Flash technology has made quite a splash in the storageindustry. Offering superior speed and reliability when compared to diskâ€based and hybrid flash systems, allâ€flash storage has proven to be costâ€effective for an increasingly wide range of enterprise applications. Allâ€Flash Storage For Dummies, NetApp Special Edition, explores the expanding role of allâ€flash storage in the enterprise. Although allâ€flash systems were originally used to accelerate performance for dedicated, missioncritical applications, they’re now replacing disk systems as the preferred storage infrastructure for virtualized environments. Meanwhile, new scaleâ€out solutions have emerged that streamline IT operations and reduce the cost of data centers designed to run the cloud services of the future.
