Density and Disturbances: The NAND Block

This post is part of the “Learning Flash: For Storage Engineers” series.  Click here, if you missed the intro post.

I apologize for the entirely inexcusable delay between posts in this series.  I had every intention of getting this post completed earlier this year, but life and work have both been very busy.  Better late . . . → Read More: Density and Disturbances: The NAND Block

Floating Gates and Electron Tunnels: Flash Retains Data

This post is part of the “Learning Flash: For Storage Engineers” series.  Click here, if you missed the intro post.

Finally, my friends, we are getting to the good stuff.  In this post, I’ll be discussing how the greatest limitation of the transistor (data-loss after power-loss) was overcome by introducing some additional components into the transistor.  I . . . → Read More: Floating Gates and Electron Tunnels: Flash Retains Data

Magnets vs Electrons: The Foundation of Flash

This post is part of the “Learning Flash: For Storage Engineers” series.  Click here, if you missed the intro post.

If we are going to really understand flash, we need to start at the basics.  Back to the bits.  The storage and transmission of digital information is done through the use of bits, which . . . → Read More: Magnets vs Electrons: The Foundation of Flash

Latency vs IOPs: Why Flash Matters

This post is part of the “Learning Flash: For Storage Engineers” series.  Click here, if you missed the intro post.

For us storage engineers, more has almost always been the answer to storage performance problems.  For any given performance complaint, it is often solved by adding more cache, more ports, more controllers and, especially, more . . . → Read More: Latency vs IOPs: Why Flash Matters

Learning Flash: For Storage Engineers

If you are a storage engineer and have a pulse, then you cannot deny we are in the midst of the single most defining era in data storage history.  Never before have we witnessed a quantum leap of such magnitude in storage performance, efficiency and density.  The Flash Revolution is NOW!

The great thing . . . → Read More: Learning Flash: For Storage Engineers