Three Truths About Hard Drives And SSDs
SNIA, Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
An examination of the claim that flash will replace hard drives in the data center 'Hard drives will soon be a thing of the past.' 'The data center of the future is all-flash.'
Such predictions foretelling hard drives' demise, perennially uttered by a few vocal proponents of flash-only technology, have not aged well.
Without question, flash storage is well-suited to support applications that require high-performance and speed. And flash revenue is growing, as is all-flash-array (AFA) revenue. But not at the expense of hard drives.