While not the subject of the showcase, slower SATA interface storage devices will be able in many cases to share the same storage backplane.

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The SNIA Solid State Storage Initiative is working on workload testing and identifying what applications and use cases can most benefit from solid state storage.

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Although there are some markets where flash memory is having an impact on hard disk drives, in many other cases there is a synergy in having both types of storage as part of storage architecture.

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Other safeguards being proposed include guarantees about the storage and transportation of lethal medication, the reporting of assisted deaths and the powers for cases of non-compliance to be investigated.

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When the first flash storage products, from pioneers like Fusion-IO, appeared, they were focused on a very few use cases that demanded very fast data access, beyond what spinning disk could provide.

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