Platters are so 2007!

I like Solid State Disks - robust if a little pricey. But deeper adoption of the technology should force prices down. So it’s good news from Sun, who are planning to introduce SSD’s to a large proportion of its server range.

There is one issue; reliability. Analysts suggest that the technology is not mature enough saying that about 5 years worth of development is necessary before mass adoption is considered. I don’t think Apple are listening.

Companies such as Lenovo and Seagate see SSD as the future and with Sun onboard expect to see rapid advances.

Sun haven’t released any pricing as yet but an initial offering should be available by the end of 2008.

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