User:Tomcoughlin

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) was formed to foster the growth and success of the market for solid state storage in both enterprise and consumer environments. Data storage made from silicon chips (instead of spinning metal platters or streaming tape) is called solid state storage. By accessing data directly from RAM or flash chips, enterprise-grade solid state storage can achieve input and output data rates far greater than conventional, magnetic storage devices such as hard disk drives (HDD), although at a higher cost per gigabyte. The introduction of NAND flash-based storage gives higher performance than HDDs at a price that is lower than DRAM.

Judicious replacement of HDD storage with solid state storage can offer numerous benefits, including: - Better server performance - Smaller mechanical footprint - Higher data transfer rate - Lower power and cooling requirements - Faster I/O response times vImproved Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) - Reduced cost per IOPS and cost per Watt - Elimination of “short-stroking” HDDs and wasted capacity - More information on the SNIA SSSI at http://www.snia.org/forums/sssi/.