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The Lack of Value in Hard Disk Drives Could Cost You More than You Know

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It’s assumed HDD capacity will scale at the same rate as data growth. Conventional disk drive capacity is growing at a snail’s pace compared to Pure Storage DirectFlash. Tap into the industry’s largest drives now at 75TB, with plans for 300TB by 2026! This is not the case. With a cost under $0.20/GB

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Understanding the Impact of California’s SB 1047 AI Bill on All Stakeholders

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California’s SB 1047 bill represents a major attempt to curb AI risks at the subnational level in one of the most active regions for AI innovation in the world. AI has exploded into the mainstream over the last several years, and federal governments are still trying to discern how to properly regulate the technology.

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FlashArray//E Extends the Pure//E Family, Spelling the End for Hard Drives

Pure Storage

Targeting capacity starting at 1PB, FlashArray//E broadens customers’ options to tackle data growth without needing to expand aging, highly inefficient, and expensive-to-run disk systems. Where spinning disk capacity growth has stagnated, Pure has continued to innovate. In fact, we are targeting 300TB modules as soon as 2026.

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How Does the Embodied Carbon Dioxide Equivalent of Flash Compare to HDDs?

Pure Storage

I’ve commented on other HDD vs. SSD comparisons that used device-level comparisons in the past—in particular, those that showed that HDDs have a much lower $/GB cost for raw capacity. A 30.72TB SSD pulls between 9 and 13 watts depending on activity level. A 12TB HDD pulls about 6 watts in average usage, yielding a TB/watt of 2.0.

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Meet the World’s Most Powerful AND Efficient Storage

Pure Storage

Extreme Capacity and Energy Efficiency We’ve shared our goal of 300TB DirectFlash Modules for our systems by 2026, and this fall, we’re taking a big step in that direction by introducing the industry’s largest TLC and QLC flash drives with built-in non-volatile RAM. The sum total is a giant leap in performance efficiency.

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5 Ways Smart Cities Use Data—and 4 Ways to Keep That Data Secure

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billion by 2026. Data program must-have: High-capacity storage that can scale and consolidate both structured data and unstructured sensor data. With artificial intelligence (AI), cities can identify unusual activity within data storage systems and alert IT leaders who can determine if the activity could be the result of a hack.