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Demartek

Demartek focuses on industry analysis and lab validation testing of server, network, storage and security technologies, for the small and medium business (SMB) environment and the large enterprise. Demartek conducts research and lab testing resulting in white papers and product comparison reports.

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Who's who in SSD testing? - by Zsolt Kerekes, editor - April 2012

For several years Demartek has done performance testing and published related reports for leading SSD companies. SSDs seem to have become a bigger part of their test mix - which prior to that was focused on traditional network storage.
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"Read/Write “Flip” in SSD cache ...After the cache is completely full, we have observed a higher total I/O rate on the back-end storage system than without the SSD cache."
...from:- page 31 - Demartek SSD Deployment Guide (pdf) - (April 2012)
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Surviving SSD sudden power loss
Why should you care what happens in an SSD when the power goes down?

This important design feature - which barely rates a mention in most SSD datasheets and press releases - has a strong impact on SSD data integrity and operational reliability.

This article will help you understand why some SSDs which (work perfectly well in one type of application) might fail in others... even when the changes in the operational environment appear to be negligible.
image shows Megabyte's hot air balloon - click to read the article SSD power down architectures and acharacteristics If you thought endurance was the end of the SSD reliability story - think again. ...read the article
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