SSD Defined - End

Cost Considerations

Of work, everything comes with a cost. Based on cost-benefit logic, it is but expected that something with impressive features be priced higher than something that offers fewer benefits. SSDs as being a bit more expensive than the traditional hard disk drive may be of the compelling reasons why up to now it is not gained as much popularity as it ought to be getting with all its amazing functions.

While the use of SSDs today have mostly been limited to industrial & military implications, enterprise are now looking closely at SSDs for implementing tiered storage & optimizing their storage architectures.

To quote from the Solid State Disks Buyers Guide published by storagesearch.com, "In fact the SSD is replacing servers & program licenses. SSDs can be used either to speed up the response time of existing applications as an alternative to purchasing more servers, or to reduce the number of servers & program licenses deployed. The economics can be compellingly in favor of an SSD deployment". The industry is also expecting more breakthroughs as higher memory capacities & faster performance are now being produced for a wider array of choices fit for any mission-critical application.

Analysts foresee a quickly closing gap between HDD & flash SSD pricing (see related news story "Are Flash Solid-State Disks Prepared for the Enterprise") ). This vision is also bolstered by a recent announcement(6) of electronic giant Samsung that they will invest heavily in improving their flash & DRAM production lines & flash SSD equipped laptops. Only time will tell in the event that they will witness widespread commercial adoption of SSDs.(finish)