SUSTAINED PERFORMANCE IN REAL-LIFE WORKLOADS IS KEY TO SUCCESSFUL FLASH STORAGE PURCHASE

Survey of 145 enterprise IT professionals validates need for better evaluation methods.

Almost two-thirds of respondents (65%) plan to make a flash storage purchase in the next 12 months

Peak Performance

20%

TOP CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE MAKING A FLASH PURCHASE

17% endurance
Flash

5% P e r f o r m a n c e
Read Write

58%

Sustained Performance

THERE ARE CHALLENGES RELATING TO FLASH STORAGE PERFORMANCE

40%
8% 4% 28%

32%

Mixed experiences

32%

Mediocre latency Highly variable No performance complaints No flash storage solution

IT PROFESSIONALS ARE EVENLY SPLIT ON THE ABILITY TO FIND APPLICATION LEVEL BENCHMARKS TO EVALUATE FLASH STORAGE PERFORMANCE

NO 50%

41%
Existing benchmarks dont represent Workloads

YES 50%

39%

Difficult to recreate environments

Top challenges found in using benchmarks

20%

Benchmark tools dont exist

TO USE STANDARDIZED APPLICATIONLEVEL BENCHMARK TO EVALUATE FLASH STORAGE PERFORMANCE

60% OF RESPONDENTS NEED A SIMPLE

MUST-HAVES FOR BENCHMARKS

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DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES

THE ADOPTION OF FLASH STORAGE TECHNOLOGY WILL INCREASE FROM 64% TODAY TO BEING PRESENT IN OVER THREE-QUARTERS (77%) OF ENVIRONMENTS IN 12 MONTHS
(According to respondents)

Performance remains the top benefit driving this trend (1 = top benefit) but capacity and scalability are quickly becoming equally important

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Performance Capacity Scalability Other

1 2 3 4 82% 10% 2% 6% 10% 42% 42% 7% 4% 47% 46% 4% 4% 2% 10% 83%