As senior manager at MSDI, Evan Loring is responsible for reviewing maintenance costs and overseeing corporations’ annual budgets for information technology. Prior to his position at MSDI, Evan Loring served as a receivers coach for the Harvard University football team. His professional interests include all-flash data centers and all-flash storage.
You are probably familiar with USB flash drives, which use flash storage to preserve files and images. Flash storage refers to a data repository that uses flash memory, a form of electronically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM). The two primary types of flash memory, NOR and NAND, were created more than 30 years ago by Dr. Fujio Masuoka of Toshiba. A flash storage system is typically controlled with a memory chip and flash controller. In recent years, flash memory has become increasingly popular in the market due to its speed, convenience, and ability to retain data when a device is powered off.
