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Re:SSDs Have Become Fast, Except in the Cloud by crazygringo on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @12:56PM (#39444445)
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.

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Re:SSDs Have Become Fast, Except in the Cloud by bombcar on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @01:06PM (#39444568)
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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