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		crazygringo on Feb 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SSDs have become fast, except in the cloud A network adds more points of failures but also reduces user-facing failures overall when properly architected. If one CPU attached to storage dies, another can take over and reattach -- or vice-versa. If one network link dies, it can be rerouted around.

bombcar on Feb 20, 2024 [–]

Using a SAN (which is what networked storage is, after all) also lets you get various "tricks" such as snapshots, instant migration, etc for "free".

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