Gregory Ness

On the Future of Networks and Moving Data Centers

User:

Thanks for the question. I didn't know the answer so I forwarded it to Mark Thiele wo did. Here is his answer:

"If we look at available disk technology today we'll see that spinning disk is reaching a plateau of capability. Size is great, but performance can't keep up. The impact of this trend in disk is that we will have enormous capacity, but potentially reduced performance with higher overhead. While in the SSD market the technology is still fairly new, and we can expect to see continued rapid improvements in size, performance and cost. I believe we can expect to see the application of Moore's Law to this new branch of technology in the storage family of products. Lastly SSD is generally more efficient from a power perspective, so we can expect to see a strong drive in this direction going forward."

Thanks!
Greg