As workloads evolve and become more data intensive, storage architects can no longer design for worst-case scenarios or take a “one-size-fits-all” approach to meeting their storage needs. Tahmid Rahman, Data Center Director at Solidigm, and Patrick Chiu, Senior Director of Product Management at Supermicro, joined a Tech Talk roundtable discussion hosted by Gestalt IT, to break down the benefits of next-generation quad-level cell (QLC) solid-state storage drives (SSDs) for the enterprise and the cloud.
“Data growth has been phenomenal over the last few years,” said Rahman, noting that this year, “we will be growing 3x the data that we used to have in 2019. And by the year 2025, the data growth will be up to like 181 zettabytes.” The growth is being sparked by user trends, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, which is spurring the need for storage to be modernized, according to Rahman.
