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The SSD Trap: How a Storage Solution’s Reliance on SSDs Can Impact You (Part 1 of 2)

Pure Storage

From 2012 to 2019, AFAs have risen in popularity and now drive approximately 80% or more of all storage shipments for performant application environments. are needed to build a system to meet any given performance and capacity requirements. HDDs have essentially been left in the magnetic dust. Next, let’s look at DRAM.

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The Past, Present, and Future of the Telecom Cloud

Pure Storage

Back in the early days of the internet, circa late 1990s, I worked at Ascend Communications, a manufacturer of Remote Access Concentrators (RACs). In 2012, the concept of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) was born. They grew their effective storage capacity by 188%, which was needed for new applications.

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3 Reasons Software Defines the Best All-Flash Array

Pure Storage

3 Reasons Software Defines the Best All-Flash Array by Pure Storage Blog This article was originally published in 2012. Any differentiation via hardware (proprietary flash DIMMs rather than commodity SSDs) or firmware (proprietary alternatives to the firmware provided by the flash manufacturer) will prove ephemeral at best.

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Panic buying toilet roll – lesson identified or learned?

Plan B Consulting

We all know that supply chains are very fine-tuned and there is very little access capacity within them. When there is panic buying, it is very difficult for supermarkets to cope with the increased demand, even if there is plenty of the item manufactured. In the UK fuel crisis of 2012, many of the issues were caused by panic buying.

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Panic buying toilet roll – lesson identified or learned?

Plan B Consulting

We all know that supply chains are very fine-tuned and there is very little access capacity within them. When there is panic buying, it is very difficult for supermarkets to cope with the increased demand, even if there is plenty of the item manufactured. In the UK fuel crisis of 2012, many of the issues were caused by panic buying.