Kaminario Storage Performance News

February 21, 2012

Solid state storage, a growing trend?

By Dan Kusnetzky

Quite a number of storage suppliers have started offering storage systems that are based upon solid state devices, such as Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) or flash memory when non-volatile storage is a requirement.

IBM’s recent IBM XIV Storage System announcement caused me to stroll down memory lane and think about issues IT has with storage and why suppliers are flogging solid state storage now.