{"id":3413,"date":"2014-09-25T09:41:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T13:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/?p=3413"},"modified":"2014-09-25T09:41:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T13:41:10","slug":"link-on-integrating-flash-arrays-with-server-side-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/link-on-integrating-flash-arrays-with-server-side-flash\/3413","title":{"rendered":"Link: On integrating flash arrays with server-side flash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A good read by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/Author\/2644\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Cartwright<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2014\/09\/25\/flash_storage_server_integration\/https:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Register<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a snippet:<\/p>\n<p><em>If you&#8217;re buying flash storage today, you&#8217;re doing it for speed. 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