Maybe you should temper your storage expectations a bit, as the base model actually only allots 23GB of that space for use.

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Yet most companies treat all of their data as if it were created equal, storing it on fast, expensive storage as if every bit requires frequent, rapid access.

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Demand for high-performance 3-bit MLC NAND flash and 128Gb high storage capacities has been rapidly increasing, driving the adoption of SSDs with more than 250GB data storage, led by the Samsung SSD 840 Series.

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