Objective Analysis 2008 Enterprise SSD Report
Objective Analysis
August 1, 2008 70 Pages - SKU: OJA1867106
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The earliest and most stunning successes for flash SSDs are occurring in the enterprise server sector. Why is this? What is unique about enterprise applications that warrants the use of a drive that is deemed to be far too costly in many other business-related computer applications? In this report Objective Analysis not only explains why and how SSDs are gaining traction in the enterprise server market, but we back this up with detailed unit shipment forecasts for SSDs into each of the major enterprise markets.
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- SSDs in the Enterprise
- Enterprise Server Types and what They Need
- Transaction Processing Systems
- Charge Card Processing
- Reservations Systems
- Algorithmic Trading
- Currency Exchange and Arbitrage
- Electronic Inter-Bank Transfers
- Other Real Time Transaction Processing Systems
- Media Servers
- Video on Demand (VOD)
- Special Needs of HDTV
- Broadcast Video
- Video Production and Modeling
- Large Internet Servers
- Real Time Data/Feed Processing
- Contextual Web Advertising
- Data Warehousing
- E-Mail Servers
- Caching Requirements for Internet Servers
- Other Virtualized Machines
- Video Surveillance
- Call Centers
- Science & Engineering
- Data Modeling
- Weather/Life Science
- Aerospace Design
- Nuclear Fission Models
- Software Development
- Why Servers Need SSDs
- The Access Density Problem
- Random Read Misses (RRM)
- High IOPS
- Read vs. Write Speeds
- IOPS per Dollar
- IOPS per Watt
- Lack of Fragmentation Issues
- Reduced Power Consumption
- Cost Savings
- Reduction in HDD Count
- Lower Cost of Storage
- Reduction in Server Count
- Power/Cooling Savings
- Floor Space
- Reliability
- Wear Reporting
- Operating Temperature Range
- Vibration
- Why SSD Acceptance is Limited
- Scale Out Model vs. Scale Up Models
- Cost
- Reliability Concerns
- Alternatives to SSDs
- High-RPM HDDs
- Short-Stroking
- Striped HDDs & RAID Systems
- The Impact of Price Reductions
- Today’s current large over-provisioning will be significantly reduced
- Future SSDs will convert from today’s SLC to MLC
- Enterprise SSDs’ large DRAM complement will shrink and its cost will drop
- As controller technology matures it will command a lower premium
- Enterprise SSD Price Forecast
- Forecasts by Application
- Transaction Processing Systems
- Media Servers
- Large Internet Servers
- Science & Engineering
- Combined SSD Forecast
- Combined Application Forecast
- “Top-Down” Forecast
- Methodology
- Figures
- Tables
- Author
- Jim Handy
- FIGURES
- Figure 1. Storage Hierarchy in a Typical Computing System
- Figure 2. Cost and Performance of Levels in the Memory Hierarchy
- Figure 3. Average Price per Gigabyte History of NAND and DRAM
- Figure 4. Access Density Decreases over Time
- Figure 5. Over Time it Takes Longer to Read the Entire Contents of an HDD
- Figure 6. As Block Transfer Sizes Increase, HDD I/O Rates Surpass those of SSDs
- Figure 7. HDD and SSD IOPS Growth over Time
- Figure 8. HDD vs SSD IOPS for Different Block Sizes
- Figure 9. SSD and HDD Read Bandwidth Increases with Increasing Block
- Figure 10. Chips Inside a PC SSD
- Figure 11. A DRAM Buffer Helps Absorb and Cache Writes to an SSD
- Figure 12. A Server's Air Flow Causes HDDs to be Cooled with Preheated Air
- Figure 13. NAND vs. HDD Gigabyte Price History
- Figure 14. Short Stroking Limits HDD Head Movement, Increasing Data Speed
- Figure 15. Enterprise SSD Prices Should See a Steep Decline over Time
- Figure 16. Average Capacity and Price Forecast for Enterprise SSDs
- Figure 17. Enterprise SSD Revenue Forecast
- Figure 18. Enterprise SSD Un it Shipment Forecast
- TABLES
- Table 1. Comparing Enterprise HDD and Enterprise SSD Price and Performance
- Table 2. Comparing the Power Consumed by an Enterprise SSD and three HDDs
- Table 3. Environmental Comparison of Typical SSDs and HDDs
- Table 4. SSD Consumption Forecast for Transaction Processing Systems
- Table 5. SSD Consumption Forecast for Media Servers
- Table 6. SSD Consumption Forecast for Large Internet Servers
- Table 7. SSD Consumption Forecast for Science and Engineering Systems
- Table 8. Combined Enterprise SSD Forecast by Application
- Table 9. Top-Down Enterprise SSD Forecast
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