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Myriad All-Flash, Scale-Out File and Object Storage Software

Technological progress never follows a straight line. Like a good novel, it twists and turns, full of dead ends, red herrings, cliff-hangers, and colorful characters. Unlike a novel it never truly ends, but there are times when it’s clear that a major chapter is coming to a close. Today, a major chapter in the story of data storage is ending, and an exciting new chapter has begun.

Non-volatile solid-state mass storage has more than 30 years of history behind it, dating to SanDisk’s introduction of the flash SSD in 1991. Until recently, two characteristics of SSDs have held them back – interface technology, and relatively high cost.