Archive for February, 2012

Primary Storage: The difference between flash Arrays and a bunch of SSD’s

by Jonathan on February 29, 2012

Start From Flash There is discussion in the industry as to the best method to deploy solid state storage, in other words whether it is better to build flash arrays from SSD’s, PCIe Cards, or the flash chips themselves. The key to system design is selecting the right building blocks and integrating them in such [...]


Why Design a Flash Storage System from Scratch?

by KRowett on February 10, 2012

Building from the ground up. High end enterprises require their flash storage systems to be extremely reliable, with excellent performance density, the ability to upgrade in place, and lasting for years. The best way to achieve that is starting the system design from scratch (the flash chips). Building from the ground up, Violin Memory is able to [...]