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see also:- Dell - editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com

  • editor's comments:- STORAGEsearch.com was the first publication to predict that Dell would become a storage giant, in an article published in January 2001.

    In those days most people didn't even think of Dell as a storage vendor - and I got a lot of reader emails from other vendors asking if I'd gone nuts. Dell's ambush when it came - was only unexpected by those storage product managers who were navigating the market with eyes tightly closed.

    Dell mentions in SSD market history

    In March 2009 - Dell announced SSD options for its iSCSI compatible EqualLogic PS6000 storage arrays. Pricing starts at $25,000. This brings the number of rackmount SSD oems to 34.

    In May 2011 - Fusion-io announced that more of its PCIe SSDs (including 640GB ioDrives and the 1.28TB Duo) are now available from Dell - which is also extending the number of server platforms supporting these accelerator options.
the Top 20 SSD companies...............
Editor:- Which companies do you absolutely have to include in your thinking if you've got any new projects involving SSDs?

And which SSD companies are most likely to succeed?

With hundreds of manufacturers already in the SSD market - and hundreds more soon to enter - you have to know where you should prioritize your valuable time and attention.

For over 4 years StorageSearch.com has published the quarterly list of the Top 10 SSD companies - which has accurately predicted the ebbs and flows of existing vendors and has been sensitive enough to recognize the industry's new rising stars from the background noise of the SSD bubble's hype.

Unlike editor or analyst pick lists - this is based on the scientific method of tracking and analyzing the search volume of the most important people who will decide the future of the SSD market - the millions of people - who like you have been reading our SSD content.

Each edition of the list includes a list of the top companies and a review an analysis of key SSD market milestones in that quarter. By comparing successive listings you can also see - who is on the way up and who is on the way down.

The listings have been recently expanded to include the top 20 SSD companies.
these are the SSD companies you have to consider on any buyers shortlist - this quarterly series predicts future market winners by tracking search volume of millions of SSD buyers This gives you better visibility of companies are hot on the heels of the leaders in top market segments. ...read the article
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by - Jason Caulkins, Chief Technologist Dataram
Here's the 1st article suggestion.

Automated Storage Tiering - when adding SSDs is not enough - published by Evaluator Group

Jason says - Dataram did not get mentioned in this article, but I think it shows how SSDs when properly incorporated into the storage architecture make a lot of sense.

Other SSD article suggestions...

Jason says - For a super technical note on how to align your Linux file system with the flash SSD erase block size take a look at

Aligning filesystems to an SSD's erase block size - on the blog called - Thoughts by Ted

Finally, no coverage would be complete these days with out including the word "Cloud", so here is a great article which examines some of the challenges in implementing cloud storage and why solid state could help.

Caching DaaD for federated data centers - a blog by Silverton Consulting

Editor:- thanks Jason for sharing your SSD links.

see also:- Dataram - editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com

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