Technologist, IoT, Analytics & Cognitive EMEA, Technology Solutions, now part of Tech Data.

In the past, the economic viability of All-Flash Arrays was based primarily on cost per IO (a performance metric denoting price/performance).

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Choosing Flash Storage

Posted by Tech Data Europe on Apr 5, 2017 10:42:25 AM

Evan Unrue, Chief Technologist, IoT, Analytics & Cognitive EMEA, Technology Solutions, now part of Tech Data.

Now the All-Flash Array has developed some maturity in the market, it is important to look beyond just how blisteringly fast it is and to make your use cases based on other key features such as availability, management, flexibility and how well it will grow with your business.

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