{"id":6687,"date":"2021-04-24T12:52:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T10:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=6687"},"modified":"2021-04-24T12:52:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T10:52:31","slug":"read-intensive-ssd-read-intensive-solid-state-drive-a-tech-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/read-intensive-ssd-read-intensive-solid-state-drive-a-tech-explanation\/","title":{"rendered":"read-intensive SSD (read-intensive solid-state drive)-a tech explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A read-intensive\u00a0solid-state drive (SSD)\u00a0is a\u00a0storage\u00a0or\u00a0caching\u00a0device intended for use with applications that write data infrequently.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/storage\/sliwa_carol.jpg\" alt=\"Carol Sliwa\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Carol-Sliwa\">Carol Sliwa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>A read-intensive SSD is able to use\u00a0NAND flash memory\u00a0with a lower\u00a0endurance\u00a0level than an SSD that targets write-intensive workloads, such as\u00a0online transaction processing,\u00a0high-performance computing, and\u00a0data warehousing. <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>High numbers of writes can cause\u00a0NAND flash wear-out, and manufacturers of SSDs intended for write-intensive workloads generally use more reliable types of NAND,\u00a0overprovision\u00a0the flash and\/or use special\u00a0algorithms\u00a0to improve endurance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drive manufacturers sometimes offer SSDs of varying endurance levels and capacities earmarked for read-intensive, write-intensive or mixed workloads. For example, a read-intensive SSD might guarantee only one to three drive writes per day (DWPD) but offer higher capacity than a write-intensive SSD that supports up to 25 DWPD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The write-intensive SSD\u2019s usable capacity may be lower because a greater percentage of NAND flash is reserved to handle\u00a0garbage collection\u00a0and compensate for potential chip wear-out or failure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Read-intensive SSDs tend to use the least expensive types of NAND flash memory, such as\u00a0multilevel cell (MLC)\u00a0and\u00a0triple-level cell (TLC) flash. Write-intensive SSDs more commonly use enterprise MLC (eMLC) or\u00a0single-level cell (SLC) flash, which offer higher endurance than MLC and TLC. Storage systems that use less expensive MLC for write-intensive workloads generally employ special algorithms and other techniques to manage endurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A read-intensive\u00a0solid-state drive (SSD)\u00a0is a\u00a0storage\u00a0or\u00a0caching\u00a0device intended for use with applications that write data infrequently. By Carol Sliwa A read-intensive SSD is able to use\u00a0NAND flash memory\u00a0with a lower\u00a0endurance\u00a0level than an SSD that targets write-intensive workloads, such as\u00a0online transaction processing,\u00a0high-performance computing, and\u00a0data warehousing. High numbers of writes can cause\u00a0NAND flash wear-out, and manufacturers of SSDs intended for write-intensive workloads generally use<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/read-intensive-ssd-read-intensive-solid-state-drive-a-tech-explanation\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[247,4,30,3,249,133,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-centre-hardware-equipment-technical-resources","category-datacenter-news","category-expert-advise-and-opinion","category-industry-news-and-expert-advise","category-read-intensive-ssd-read-intensive-solid-state-drive","category-sas-ssd-serial-attached-scsi-solid-state-drive","category-solid-state-storage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6688,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6687\/revisions\/6688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}