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When Will SSD Have Same Price as HDD

When Will SSD Have Same Price as HDD:

The retail price for 256GB and 512GB SSDs has been dropping at a linear rate since 2010. In comparison, HDD pricing and new technology introductions have been stagnant. The HDD industry’s highest capacity in a 2.5″ 2-disk configuration has been the same 1TB for the last 3+ years.… Continued

April 8, 2013
Nutanix Google-like Storage Architecture

At times it’s difficult to judge what things are really about. Look at the following announcement by the folks at Nutanix. They got Aster Data, Google File System and Oracle Storage Layer (incl. Exadata, they say) background, but what’s the point of this appliance?… Continued

April 19, 2011
Teradata addressing multi-temperature issues

Following up on yesterday’s conversation about SSD vs. RAM speeds, I was able to dig out an interesting post on how Teradata’s CTO Todd Walter sees new developments in the storage space revolutionize the DWH space: Teradata Terrorizes the Data Warehouse.… Continued

June 9, 2010