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Note: Year-on-year, enterprise implementation of solid-state has doubled, analysts say. SSD benefits range from durability - supposedly up to 40-year lifespans - to space and power savings, in addition to the old standby, they're much faster than mechanical (HDD) devices. In the second part of this series, the vendor implications will be examined.
Solid-state storage is becoming an increasingly attractive option for enterprises in the ongoing struggle to provide more efficient storage but even as the economics of the technology improves, executives still grapple with justifying its expenditure, reportedly. On the whole, nothing much has changed in the last few years on that front. The big problems, as it pertains to storage, continues to be a case of too much data and not enough money.
"If you can use solid state for some portion of your I/O, then perhaps that allows you to make better economic use of the rest of your system," says Mark Peters, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group in Milford, Mass. "Solid-state is all about economics in a good sense; there are two ways to look at it that makes economic sense and that's exactly why (companies) are beginning to adopt it."
One of the advantages of solid-state is that it's very measurable and precise and its life can be determined. It's been suggested solid-state storage can last for up to 40 years. While that's unproven, there is something to be said for the longevity and reliability of solid-state.