Sometimes it's hard knowing where to look next...

the top 100 SSD articles - in April 2013

1. home page - unlike many other sites - our home page is also the place where many new SSD articles begin.
   
   In April the home page was the temporary location for the new edition of the Top SSD Companies - based on metrics in Q1 2013.
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2. SSD market history - If you're new to the market it provides a clue to how much things have changed - and how fast (or how slowly).
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3. SSD endurance - this is the "forever war" in the flash SSD market - managing flash endurance.
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4. SSD news - gives you a real-time view of the whole SSD market from chips to cabinets.
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5. PCIe SSDs - lists oems who market PCIe SSDs, and news and market commentary.
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6. RAM v Flash SSDs - which is Best? - this legacy article - from the time before flash came to dominate the enterprise SSD market - still contains some useful insights.
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7. the Fastest SSDs - in each form factor.
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8. despatches from the magneto-flash wars. SSD replacing HDD?
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9. the SSD Buyers Guide - summarizes key SSD market developments in the past year and has a top level directory of SSD content.
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10. SSD controllers & IP - this is a directory of merchant market SSD controller chip technology providers.
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11. HDD RPM milestones aka Zero RPM SSDs killed 20K hard drives
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12. the Storage Architecture Guides - collection of legacy articles and links related to SSD and network storage architecture.
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13. flash wars in the enterprise - summarizes the key technology changes in the enterprise flash SSD market from SLC, MLC, eMLC, TLC, XLC etc.
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14. RAM SSDs - 20 or so companies still market RAM based SSDs. This directory page tells you who they are and explains why - as the enterprise market switched to mainly flash SSDs - the need for RAM SSDs still grew instead of shrinking (although flash grew much faster).
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15. hard drives - chronicles the last gasp years and historic anecodotes from the HDD market - as it reluctantly retires in favor of SSDs.
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16. SAS SSDs - includes a timeline of the SAS SSD market - and lists significant vendors.
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17. SSD Pricing - where does all the money go? - Also includes SSD price trends.
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18. RAID - with an SSD twist.
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19. Surviving SSD sudden power loss - this article surveys SSD power down management across all the SSD architecture types in the market today. Power cycling induced faults kill more SSDs in real life than endurance ever did. But SSD PSU management topology is rarely mentioned in most SSD datasheets.
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20. rackmount SSDs - news and articles with special relevance to the rackmount SSD market.
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21. 1" and smaller SSDs
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22. the SSD Reliability Papers - links and abstracts of articles related to the subject of SSD reliability and data integrity.
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23. SSD market analysts this filtered list is a recommended resource for all those people who need paid-for custom reports and detailed SSD market help.
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24. 3.5" SSDs - this vendor directory gives you examples of popular 3.5" SSDs going back 10 years to the first such products in the market.
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25. Data Recovery for flash SSDs - articles and news.
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26. 2.5" SSDs - this is the most crowded part of the SSD market - as you'll see by the vendor listings.
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27. Why size matters in SSD controller architecture - it predetermines the efficiency of achieving system-wide goals.
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28. Popular SSD articles on StorageSearch.com - this is the article you're seeing now.
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29. Adaptive flash care management IP (including DSP) for SSDs - what is it? and who does it?
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30. SSD jargon - You can't have a meaningful discussion about the intricacies of SSD design without using these words.
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31. this way to the Petabyte SSD - This article describes the future storage architecture of the datacenter, explains the economics of SSDs replacing HDDs for bulk storage and suggests a roadmap for getting there.
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32. SSD software - news and articles
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33. how fast can your SSD run backwards? - Key Symmetries in SSD design - what they are and why you need to know.
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34. SSD ASAPs news - market guide to auto-tiering, auto-caching SSD accelerator appliances and software.
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35. an introduction to enterprise SSD market silos - 7 ways to classify where all SSDs will fit in the pure SSD datacenter
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36. 2.5" PCIe SSDs? - what will change when the new market gets underway?
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37. Data Integrity Challenges in flash SSD Design - looks into the detailed techniques to achieve data reliability.
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38. High Availability SSDs - article and directory about fault tolerant enterprise SSD systems.
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39. SAN - legacy article
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40. VCs in SSDs and storage
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41. 1.8" SSDs (including MO-297 slim SSDs) - directory of top vendors.
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42. the problem with Write IOPS in flash SSDs - this classic article helps you understand why all SSD benchmarks incorrectly suggest you're going to get much higher performance from some types of flash SSDs than you will see in your application..
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43. SATA SSDs - directory of companies who make SATA SSDs.
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44. the Survivor's Guide to Enterprise SSDs - helpful tips and rules to guide you through the messy jungle.
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45. consumer SSDs - a consumer facing guide to news and reviews
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46. military SSDs - news and directory about defence related SSDs and storage.
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47. flash and other nv memory - basic overview
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48. principles of bad block management in flash SSDs - The exact details and algorithms used are proprietary secrets and sometimes covered by patents. But the principles are the same in all SSDs.
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49. iSCSI SSDs - this has been the slowest segments in the enterprise to adopt SSDs - because most iSCSI customers focus on low cost capacity. Performance hasn't been a big factor historically.
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50. InfiniBand - storage and SSDs - market timeline and vendors.
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51. market research - directory and news related to selected storage and SSD market research
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52. Storage History - thousands of archived news stories and milestones from the past few decades
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53. the 3 fastest PCIe flash SSDs list - or is it really lists?
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54. notebook SSDs - market overview.
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55. Hybrid Storage Drives - market reports and timeline.
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56. industrial SSDs - articles and directory
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57. NAS - with an SSD twist.
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58. Looking at the Fibre-Channel Solid State Drives Market - history and significant vendors.
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59. PATA SSDs - The positioning of the PATA SSD market has changed a lot in the past 10 years.
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60. SSD security - articles and market milestones.
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61. After SSDs... What Next? - I'm sure that when the time is right for you - you'll come back to this subject.
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62. SSD cloud storage - news page with a cloud and SSD twist.
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63. Increasing SSD Reliability - classic article about wear leveling published in 2005.
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64. MLC flash lives longer in my SSD care program - the new fad in selling flash SSDs.
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65. Efficiency - making the same SSD - with less flash.
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66. flash SSD capacity - the iceberg syndrome - when comparing flash SSDs - the usable capacity is not always equal!
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67. Legacy versus New Dynasty? - another way of looking at the Enterprise SSD market
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68. Data recovery articles and companies.
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69. storage reliability - news & white papers.
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70. Fast Purge SSDs - is an article which includes a directory of vendors who design SSDs which can self destruct or quickly and securely erase flash SSD contents (typically in a fraction of a second) to prevent data getting into unwanted hands.
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71. The big market impact of SSD dark matter
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72. what do enterprise SSD users want? - was a home page blog.
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73. 3 Easy Ways to Enter the SSD Market - Nowadays it seems like everyone wants to get into the SSD market. Also includes a list of acquired SSD companies.
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74. RAM Cache Ratios in flash SSDs - all SSDs are in one of these categories - which also predicts operational characteristics.
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75. ExpressCard SSDs - a historic vendor list.
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76. What's the best / cheapest - PC SSD? - I often get emails from readers who ask the above question.
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77. Calling for an End to Invalid SSD vs HDD IOPs - first published in 2008.
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78. will SSDs end all bottlenecks?
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79. Where are we now with SSD software? - (And how did we get into this mess?)
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80. SSD testing, benchmarking & analyzer news
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81. 5 User Value Propositions for buying SSDs - This is the original SSD market adoption model which was adopted by SSD product marketers worldwide and helped to ignite the industry!
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82. what's the big picture message re SSDs? - why's everyone getting so excited about SSDs? Where's the market heading? (In simple non technical terms.)
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83. RAM - from an SSD perspective.
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84. USB and SSDs
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85. SSD FITs - reliability abstraction levels in SSD modeling
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86. the SSD Heresies - Why can't SSD's true believers agree on a single vision for the future of solid state storage?
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87. understanding flash SSD performance characteristics and limitations - a toolkit.
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88. the New Business Case for SSD ASAPs - Auto-tuning SSD Accelerated Pools of storage - aspects of market adoption.
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89. Boundaries Analysis in SSD Market Forecasting - enterprise SSDs - exploring the limits of the market in your head - was a home page blog.
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90. Strategic Transitions in SSD - 2013 article which looked back at key changes in 2012
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91. SSD Backup - market guide.
92. the SSD Bookmarks - series overview - more suggested sites for you to see from SSD thought leaders.
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93. perspective - comparing the SSD market today to earlier tech disruptions.
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94. SSD's past phantom demons - storage media contenders which threatened flash SSDs in the past decade.
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95. SSDs a $10 Billion Market? - classic article (2003).
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96. How will hard drives fare in an SSD world? - a previous home page blog.
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97. Can you tell me the best way to get to SSD Street? - I've been in the SSD village so long it's natural that people passing through ask me questions.
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98. Branding Strategies in the SSD Market
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99. animal brands in the SSD market
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100. the Flash SSD Performance Roadmap - (2008 to 2012)
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101. StorageSearch.com talks about fast HA SSDs with Holly Frost, CEO Texas Memory Systems (December 2011)
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102. SCSI SSDs - the old parallel kind
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103. Can you trust flash SSD specs & benchmarks?
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104. SSD glue chips and IP - news and articles related to interface chips.
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