Virtualization has taken over the data center. Cloud computing has become a household phrase and big data is going beyond hype to delivering results, but what’s next? Software-defined infrastructure, or SDI, is fast becoming a reality. If you’re not familiar with SDI, it’s basically an infrastructure in which the application defines the hardware requirements and automatically draws up its own resource pools with little to no human intervention. These use cases demand some pretty intensive storage I/O. Fortunately, solid-state drives (SSDs) deliver the much needed speed and endurance to keep up.

The Intel® SSD DC S3710 Series is a prime example of high-performance storage designed to handle the demanding server environments of today and tomorrow. With a 2.5” form factor and 6 GB/s SATA connection, the Intel® SSD DC S3710 Series offers sequential read/write performance of up to 550/520 MB/s, and random read/write performance of up to 85,000/45,000 IOPS.1 There are multiple options for capacity, including 200GB, 400GB, 800GB, and 1.2TB. So you can choose the right capacity for the job, whether you’re caching hot data or embarking on widespread SSD deployment.

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