Ask the Experts

Ask the Experts

• Storage’s impact on the VDI user experience

  Learn about the storage demands in a VDI environment and why a consistent I/O response time is so critical to the VDI user experience and get a ballpark estimate for IOPS requirements.  Continue Reading

• Consumer SSDs vs. enterprise SSDs

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses the differences between consumer and enterprise SSDs in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• What you need to know about SSD TRIM

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, explains what you need to know about SSD TRIM in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Why you should care about SSD program/erase cycles

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, explains why you should care about SSD program/erase cycles in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• SSD caching vs. tiering

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses SSD caching vs. tiering for SSDs in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• SSD form factors today

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses the variety of SSD form factors available today in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• SSD IOPS: Important metrics to consider

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses two important metrics for SSD IOPS to consider in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• SSD cost vs. traditional hard drives

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses SSD cost vs. traditional hard drives in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Performance overhead for sub-volume automated tiering on SSDs

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses the performance overhead of sub-volume automated tiering on SSDs in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Primary storage deduplication and SSDs

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses primary storage deduplication and SSDs in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• NAND flash reliability: Concerns associated with process geometry

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses NAND flash reliability concerns associated with process geometry in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Long term MLC SSD reliability

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses the long term reliability of MLC SSDs in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• MLC SSD reliability concerns

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses MLC SSD reliability concerns in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• How 3D NAND flash works and why it is important

  Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses how 3D NAND flash works and why it is important in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• SLC vs. MLC SSDs

  SLC vs. MLC: Dennis Martin, president of Demartek, discusses the differences between SLC and MLC SSDs in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading