Flash Storage - The HAPPYWARE team keeps you informed

What is Flash Storage?

Flash storage, or flash memory, is a storage system that is responsible for digital data backup and non-volatile storage. The deletion and reprogramming of the data stored on it is done electronically. This eliminates rotation delays and search times. As a result, flash storage systems out perform ordinary hard disk drives both in terms of speed and the amount of data that can be processed.

Flash storage is available in different versions: from the small USB stick to the all flash array.

What are the advantages of Flash Storage?

The cost of flash storage has been declining steadily over the last few years. As a result, even companies with small budgets can now stock up on large flash storage capacities.

Some of the benefits of All-Flash storage are:

• High performance:Outstanding performance is one of the greatest and best-known advantages of flash storage. For example, the performance of conventional hard disk technology is exceeded by a factor of 20. No Enterprise HDD can keep up with the high reading speeds of up to 500 MB/s. Flash systems are used, among other things, to increase I/O performance in data centres.

• Low latency:In addition to fast response times (low latency), large amounts of redundant data can also be handled with all flash systems / SSD storage systems.
• Optimised cost-effectiveness:In addition to their high performance, modern all-flash storage systems have a high density saving valuable space in the data centre. In turn cooling costs are decreased leading to lower electricity consuption.

Due to these advantages, Flash Storage is used, for example, in inventory management systems. The performance-hungry databases of these systems place high demands on the system because the data must be kept up to date at all times. Low latency is essential to make data available as quickly as possible.

Flash SSD: Flash-based Solid State Drives

Flash storage is based on solid-state technology, eliminating the need for moving parts. If these are used in enterprise storage environments, the term flash drive or flash array is used, which is synonymous with Solid State Drive (SSD). Initially, SSDs and HDDs were designed for the same I/O interfaces, such as SATA or SAS. Modern SSDs rely on flash memory with NVM Express (NVMe), an interface optimized for SSDs. Compared to SATA or SAS SSDs, NVMe SSDs offer increased performance, bandwidth, and storage capacity.

Where is Flash Storage used?

Flash technology is used wherever high performance is required and a lot of data needs to be stored securely. This makes Flash systems particularly suitable for:

• Databases
• Desktop virtualisation

Even though all-flash systems are associated with higher investment costs, they also pay off economically: all-flash arrays do not require moving parts and are therefore robust. In addition, all flash arrays impress with lower power consumption and require less maintenance.

Flash Storage at HAPPYWARE - Your specialist for storage systems

At HAPPYWARE you will find the following products with Flash Storage:

• 1U, 10x 2,5“; 10x U.2: SYS-1029U-TN10RT
  40 lanes to HotSwap-Bay (x4 connection per U.2 NVMe)
• 2U, 24x 2,5“; 24x U.2: SYS-2029U-TN24R4T 
  PCIe Switch on backplane to distribute bandwidth as needed

If you have any questions about our product portfolio or if you would like additional information on Flash Storage, All-Flash-Array, SSD Memory, NVMe SSD, or any other storage system, please contact us.

Call us at +49 4181 235 770 or send us an email. Our friendly and qualified staff will be happy to help you.