** Elastic Infrastructure Powers Cloud & Software-Defined Storage** Elastic infrastructure powers databases, mission-critical applications, mobile apps, collaboration, & IT infrastructure. Whether delivered by cloud service providers or cloud-like software-defined storage solutions, elastic infrastructure needs to leverage storage performance to enable the type of data services that help run enterprises or enable personal productivity & leisure time. Storage performance Â- intensive I/O operations at low response times Â- is key to enabling transaction processing that is the basis of cloud-based e-commerce, micropayments, in-app purchases, & on-premises software-defined storage to run enterprise latency-sensitive workloads. ** Storage Price/ Performance is Necessary for Cloud Economics** In order for Xaa S cloud business models & software-defined storage solutions to flourish, price/performance must be attainable. Though many varieties of proprietary, high-performing storage solutions already exist, cloud service providers & software-defined storage solutions, e.g., hyperconverged infrastructure, architect their systems to maximize the utility of standard, commodity hardware. The ability to achieve maximum performance, while achieving price/performance based on commodity hardware is crucial for cloud delivery on an elastic infrastructure. ** Cloud Speed Ultra Gen. II for Cloud Economics** To help enable elastic infrastructure for the cloud era, San Disk offers a SATA SSD with price/performance capability to enable cloud & software-defined storage to provide elastic performance for latency-sensitive workloads. Cloud Speed Ultra Gen. II SATA SSD Â- up to 1.6TB capacity
- breaks the sub- $1 per gigabyte barrier for performance-optimized SATA SSDs. San Disk price/ performance value is achieved by leveraging Cloud Speed Ultra performance that enables cloud storage & compute density without the sacrifice of a low latency Qo S or write operations.