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PERIPHERAL CONCEPTS, INC. the founder of the
Network Storage Conference
was formed in 1991 and specializes in market research and consulting in
industries related to computer mass storage and storage management, with
emphasis on systems, applications and end user requirements. Peripheral Concepts
services include market research and analysis, strategic marketing and business
planning, product and market development, and competitive analysis.
see also:-
Peripheral
Concepts - editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com
- editor's comments:- February 4, 2009 - I think
Farid Neema, President, Peripheral Concepts - may have retired.
But
you can still obtain the complete set of reports (Peripheral Concepts - 1988
through 2004) which cover hard disk drives, heads, media and other components,
SSDs, Tape, RAID Systems and other topics from
Coughlin Associates
whose founder co-authored some of them. |
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| Are MLC SSDs Ever
Safe in Enterprise Apps? |
This is a follow up
article (published in March 2008) to the popular
SSD Myths and
Legends which, a year earlier demolished the myth that flash memory
wear-out (a comfort blanket beloved by many
RAM SSD makers)
precluded the use of flash in heavy duty datacenters.
This new
article looks at the risks posed by MLC Nand Flash SSDs which have recently
hatched from their breeeding ground as chip modules in cellphones and morphed
into
hard disk form
factors. |
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It starts down a familiar
lane but an unexpected technology twist (which arrived in my email while
writing this article) takes you to a startling new world of possibilities.
...read the
article | | |
