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Emerging Technology Analysis: Solid-State Drives for Enterprise Storage
10 February 2009
 
John Monroe   Joseph Unsworth  

New breeds of enterprise-grade solid-state drives will act as "storage network accelerators" in a growing variety of applications. Storage vendors must develop compelling solutions now to prepare for increasing demand in the next three years.





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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Technology Description
2.0
    
 Technology Adoption
3.0
    
 Factors That Will Accelerate Adoption
4.0
    
 Factors That Will Inhibit Adoption
5.0
    
 Total HDD and SSD Markets, 2007 and 2008

5.1
    
 Forecast Adoption Rates
6.0
    
 Technology Impacts

    
 Recommended Reading


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Figure 1. 
 The I/O Bottleneck
 

Figure 2. 
 Enterprise-Grade SSD vs. HDD Strategic OEM Prices, 2003-2012
 

Figure 3. 
 HDDs and SSDs in the Enterprise: A Spectrum of Opportunity
 

Figure 4. 
 Enterprise-Grade SSDs: New Perspectives
 



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