[email protected] (R.S.) writes: > Yes, we know SSD gain the market. Yes, we know the future of classic > HDD is not bright. Is it last gasp of HDD? Not so quick, not > now. Check the prices and capacities in the nearest shop.
re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014d.html#70 Last Gasp For Hard Disk Drives going to smaller (2.5in) diameter helps with spinning faster & faster access ... the referenced articles says a 60drive, 36terabyte box delivers 18,000 IOPS ... also mentions that flash/SSD deliver throughput. i've mentioned before peak z196 I/O benchmark was 2M IOPS using 104 FICON (compared to single FCS announced for e5-2600 claiming over million IOPS) @18k IOPS/box ... would require 2000 such boxes for peak z196 I/O benchmark. following has HDD drive (unit) sales peaked 2010. Will Flash Memory Spell The End Of The Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Industry? http://seekingalpha.com/article/1974691-will-flash-memory-spell-the-end-of-the-hard-disk-drive-hdd-industry has individual drive IOPS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOPS peak individual hard disk 175-210 IOPS lowend SSD starts at 400 IOPS and goes up to almost 10M IOPS -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
