Flash

Storage shift: Why HDD tiers beat flash for AI

HDD tiers now underpin exabyte-scale AI where flash costs fail. See how a 5-year contract validates this economic model for massive datasets.

Jun 24, 2026 Marcus Chen 14 min read

Unstructured Data Tiering: The Step That Cuts Storage Cost

Unstructured data tiering only cuts your storage bill with access-driven classification, immutable cold copies, and tested restores. A platform engineer's playb

Jun 11, 2026 Alex Kumar 12 min read

Flash storage costs: Reclaim 70% capacity now

NAND flash prices jumped 234% in 2026. I show how analytics reclaim 70% of your primary storage without costly vendor lock-in.

Mar 27, 2026 Marcus Chen 12 min read

Flash tiering math: Reclaiming 70% of wasted storage space

Stop overpaying for flash. Our analysis shows intelligent tiering delivers $350,000 savings per petabyte by moving inactive data efficiently.

Mar 26, 2026 Alex Kumar 13 min read

Flash Stretch analysis: Stop buying new arrays

NAND prices jumped 234% in 2026. I show how Flash Stretch finds the 70% of cold data clogging your expensive primary arrays.

Mar 26, 2026 Marcus Chen 12 min read

Scality AI storage: Cut costs 20% with hybrid flash

Scality's connector delivers 10x faster performance than standard S3 interfaces. Learn how hybrid tiering cuts infrastructure costs by 20% without speed loss.

Mar 9, 2026 Marcus Chen 13 min read