Thinking about modernizing your IT infrastructure? If so, it’s likely you face two major pain points: moving to a new modern storage infrastructure and keeping that new infrastructure current.

Some vendors categorize these pain points as the “forklift upgrade challenge.”For those not familiar with this term, a forklift upgrade is that portion of the storage lifecycle when someone drives in a forklift to haul out the old hardware. Unfortunately, most vendors focus only on simplifying the storage lifecycle after dismissing the legacy storage solution. They have little to say or offer about how they can help you migrate from your old storage infrastructure. Some storage vendors approach the problem by offering the ability to replace controllers to deliver more IOPS and support future software features, adding different generations of equipment to an existing cluster. At first, this looks absolutely fantastic. Solid state drives (SSDs) and flash-based media are not susceptible to the same mechanical failures common to hard disk drives (HDDs). This enables you to use your SSD asset longer and further maximize your storage investment, but is longevity of the NAND flash alone good enough?

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