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ALL-FLASH BUYER’S GUIDE
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Think flash-first for primary storage
With the introduction of enterprise-grade
all-flash arrays, conventional thinking about
storage has been turned on its head.
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For example, a recent Gartner study found
that all-flash storage pays for itself in just
five to six months on average, the result
of dramatic improvements in total cost of
ownership (TCO). Gartner reported that
operating expenses for administration,
power, space, cooling, and maintenance
were all significantly reduced.
Reductions in software licensing costs and
improvements in IT productivity were also
contributors. The question is no longer when
to choose all-flash storage.
You now must ask yourself: “When would
I not choose all-flash storage?” If you’re
running a traditional storage architecture
with spinning disks, you’re probably aware
of the growing challenges. Many IT teams
struggle to meet performance SLAs.
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You may be spending increasing amounts of
time trying to tune performance, a problem
made more difficult by new applications
with different I/O profiles and performance
demands. As you shuffle data around from
one storage system to another to improve
performance, it increases the difficulty
of maintaining security and compliance,
adding to your team’s workload.
Perhaps your current storage systems are
behind the technology curve or approaching
the end of their warranty, or perhaps the
future plans of an incumbent storage vendor
are uncertain. Whatever the reason, there
has never been a better time to consider
switching to all-flash storage. This guide will
help you understand what’s important and
help you evaluate storage options based on
the most important selection criteria.
Evaluating all-flash storage
It’s important to recognise that all-flash
storage solutions may vary widely in terms
of features and capabilities. For most IT
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