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“Flash technology has been one of the hottest data
storage technologies in the last year or so, finding its way into
everything from PCs to high-end networked storage from the likes of
EMC (NYSE: EMC).“In enterprises, OEMs typically package flash as solid state
drives (SSDs), which emulate hard disk drives (HDDs) in many
devices.“”Flash memory can improve the performance and reduce the total
cost of ownership of your IT infrastructure, even though each SSD
may carry a higher price tag per GB than the mechanical devices
[HDDs] they replace,” said Clipper Group analyst David Reine. “In
fact, a single SSD can provide more IOPS than a chassis full of
enterprise HDDs.”“Below are 10 of the cooler flash and solid state drive
implementations. Limiting the list to 10 excluded many worthy
candidates — feel free to add your own favorite in the comment
form at the bottom of the article — and certainly the pace of
innovation could soon make this list obsolete, but nonetheless,
here’s our stab at a list of Top 10 Cool SSD Implementations.”