Despite its high costs, solid-state storage technology is becoming a viable storage alternative for high-performance applications. In a July 2011 Storage magazine survey taken by 500 data storage professionals, almost 50% reported the use of solid-state storage. Nearly half of those who had implemented solid-state had done so in desktop or laptop computers, while 44% used it in traditional hard disk drive arrays and 27% used it directly in their servers.
There are several alternatives for using solid-state in storage. You can use solid-state drives (SSDs) in storage arrays with single-level cell (SLC), multi-level cell (MLC) and enterprise
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multi-level cell (eMLC) flash. Solid-state can also be implemented in PCI Express (PCIe) cards that insert into servers or storage arrays, or through several types of RAM. As solid-state storage technology use cases become more prevalent, so do the acronyms associated with it. This PDF chart explains some of the most important ones to know.
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This chart originally appeared in Storage magazine.
BIO: Phil Goodwin is a storage consultant and freelance writer.
This was first published in November 2011