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A Big Data March

A Big Data March

SanDisk® just entered the storage systems space on March 3rd with the launch of the massively scalable SanDisk InfiniFlash Storage System. At 512 TB of flash in a small 3U form factor all make for a versatile system that can take on large, read intensive workloads like Big Data, media streaming etc: SanDisk has been […]

March 6, 2015 • 3 min read Data

A Balancing Act: HDDs and SSDs in Modern Data Centers 

A Balancing Act: HDDs and SSDs in Modern Data Centers 

It’s true that flash storage is getting faster and more affordable, but hard drives (HDDs) continue to play a major role in the enterprise. Nowhere is this more apparent than in today’s data centers where the amount of data created continues to grow exponentially, fueled further by the AI Data Cycle.   While consumers tend to […]

July 25, 2024 • 6 min read Data

Datascape: Preparing for Data Surges

Datascape: Preparing for Data Surges

I have the distinct honor of being the namesake of Walter William Head, my great uncle, who was the president of the Boy Scouts of America® from 1926 to 1946. My mother dreamed that I would follow in Uncle Walter’s footsteps, but because scouting had no merit badge for golf, I found it difficult to […]

September 25, 2017 • 9 min read Technology

Understanding Access Patterns in Machine Learning

Understanding Access Patterns in Machine Learning

To help organizations understand how to build optimized data infrastructure for machine learning, they need to understand how their data is served, accessed and processed at every step. Here's a step by step outline showing data size, file systems and access patterns in machine learning.

March 12, 2019 • 6 min read Technology

Big Data in the Driver’s Seat: Motorsports Winning with SSDs

Big Data in the Driver’s Seat: Motorsports Winning with SSDs

“We use SSDs because we want the win.” Joe Foley, CTO, Joe Gibbs Racing In the world of motorsports, the margin of victory is often measured in milliseconds. In 2002, the smallest winning margin in Formula 1 was witnessed at the United States Grand Prix victory of Rubens Barichello over Michael Schumacher by 0.011 seconds. […]

October 12, 2016 • 2 min read Data

Five Powerful Ways Data is Changing Our World

Five Powerful Ways Data is Changing Our World

We are seeing incredible data-enabled changes in our world. How did data become so important and what are the technologies powering its inexorable growth? Here are five ways data is changing our world.

June 14, 2017 • 7 min read Data