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“ Most data centers have servers that are sitting there 90% idle because the data can't get in fast enough. ”
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“ The bottom line is these devices have performance superior to million-dollar storage arrays. ”
By David Flynn
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Disc Storage: Gone In A Flash
Forbes.com (Oct 21 2009) Storage
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David Flynn is all grins when discussing the inevitable decimation of the storage industry.
As chief technology officer of storage company Fusion-io, Flynn thinks he's got a Flash storage product that will eventually eviscerate the billion-dollar revenue streams of giants like EMC ( EMC - news - people ), Western Digital ( WDC - news - people ) and Seagate ( STX - news - people ). As he explains it, the industry's technology battle is between Newton's laws of motion and Moore's Law of transistor density. If he's right, then the outcome was already decided decades ago, and traditional storage companies can expect painful years ahead.
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