ARTICLES ON SOLID STATE STORAGE

This page features news articles highlighting SNIA's Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI), as well as relevant articles on the solid state storage industry. For educational resources developed by the SSSI (white papers, tutorials, etc.), please visit our Education page.
 

Articles on SSSI

• Getting to Grips with SSD Performance - The Register - September 20, 2011
• SNIA Client Solid State Storage Performance Test Spec - Storage Newsletter - September 2, 2011
• Enterprise SSS PTS Released by SNIA SSSI - Computer Technology Review - May 26, 2011
• SNIA Specifies SSD Performance Test - The Register - May 23, 2011
• SNIA Releases Enterprise SSD Testing Spec - InformationWeek - May 23, 2011
• Enterprise SSD Testing Spec Released - Computerworld - May 23, 2011
• SNIA SSSI Developing Enterprise, Client Solid State Storage Performance Test Specifications - CTR - December 15, 2010
• SNIA's SSD Performance Test Draft - The Register - July 13, 2010
• Virtualization, SRM and FCoE Are Hot at SNW - Enterprise Storage - October 16, 2009
• SNIA SSSI Delivers Solid State Storage Enterprise Total Cost Of Ownership Analysis Tool At Storage Networking World Fall 2009 - Network Computing - October 12, 2009
• The Need for Speed: Sorting Out SSD Strengths & Weaknesses - Storage Networking Times - October, 2009
• Solid State Storage: Making the skies more friendly - SNS Europe - September 2009
• Darwin’s Storage:The Evolution of Solid State Storage in the Media and Entertainment Industry - SNS Europe - September 2009
• Boost Server & System Availability: Solid-State Drives, Defragmentation & Virtualization Can Reduce Downtime - Processor - July 31, 2009
• SSDs start edging out spinning drives for storage -  IT-director.com - May 27, 2009
• Solid State Storage and Virtualization - SNS Europe - May 2009
• 10 Facts About Solid State Disks - SNS Europe - May 2009
• Analysis: SSD performance -- is a slowdown inevitable? - Computerworld - May 2009
• Cloud Computing Poses E-Discovery, Legal Risks - Enterprise Storage Forum - April 10, 2009
• Enterprise Adoption of SSDs Remains Slow - Byte and Switch - Feb 26, 2009
• An Introduction to Solid State Storage - Storage Networking Times - Feb 1, 2009
• Cost-Cutting Storage Strategies for Small Businesses - Small Business Computing - Jan 13, 2009
• SNIA launches Solid State Storage Initiative - SNS Europe - October 2008

Industry Articles

• Why Flash Storage Needs MEMs - EETimes - April 20, 2013
• Solid State Storage Ready for Prime Time - InformationWeek - January 17, 2012
• It's Time to End the Windows Wait - The Register - November 2, 2011
• Accelerating Storage Performance in Virtualized Servers - SNS Europe - July 5, 2011
• Apple's iMac, MacBook Pro lines are SSD Friendly - Computerworld - May 6, 2011
• Will SSD Improve Your Database Performance - Storage Switzerland - April 27, 2011
• The Emergence of Solid State Storage in the Data Center - Virtual Strategy Magazine - December 30, 2010
• SSD Raid: Do You Want a Cheap Array or One Larger Drive? - Tom's Hardware - December 3, 2010
• Flash Drives Speed Up PC Start Times - Huffington Post - November 14, 2010
• Solid State Drives and Linux - LWN.net - October 4, 2010
• How to Take Full Advantage of Your Solid State Drive - LifeHacker - July 14, 2010
• Israeli Start Up Claims Huge Boost to SSD Reliability - ComputerWorld - June 15, 2010
• The Right Way to Use SSDs in Your Storage Environment - InfoWorld - June 14, 2010
• Flash and the 5 Minute Rule - The Register - May 19, 2010
• Unigen plans enterprise flash by the bucket - Channel and Register - November 2, 2009
• Four considerations for SSD deployment - NetworkWorld - November 2, 2009
• Little, big, and green: a biography of the solid-state disk - Arstechnica - November 1, 2009
• Agility EX is a high-end SSD for the masses - ComputerWorld - October 28, 2009
• Intel touts NAND-killer breakthrough - The Register - October 28, 2009
• Dell chief stuffs data center into suitcase - The Register - October 27, 2009
• The Future Has No Moving Parts (Or Hard Disks or Keyboards…) - Datamation - October 27, 2009
• SSD Buyer's Guide - Storagesearch.com - October 27, 2009
• Balancing act for servers that flash the cache - Computer World - October 26, 2009
• SanDisk: Not All SSDs Are Reliable… But We Are Working on That - Xbit - October 22, 2009
• IBM revs up enterprise-class disk storage arrays - InfoWorld - October 22, 2009
• No domination for SSDs, yet - Tech Pro – October 19, 2009
• IBM adds flash to storage virtualization - ZDNet UK - October 19, 2009
• Micron boosts NAND flash endurance six-fold - Computer World - October 19, 2009
• Teradata claims fastest data warehousing appliance - v3.co.uk - October 19, 2009 
• Enterprise market driving SSD sales in 2009, says iSuppli - October 14, 2009
• MySpace replaces all server hard disks with flash drives - Computer World - October 13, 2009
• Solid state drives: all you need to know - Tech Radar – October 13, 2009
• Flash & HDD – Symbiosis or Survival of the Fittest? - Coughlin Associates - October 2009
• Balancing act for servers that flash the cache - The Register - September 25, 2009
• Hybrid PCs, will they make a difference? - Gerson Lehrman Group - September 21, 2009
• Start - up releases uber - fast , efficient enterprise - class SSDs - Computerworld - September 14, 2009
• SSDs Ready For The Enterprise - InformationWeek - September 5, 2009
• Solid-State Drives Go Mainstream - Washington Post - September 2, 2009
• Solid-state storage update - SearchStorage - September 2009
• Solid-State Drives Go Mainstream - PC World - August 28, 2009
• Making money from enterprise-class SSDs - CRN - August 24, 2009
• The cloud could be a boon for flash storage - Computerworld - August 24, 2009
• STEC Inc. CTO looks at the future of flash and solid-state drives - SearchStorage.com - August 17, 2009 
• The Cloud, Brought to You by Flash Storage - PC World - August 10, 2009
• Enterprises begin to embrace SSD - IT Pro - August 10, 2009
• TPC-C: comparing SSD & disk - Storage Mojo - August 7, 2009
• Solid-state rivalry sizzles: Toshiba ships 512GB SSD - CNET - August 5, 2009
• High-Speed SSD Round-up - Laptop Magazine - July 28, 2009
• Solid State Storage Can Trump Traditional Drives on Cost - Channel Insider - ‎Jul 13, 2009‎
• Controllers become the focal point for solid-state disk - CNET News - Jul 15, 2009‎
• Hard disk or solid-state? Think again - CNET News - ‎Jul 2, 2009‎
• The bottom line on solid state drives - Government Computer News, June 29, 2009 
• The end of battery-backed cache? - CNET- June 26, 2009 
• Seagate says SSD products are on their way - IT Pro - June 24, 2009
• SSD penetration rate in  standard NB PC to be about  1.5% in 2009 - DRAMeXchange - June 23, 2009
• PCs New Turn On - Forbes - June 23, 2009 
• Reinvented Hard Drive May Be Faster Than Solid-State - Fast Company - June 22, 2009
• Making Multi-Level Cell (MLC) Flash Practical for Enterprise Solid State Storage - CTR - ‎June 11, 2009‎  
• Guide: The difference between SSDs and HDDs - Tech Digest - ‎Jun 5, 2009‎ 
• SSDs: the future of enterprise storage - Express Computers - ‎Jun 4, 2009‎ 
• 2009 Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics Report - by Thomas Coughlin and Jim Handy - May 18, 2009