This IDC research paper evaluates the effects of the introduction of solid state disks (SSD) as hard disk support for PCs, standard x86 servers and storage systems. It analyzes the usage advantages of this technology and presents a brief review of the system offerings that embed it.

"IDC is observing a clear trend towards SSD, with a salvo of annoucements in enterprise products from all major vendors. Prices are still at a premium compared to hard disk drives (HDD) and the technology has yet to enter a full maturity phase, yet the drop in cost-per-Gigabyte in the coming years and the strong push towards speed and density in all system platforms will make this component become a cornerstone in hardware design in the next few years," said Giorgio Nebuloni, research analyst with IDC European Systems and Infrastructure Solutions.