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The Data Center of the Future Is All-flash

Pure Storage

In fact, the technology dates back to the 1950s, when IBM first constructed a server farm about the size of two refrigerators with a storage capacity of 3.75MB. By this time, HDDs were primarily being used as secondary workloads that were more capacity- and cost-constrained than primary workloads. But that’s a far cry from today.

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The Disk/Flash Crossover Event Is Closer Than You Think

Pure Storage

One of the predictions I made was that “new flash capacity will get within striking distance [of the cost] of new HDD capacity in 2023.” This is the lowest tier of online data storage, but it also represents a huge portion of bytes being stored, as well as the growing majority (more than 70%) of hard drive capacity shipped each year.

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Infrastructure as a Service Makes a Difference for Retailers

Pure Storage

You might start with an SUV because you need the carrying capacity, but then later downsize to a sporty sedan. FlashStack for Microsoft SQL Server 2019 . Need more storage capacity? When you lease a car, you’re stuck with that car for the term of the lease. You don’t own the car, but you still have no flexibility. Scale that.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Each chapter gives examples for emergency management to achieve “Just Disaster Recovery,” proposed in 2019 by Jerollemen in Disaster Recovery Through the Lens of Justice. reviewed in Recovery Diva March 29, 2019 ]. More than twenty authors are represented in this timely book, edited by Alessandra Jerolleman and William L.

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QLC: Yes, It’s Real and People Want It

Pure Storage

Recognizing the QLC opportunity early on, we became the first major player to offer a storage system designed to use the technology in 2019. QLC’s Benefits Extend Beyond Price and Capacity. times the power efficiency on a power/capacity basis. . A New Milestone for Capacity Workloads: 49TB QLC. With QLC we deliver 2.7

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

There is currently a move to extirpate the term 'natural disasters' on the grounds that disasters by definition are not natural events (UNDRR 2019, p. Necci 2019. UNDRR 2019. Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019. Na-techs' (natural-technological disasters) appear in this category (Krausmann et al.

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Driving Scientific Discovery with Big Data

Pure Storage

But back in 2019, the storage that underpinned those projects was starting to show its age. With all our FlashArrays, we now have the performance, security, and capacity that the department needs as a foundation for its vital work.” The post Driving Scientific Discovery with Big Data appeared first on Pure Storage Blog.