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EMC changes face of enterprise storage

EMC trumped the storage industry today with its announcement of flash-based solid state drives for its Symmetrix DMX-4 storage arrays.

The company, in partnership with STEC, introduced what it calls Enterprise Flash Drives. These drives, which deliver the same amount of IOPs as 30 15,000RPM 300GB drives, will be used by organizations for their transaction processing applications.

The EMC Enterprise Flash Drive is different than the multi-level cell flash technology used in consumer electronics. Instead it uses Single-level NAND flash-based storage that fits in a standard disk carrier and can be upgraded non-disruptively.

Additionally, for those energy-conscious users out there, the flash drives consume as much as 38% less power than traditional disk drives.

EMC has dubbed its Enterprise Flash Drives ‘tier zero,’ adding to the Tier 1 represented by Fibre Channel drives and the Tier 2 of Serial ATA drives.

Using Enterprise Flash Drives in a Symmetrix will come at about a 10% premium, a bargain for those financial institutions and other organizations that need the performance.

The flash drives are expected to be available in 73GB and 146GB capacities by the end of the first quarter of this year.

While no announcements have yet been made, you can expect IBM, Hitachi and others to follow suit.

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