Will Hybrid Devices Become the Norm?
I use a Hybrid drive today on my laptop and love it. The drive is a combination of SSD and traditional Hard Disk. The controller on the disk keeps frequently accessed files on the SSD, and all files on the hard disk. This allows the disk to have really good performance.
Before I installed this drive in my laptop it would take 30 seconds to come out of hibernation in Windows. Now, with the new drive installed, it comes out of hibernation in about 3 seconds. The machine starts up from scratch really fast too.
Many SAN servers use even more powerful technology. They have multiple configurations with different levels of performance. It intelligently places data on the most responsive device for the utilization of the data.
So, we have both ends of the spectrum covered. Personal computers can use hybrid disks, or even SSDs for a fairly long period of time before the SSD degrades. SANs can provide a great balance, but tend to be on the enterprise scale.
What about the SMB. Is our only option to go to the Cloud? Or, will there be hybrid types of storage that make sense for the SMB?
Perhaps they will find a cure for the length of service on SSD and the entire question will be solved altogether.
What are you thinking? How are your environments being built today? Are you looking into different configurations for the near future?
Cheers,
Ben
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