Is this some kind of new experiment by Google? Only time will tell but what we can confirm at the moment is that Google plans to switch some of its servers over to solid-state drive-based (SSD-based) storage.
Solid-state disks use flash memory instead of spinning magnetic platters to store data.
SSDs have faster start-up time and quick random access for reading since there is no read/write head to move.
Google is using Intel SSD technology combined with Marvell controller chips in servers at the company’s headquarters. The technology is due to ship late this quarter.
It is not know how SSDs will benefit Google as they have thousands of server with lots of data and although SSD offers energy consumption and performance advantages over conventional drives, but still it can’t match the existing technology on capacity so far.
It’s interesting to note that it appears from the report that Google appears to be buying raw ingredients more than finished products. Google is famous for building and maintaining its own hardware and software.
With the increasing use of SSDs in server applications, a shortage for 16Gb and 32Gb NAND flash chips could become a possibility.
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