--- title: Make Sound Flash Storage Decisions description: Download the HP whitepaper on making sound flash storage decisions and optimizing for all-flash. 2014's updates for 3PAR StoreServ All-Flash. image: https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hub/416647/file-2317738268.jpg/3PAR_Flash2.jpg.jpg?t=1534240966216&width=756&name=3PAR_Flash2.jpg --- [![VLCM Getting IT Right Logo](https://blog.vlcm.com/hubfs/_vlcmlogos/vlcm%20tagline.svg "VLCM Getting IT Right Logo")](https://www.vlcm.com) # Make Sound Flash Storage Decisions ![](https://blog.vlcm.com/hubfs/vlcm.png) Priscilla Silva August 14, 2018 [mailto:?subject=[SUBJECT]&body=Check%20out%20this%20site%20https://blog.vlcm.com/blog/ne/make-sound-flash-storage-decisions](mailto:?subject=[SUBJECT]&body=Check%20out%20this%20site%20https://blog.vlcm.com/blog/ne/make-sound-flash-storage-decisions) The new style of IT requires business outcomes like supporting growth without complexity, responding quickly to unpredictable demand, and reducing and managing business risk at xSP costs. These new requirements have demanded solutions designed for an evolving data center. In 2014, flash storage became increasingly popular among all-sized businesses and HP leads the pack in [all-flash](https://blog.vlcmtech.com/blog/when-good-enough-isnt-good-enough-all-flash-architecture-matters) innovations. Why is flash storage going mainstream? Along with the fact that SSD prices have dropped by over 100% in the last year, SSD has also increased its capacity 38x over the last 5 years, while HDDs have only doubled in the same time. In 2016, a single SSD drive will have 8x more capacity than HDD with at least 30x more performance. Is your organization flash-ready? Download our whitepaper and FAQ below to help you make sound flash storage decisions and optimize your infrastructure for flash. HP 3PAR StoreServ All-Flash** **![3PAR_Flash2](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hub/416647/file-2317738268.jpg/3PAR_Flash2.jpg.jpg?t=1534240966216&width=600&name=3PAR_Flash2.jpg.jpg) Consolidate massively, securely and with high service levels.  Double VM density per server – Guaranteed.The mesh active design, virtual private array security and tier-1 resilience handle diverse and unpredictable workloads typical of multi-tenant cloud environments: • Performance and scale for multi-tenant applications • Optimized to get the most from every dollar and disk • Eliminate deployment bottlenecks and slash OpEx Take a look at this timeline for an overview of 2014's [HP 3PAR StoreServ upgrades](https://blog.vlcmtech.com/blog/recap-vmworld-and-our-hp-3par-updates-event). Many of these feature releases are industry firsts and customers will continue to reap rewards like the ability to: -    Pay the same amount for more flash capacity with adaptive sparing. -    Set max/min IOPS/Bandwith values, priorities and latency goals without relying on host agents. -    Utilize the only flat-backup in the industry that spans midrange, high-end and all-flash and enables fast backups and instant recovery of full synthetic backups or single snapshots.  ![3PAR_Updates](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hub/416647/file-2304812913.jpg/3PAR_Updates.jpg.jpg?t=1534240966216&width=764&name=3PAR_Updates.jpg.jpg "3PAR_Updates") Click the link below to view the whitepaper and other helpful resources. Let VLCM help you optimize your environment for flash storage and utilize HP's enterprise-class solutions for your data center.   [![Learn More About Flash Storage](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/416647/dfc905c0-aa6f-4f4e-a153-7843d7fd47e1.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/416647/dfc905c0-aa6f-4f4e-a153-7843d7fd47e1) **Copyright VLCM   |  All Rights Reserved  |  [Privacy](https://www.vlcm.com/privacy)** - [![facebook icon](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/i-img/social-fa.png?t=1444107731905&width=22&name=social-fa.png "facebook icon")](https://www.facebook.com/VLCMtech/)[![linkedin icon](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/i-img/social-in.png?t=1444107731905&width=22&name=social-in.png "linkedin icon") ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/valcom-vlcm-) [![instagram icon](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/i-img/social-phot.png?t=1444107731905&width=22&name=social-phot.png "instagram icon") ](https://www.instagram.com/vlcmtech/) [![twitter icon](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/i-img/social-twi.png?t=1444107731905&width=22&name=social-twi.png "twitter icon") ](https://twitter.com/vlcmtech)[![shopping cart icon](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cart.png?width=24&name=cart.png "shopping cart icon") ](https://usm.channelonline.com/valcomslc/storesite/Login/?destination=/valcomslc/storesite/Search/Category/index.co) ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=494756&fmt=gif)