Thinking about the pizza video from my last post leads me to another video that makes me think of Drobo’s new support for SSDs. Neither SSDs nor tiering are new to the industry, they really aren’t, but Drobo provides them in very unique way. Drobo makes them available in the same system as high-capacity hard disk drives. Small companies do not need millions of IOPS and traditionally have had to sacrifice capacity, using many 15K RPM SAS drives, to get the performance they need. As the Total cereal video points out, choosing the right product can provide what you need in just one serving!… Continue Reading
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A little goes a long way
It had been hard to get hard drives
Most everyone learns about supply and demand in school. For anyone who who’s tried to buy hard drives lately, you are probably wondering why the usual 40% year-over-year decline in capacity cost did not materialize. Typically, hard drive prices go down because newer high-density drives keep coming out, providing more capacity for the price, plus driving cost reductions in existing drive models. But if supply decreases and demand remains unchanged, then it leads to higher equilibrium price and lower quantity. We’ve talked about how severe flooding in Thailand about 6 months ago was disruptive to the supply chain for hard disk drives worldwide,… Continue Reading