In five to ten years, we will look back with awe on the storage-media transition from spinning, rust-coated platters and electro-mechanical recording arms to solid-state, silicon-based media. We will look back upon the magnetic hard disk era of data storage with glee and relief. Archeologists will unearth these things and ponder how they ever worked in the first place.

Make no mistake about where we are in history right now. The magnetic hard disk is being replaced by solid-state storage, or flash. It is really just a matter of time until the last hard disk is given a ceremonial “so long and thanks for all the IO’s.”

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