Pure looks beyond DRAM limitations to scale SSD capacities
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Pure Storage says SSDs will struggle to get past 30 TB capacities because of DRAM limitations. Shawn Rosemarin, Pure VP for R&D, told Blocks and Files that, generally speaking, a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) SSD needs 1 GB of DRAM for every 1 TB of raw NAND capacity. “So 30 terabyte drive, 30 gigabytes of DRAM, […]