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For those still running with desktops and PCI Express slots, the RevoDrive Hybrid is now shipping. The card couples 1TB of spinning storage with 100GB of SSD on a single PCIe card. Onboard software determines the best bits to store on speedy solid-state and which cold files can stew on platters. The whole rig is reasonably priced at $499 and comes with a 3 year warranty for those wary of SSD reliability. I can’t wait for data caching algorithms to stabilize and include cloud storage in the mix. Suddenly, your drive image is near infinite. The coldest data lives on the cloud to be pulled down dynamically when requested by the user, bumping the most stale bits from the spinning drives up to networked storage. The index of all the data would remain on the SSD so browsing remains speedy. With such a set up, we’d have SSD speeds most of the time, with slight delays every time we access cold data. Given that most users probably never cycle through 100GB of data a month (save photo, music, and video browsing), I’d gladly embrace such a system. (Via StorageReview.com)

For those still running with desktops and PCI Express slots, the RevoDrive Hybrid is now shipping. The card couples 1TB of spinning storage with 100GB of SSD on a single PCIe card. Onboard software determines the best bits to store on speedy solid-state and which cold files can stew on platters. The whole rig is reasonably priced at $499 and comes with a 3 year warranty for those wary of SSD reliability.

I can’t wait for data caching algorithms to stabilize and include cloud storage in the mix. Suddenly, your drive image is near infinite. The coldest data lives on the cloud to be pulled down dynamically when requested by the user, bumping the most stale bits from the spinning drives up to networked storage. The index of all the data would remain on the SSD so browsing remains speedy. With such a set up, we’d have SSD speeds most of the time, with slight delays every time we access cold data. Given that most users probably never cycle through 100GB of data a month (save photo, music, and video browsing), I’d gladly embrace such a system.

(Via StorageReview.com)

Source: storagereview.com

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