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Solid State Drives for IBM BladeCenter and System x servers
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Solid State Drives for IBM BladeCenter and System x
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IBM System x at-a-glance guide
IBM® Solid State Drives (SSDs) use nonvolatile flash memory rather than spinning magnetic media to
store data. Designed for enterprise blades and servers, the SSDs leverage the extensive history of IBM of
meeting enterprise customer expectations in product development, qualification, and ongoing support on
a worldwide basis. IBM offers the highest quality enterprise storage devices for enterprise computing
environments.
meeting enterprise customer expectations in product development, qualification, and ongoing support on
a worldwide basis. IBM offers the highest quality enterprise storage devices for enterprise computing
environments.
IBM SSDs deliver the performance, power, size, and reliability required for BladeCenter® and System x®
application servers. For cost-effective reliability and endurance, and to let customers chose the correct
drive to meet business requirements, the IBM SSD family offers both SLC and enterprise-grade MLC
technology. With up to 200 GB capacity in a 1.8-inch form factor, this powerful drive provides data loss
protection upon power failure. In addition, IBM SSDs support the SATA interface, meaning that there are
no compatibility issues. Figure 1 shows a 1.8" solid state drive.
drive to meet business requirements, the IBM SSD family offers both SLC and enterprise-grade MLC
technology. With up to 200 GB capacity in a 1.8-inch form factor, this powerful drive provides data loss
protection upon power failure. In addition, IBM SSDs support the SATA interface, meaning that there are
no compatibility issues. Figure 1 shows a 1.8" solid state drive.
Figure 1. 1.8" solid state drive
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In terms of I/O operations per second, SSDs can be used in enterprise environments to replace multiple
traditional spinning disks, thereby improving application performance, power consumption, reliability, and
the total cost of ownership. However, SSDs can also be used as a fast virtual memory paging device to
reduce the need for more expensive memory DIMMs, which can lead to reduced server acquisition costs.
the total cost of ownership. However, SSDs can also be used as a fast virtual memory paging device to
reduce the need for more expensive memory DIMMs, which can lead to reduced server acquisition costs.
SSDs simplify local storage infrastructure to help maintain overall maintenance and cooling cost, while
providing remote storage solutions for end-to-end data availability as part of the enterprise ecosystem.
SSDs are an appropriate solution for local OS booting, read-intensive applications, and some local
storage space. Having originally been developed for the telco and federal marketplace, these
SATA-based drives are highly rugged and reliable, and consume very low power. Increasingly, solid state
storage is becoming a practical component in balancing datacenter cost, reliability, and manageability.
SSDs are an appropriate solution for local OS booting, read-intensive applications, and some local
storage space. Having originally been developed for the telco and federal marketplace, these
SATA-based drives are highly rugged and reliable, and consume very low power. Increasingly, solid state
storage is becoming a practical component in balancing datacenter cost, reliability, and manageability.