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Hitachi GST Enters Enterprise SSD Market: Page 3 of 3

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is claiming to be the first hard-drive supplier to deliver enterprise class Serial Attached SCSI and Fibre Channel solid state drives. Built around Intel NAND flash technology and available in 100, 200 and 400Gb capacities, the Ultrastar SSD400 family features both 2.5-inch 6Gb/s SAS and 3.5-inch 4Gb/s FC interfaces.
November 17, 2010

IDC sees a bright future for SSDs and he thinks having Hitachi enter the segment helps validate it. "They bring proven design and qualification experience."

Mark Peters, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc., agrees that Hitachi raises the stakes in the enterprise SSD space. "One of the values that a vendor such as Hitachi GST can bring to the market is to help create an examination and discussion about what the descriptor does should and could mean -- since it would have no fear of such a discussion. The adoption ramp has been slower than expected but is beginning to pick up, largely based on improved consumption abilities (knowledge of where to use and tools such as tiering that actually enable use)."

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