How Do SSDs Redefine Storage Performance?

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By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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It only takes one or two modern SSDs to outperform business-class RAID arrays with four or eight hard drives. We're running a full comparison and looking at the implications for high-performance systems when you make the transition to flash-based tech.

Benchmark Results: PCMark Vantage Application Performance

PCMark Vantage reflects typical PC multimedia usage. Still, it’s useful to see how much real life performance would change if you were to go from an eight-drive HDD RAID to a two-drive SSD array, if only as a point of reference.

A 3x performance gain for starting Windows is stunning given that the drive count drops from eight or four to only two.

Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos