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The Data Center of the Future Is All-flash. Will the Last HDD Seller Please Turn Out the Lights?

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The Data Center of the Future Is All-flash. by Pure Storage Blog By 2028, practically no new all-hard disk drive (HDD) storage systems will be sold for enterprise data center computing. Meanwhile, HDDs were largely relegated to secondary workloads, where factors like capacity and cost took precedence over speed.

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

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are needed to build a system to meet any given performance and capacity requirements. At Pure//Accelerate ® 2023, we put a stake in the ground that 2028 would be the last year when new storage systems built around HDDs would be sold for enterprise use. Next, let’s look at DRAM. form factor.