On Storage
Top 5 Storage Trends
© kalandrakas (on vacation)
An interesting write up on the top five current trends in storage: The Five Biggest Storage Trends. I don't know if these are in any particular order but the list consisted of:
Virtualization – direct-attached storage is giving way to NAS (Network Attached Storage) and SAN (Storage Area Networks) and paving the way for flexibility, resiliency, and availability.
10 Gigabit Ethernet vs. Fiber Channel – 10 Gbe are threatening the long time undisputed standard Fiber Channel for interconnect in the datacenter.
Disk vs. Tape – Easy enough here, disk is in and tape is out. I guess there is just something about reliability and speed.
De-Duplication – We've been talking about this one a bit here on on-storage and it just makes sense to reduce the amount of data we backup by only backing up the data that has changed.
Flash-based storage – A few of the vendors are starting to ship solid-state disks with their systems. While the price is still a bit high for large storage pools, it makes complete sense for some applications.
June 24th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Flash and SSD will dramatically change the storage industry, but starting first in the enterprise.
Flash is the new Disk, Disk will be the new Tape.