Benchmarking the World’s Fastest Client SSD
To prove it, we ran a few standard benchmarking tools (PCMark Vantage’s disk suite and the classic disk benchmark ATTO) on identical systems
Archive for 'SSD Concepts'
Announcing the new RealSSD C300
To explain why today’s announcement of Micron’s new RealSSD C300 is a game-changer for speed and storage in notebook and desktop PCs, I asked our SSD expert, Dean Klein, to share some of the thinking that went into the product and what you’ll experience the first time you boot up a computer with a RealSSD C300 inside.
Windows 7: One Small Step for SSDs, a Giant Step for NAND-kind
Microsoft’s new Windows 7 is the first operating system to detect the presence of a solid state drive (SSD) in a system and then optimize the OS to boost performance and endurance of the drive’s NAND flash memory blocks.
Standards, Questions, and the Big Dialogue: Talking is Good for the Whole Industry
I’m headed to Chicago today to attend the Storage Networking Industry Association’s Technical Symposium and really looking forward to a chance to meet and talk storage
Overprovisioning: Give a little, get a lot.
Suppose I told you that the local car dealership was selling a car that offered double the gas mileage of standard models (or double the top speed for you daredevils). You’d probably say something like “Sure, but what is it going to cost me?” Suppose I told you that the models were identical, but the [...]
History of Digital Storage. Part 7: NAND in SSDs
The Marriage of NAND Flash and SSDs A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs NAND technology paved the way for a new breed of SSD that is able to emulate [...]
History of Digital Storage. Part 6: The RAM SSD and NAND
The RAM Solid State Device: The NAND SSD Forerunner A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs In 1978, StorageTek introduced the first modern SSD. This pioneering SSD had a maximum [...]
History of Digital Storage. Part 5: Limitations of the HDD
An HDD’s Mechanical Limitations A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs In spite of new technologies like perpendicularly aligned bits and HAMR, HDDs are mechanical devices at heart and, as [...]
History of Digital Storage. Part 4: The 5.25-inch HDD
A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs In 1980, Seagate Technology introduced the world’s first 5.25-inch hard drive, bringing HDDs to a broader audience; prior to 1980 only large and [...]
Netbooks: A New Frontier for Solid State Drives, If Done Right
The industry is ablaze with talk of high-performance SSD solutions like PCIe and SAS for enterprise and even traditional notebook applications, but we shouldn’t forget about one of the best and most interesting opportunities for the SSD–netbooks. And sure, netbook SSDs don’t deliver mind-blowing performance, like 100k IOPs, but–if done right, they should be on [...]
